2 Chronicles 25:5

25:5 Amaziah assembled the people of Judah ¹  and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age ²  equipped with spears and shields. ³ 

2 Chronicles 25:11-12

25:11 Amaziah boldly led his army to the Valley of Salt, ⁴  where he defeated ⁵  10,000 Edomites. ⁶  25:12 The men ⁷  of Judah captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them over. ⁸  All the captives ⁹  fell to their death. ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy here for the people of Judah.

² tn Heb “young men going out to war.”

³ tn Heb “holding a spear and a shield.”

⁴ tn Heb “and Amaziah strengthened himself and led his people and went to the Valley of Salt.”

⁵ tn Or “struck down.”

⁶ tn Heb “sons of Seir.”

⁷ tn Heb “sons.”

⁸ tn Heb “and threw them from the top of the cliff.”

⁹ tn Heb “all of them.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “smashed in pieces.”