2 Chronicles 25:5–16

Amaziah Defeats Edomites

⁵Moreover, Amaziah assembled Judah and appointed them according to their fathers’ households under commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds throughout Judah and Benjamin; and he ¹took a census of those ^afrom twenty years old and upward and found them to be ^b300,000 choice men, able to go to war and handle spear and shield.

⁶He hired also 100,000 valiant warriors out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver.

⁷But ^aa man of God came to him saying, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the Lord is not with Israel nor with any of the sons of Ephraim.

⁸“But if you do go, do it, be strong for the battle; yet God will ¹bring you down before the enemy, ^afor God has power to help and to bring down.”

⁹Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the troops of Israel?” And the man of God answered, “^aThe Lord has much more to give you than this.”

¹⁰Then Amaziah ¹dismissed them, the troops which came to him from Ephraim, to go home; so their anger burned against Judah and they returned ²home in fierce anger.

¹¹Now Amaziah strengthened himself and led his people forth, and went to ^athe Valley of Salt and struck down 10,000 of the sons of Seir.

¹²The sons of Judah also captured 10,000 alive and brought them to the top of the cliff and threw them down from the top of the cliff, so that they were all dashed to pieces.

¹³But the ¹troops whom Amaziah sent back from going with him to battle, raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon, and struck down 3,000 of them and plundered much spoil.

Amaziah Rebuked for Idolatry

¹⁴Now after Amaziah came from slaughtering the Edomites, ^ahe brought the gods of the sons of Seir, set them up as his gods, bowed down before them and burned incense to them.

¹⁵Then the anger of the Lord burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of the people ^awho have not delivered their own people from your hand?”

¹⁶As he was talking with him, ¹the king said to him, “Have we appointed you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped and said, “I know that God has planned to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”