2 Tawarikh 25:7-12

25:7 But a prophet ¹  visited him and said: “O king, the Israelite troops must not go with you, for the Lord is not with Israel or any of the Ephraimites. ²  25:8 Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will defeat you ³  before the enemy. God is capable of helping or defeating.” ⁴  25:9 Amaziah asked the prophet: ⁵  “But what should I do about the hundred talents of silver I paid the Israelite troops?” The prophet ⁶  replied, “The Lord is capable of giving you more than that.” 25:10 So Amaziah dismissed the troops that had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. ⁷  They were very angry at Judah and returned home incensed. 25:11 Amaziah boldly led his army to the Valley of Salt, ⁸  where he defeated ⁹  10,000 Edomites. ¹⁰  25:12 The men ¹¹  of Judah captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them over. ¹²  All the captives ¹³  fell to their death. ¹⁴ 

[25:7]  ¹ tn Heb “man of God.”

[25:7]  ² tn Heb “Israel, all the sons of Ephraim.”

[25:8]  ³ tn Heb “cause you to stumble.”

[25:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “to cause to stumble.”

[25:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “said to the man of God.”

[25:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “man of God.”

[25:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “and Amaziah separated them, the troops who came to him from Ephraim, to go to their place.”

[25:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “and Amaziah strengthened himself and led his people and went to the Valley of Salt.”

[25:11]  ⁹ tn Or “struck down.”

[25:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “sons of Seir.”

[25:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “sons.”

[25:12]  ¹² tn Heb “and threw them from the top of the cliff.”

[25:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “all of them.”

[25:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “smashed in pieces.”