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2 Chronicles 25:13-15
New English Translation

13 Now the troops Amaziah had dismissed and had not allowed to fight in the battle[a] raided[b] the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth Horon. They killed[c] 3,000 people and carried off a large amount of plunder.

14 When Amaziah returned from defeating the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people[d] of Seir and made them his personal gods.[e] He bowed down before them and offered them sacrifices. 15 The Lord was angry at Amaziah and sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why are you following[f] these gods[g] that could not deliver their own people from your power?”[h]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 25:13 tn Heb “had sent back from going with him to the battle.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 25:13 tn Heb “stripped.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 25:13 tn Heb “struck down.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 25:14 tn Heb “sons.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 25:14 tn Heb “caused them to stand for him as gods.”
  6. 2 Chronicles 25:15 tn Heb “seeking,” perhaps in the sense of “consulting [an oracle from].”
  7. 2 Chronicles 25:15 tn Heb “the gods of the people.”
  8. 2 Chronicles 25:15 tn Heb “hand.”
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