2 Chronicles 25:5-16
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Amaziah’s Campaign against Edom
5 Then Amaziah gathered Judah and assembled them according to ancestral house, according to commanders of thousands, and according to commanders of hundreds. He numbered those 20 years old or more(A) for all Judah and Benjamin. He found there to be 300,000 choice men who could serve in the army, bearing spear and shield.(B) 6 Then for 7,500 pounds[a] of silver he hired 100,000 brave warriors from Israel.
7 However, a man of God(C) came to him and said, “King, do not let Israel’s army go with you, for the Lord is not with Israel—all the Ephraimites. 8 But if you go with them, do it! Be strong for battle! But God will make you stumble before the enemy,(D) for God has the power to help(E) or to make one stumble.”
9 Then Amaziah said to the man of God, “What should I do about the 7,500 pounds[b] of silver I gave to Israel’s division?”
The man of God replied, “The Lord is able to give you much more than this.”
10 So Amaziah released the division that came to him from Ephraim to go home. But they got very angry with Judah and returned home in a fierce rage.
11 Amaziah strengthened his position and led his people to the Valley of Salt. He struck down 10,000 Seirites,[c] 12 and the Judahites captured 10,000 alive. They took them to the top of a cliff where they threw them off, and all of them were dashed to pieces.
13 As for the men of the division that Amaziah sent back so they would not go with him into battle, they raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth-horon, struck down 3,000 of their people, and took a great deal of plunder.
14 After Amaziah came from the attack on the Edomites, he brought the gods of the Seirites[d] and set them up as his gods. He worshiped before them and burned incense to them.(F) 15 So the Lord’s anger was against Amaziah, and He sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why have you sought a people’s gods that could not deliver their own people from your hand?”(G)
16 While he was still speaking to him, the king asked, “Have we made you the king’s counselor? Stop, why should you lose your life?”
So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God intends to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my advice.”
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- 2 Chronicles 25:6 Lit 100 talents
- 2 Chronicles 25:9 Lit 100 talents
- 2 Chronicles 25:11 = Edomites
- 2 Chronicles 25:14 = Edomites
2 Chronicles 25:5-16
Lexham English Bible
5 Then Amaziah assembled the men of Judah and set them by families[a] under commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. And he counted them from twenty years old and upward, and found them to be three hundred thousand chosen for going out to battle, able with spear and shield. 6 And he hired from Israel one hundred thousand strong, mighty warriors for one hundred talents.
7 But a man of God came to him, saying, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for Yahweh is not with Israel, all the Ephraimites. 8 But even still, you yourself go, do! Be strong for the battle else God will make you stumble before the enemy! For there is power with God to help and to cause stumbling.” 9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, “Now what should I do with the one hundred talents that I have given to the troops of Israel?” And the man of God said, “Yahweh is able to give[b] to you more than this.” 10 Then Amaziah dismissed the troops that came to him from Ephraim to go to their home.[c] And they became very angry[d] with Judah, and they returned to their home in great anger.[e]
11 Then Amaziah strengthened himself, and leading his army, he went to the Valley of Salt. And he struck down ten thousand men[f] of Seir. 12 Now the troops[g] captured ten thousand others alive, and they brought them to the top of the rock and threw them from the top of the rock. So all of them were smashed to pieces.
13 As for the troops[h] Amaziah had sent back from going with him to war, they raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth-Horon. And they struck down three thousand of them and plundered much booty.
14 And it happened that after Amaziah came back from killing the Edomites, he brought the gods of the sons of Seir, and he stood them up to himself as gods and bowed down before them and make smoke offerings for them. 15 So Yahweh became very angry[i] with Amaziah and sent a prophet to him, and he said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of the people who could not deliver their own people from your hand?” 16 And it happened that while he was speaking to him, he said to him, “Have we appointed you as a counselor to the king? Stop—why should you be killed?”[j] So the prophet stopped and said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my advice.”
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- 2 Chronicles 25:5 Literally “the house of the fathers”
- 2 Chronicles 25:9 Literally “There is to Yahweh to give”
- 2 Chronicles 25:10 Or “their place”
- 2 Chronicles 25:10 Literally “their noses became very hot”
- 2 Chronicles 25:10 Literally “in hotness of nose”
- 2 Chronicles 25:11 Or “sons”
- 2 Chronicles 25:12 Literally “the sons of the troop”
- 2 Chronicles 25:13 Literally “sons of the troop”
- 2 Chronicles 25:15 Literally “Yahweh’s nose became very hot”
- 2 Chronicles 25:16 Literally “why shall he strike you?”
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