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2 Chronicles 25:5-7
Modern English Version
2 Chronicles 25:5-7
Modern English Version
Slaughter of the Edomites
5 Then Amaziah assembled Judah and set over them according to the house of the fathers commanders of thousands and hundreds in all Judah and Benjamin, and he appointed men who were twenty years old and above. And they found three hundred thousand choice men fit for war and able to use a long spear and large shield. 6 And he hired out from Israel one hundred thousand mighty men of war for one hundred talents[a] of silver.
7 Then a man of God came to him saying, “O king, do not let the army of Israel come with you because the Lord is not with Israel or with any of the sons of Ephraim.
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- 2 Chronicles 25:6 About 3¾ tons, or 3.4 metric tons; also in v. 9.
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