2 Chronicles 25:5-10

5 Amaziah called the people of Judah together and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He then mustered those twenty years old or more and found that there were three hundred thousand men fit for military service, able to handle the spear and shield.
6 He also hired a hundred thousand fighting men from Israel for a hundred talents[a] of silver.
7 But a man of God came to him and said, “Your Majesty, these troops from Israel must not march with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—not with any of the people of Ephraim.
8 Even if you go and fight courageously in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has the power to help or to overthrow.”
9 Amaziah asked the man of God, “But what about the hundred talents I paid for these Israelite troops?” The man of God replied, “The LORD can give you much more than that.”
10 So Amaziah dismissed the troops who had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. They were furious with Judah and left for home in a great rage.

Cross References 7

  • 1. S 2 Samuel 24:2
  • 2. S Exodus 30:14
  • 3. Numbers 1:3; S 1 Chronicles 21:1; 2 Chronicles 17:14-19
  • 4. S 2 Chronicles 16:2-9; S 2 Chronicles 19:1-3
  • 5. S 2 Chronicles 14:11; S 2 Chronicles 20:6
  • 6. Deuteronomy 8:18; Proverbs 10:22
  • 7. ver 13

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons; also in verse 9
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