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 

[25:5]  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.

[25:5]  ² tn Heb “young men going out to war.”

[25:5]  ³ tn Heb “holding a spear and a shield.”

[25:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “and Amaziah strengthened himself and led his people and went to the Valley of Salt.”

[25:11]  ⁵ tn Or “struck down.”

[25:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “sons of Seir.”

[25:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “sons.”

[25:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “and threw them from the top of the cliff.”

[25:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “all of them.”

[25:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “smashed in pieces.”