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Texts -- 2 Chronicles 25:9 (NET)

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25:9 Amaziah asked the prophet : “But what should I do about the hundred talents of silver I paid the Israelite troops ?” The prophet replied , “The Lord is capable of giving you more than that .”

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Expositions Of Holy Scripture (Maclaren)

  • And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than this.'--2 Chron. 25:9.THE ch...
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