2 Tawarikh 25:8-13

25:8 Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will defeat you ¹  before the enemy. God is capable of helping or defeating.” ²  25:9 Amaziah asked the prophet: ³  “But what should I do about the hundred talents of silver I paid the Israelite troops?” The prophet ⁴  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. ⁵  They were very angry at Judah and returned home incensed. 25:11 Amaziah boldly led his army to the Valley of Salt, ⁶  where he defeated ⁷  10,000 Edomites. ⁸  25:12 The men ⁹  of Judah captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them over. ¹⁰  All the captives ¹¹  fell to their death. ¹²  25:13 Now the troops Amaziah had dismissed and had not allowed to fight in the battle ¹³  raided ¹⁴  the cities of Judah from Samaria ¹⁵  to Beth Horon. They killed ¹⁶  3,000 people and carried off a large amount of plunder.

[25:8]  ¹ tn Heb “cause you to stumble.”

[25:8]  ² tn Heb “to cause to stumble.”

[25:9]  ³ tn Heb “said to the man of God.”

[25:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “man of God.”

[25:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “and Amaziah separated them, the troops who came to him from Ephraim, to go to their place.”

[25:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “and Amaziah strengthened himself and led his people and went to the Valley of Salt.”

[25:11]  ⁷ tn Or “struck down.”

[25:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “sons of Seir.”

[25:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “sons.”

[25:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and threw them from the top of the cliff.”

[25:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “all of them.”

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

[25:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “had sent back from going with him to the battle.”

[25:13]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “stripped.”

[25:13]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[25:13]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “struck down.”