2 Chronicles 25:6

6 He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.

2 Chronicles 25:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 25:6

He hired also one hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of
Israel
The ten tribes, judging his own army not sufficient for his expedition against the Edomites he was meditating:

for one hundred talents of silver;
which amounted to 35,300 pounds sterling, and according to Beckius ^F5 were about five florins and a half to each soldier.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 Not. in Targum in loc.

2 Chronicles 25:6 In-Context

4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, "The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin."

5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together and made them captains over thousands and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin. And he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, who could handle spear and shield.

6 He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.

7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, "O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee, for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.

8 But if thou wilt go, do it; be strong for the battle. But God shall make thee fall before the enemy, for God hath the power to help and to cast down."