2 Chronicles 25:7-10

25:7 But a prophet ¹  visited him and said: “O king, the Israelite troops must not go with you, for the Lord is not with Israel or any of the Ephraimites. ²  25:8 Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will defeat you ³  before the enemy. God is capable of helping or defeating.” ⁴  25:9 Amaziah asked the prophet: ⁵  “But what should I do about the hundred talents of silver I paid the Israelite troops?” The prophet ⁶  replied, “The Lord is capable of giving you more than that.” 25:10 So Amaziah dismissed the troops that had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. ⁷  They were very angry at Judah and returned home incensed.

2 Chronicles 25:13

25:13 Now the troops Amaziah had dismissed and had not allowed to fight in the battle ⁸  raided ⁹  the cities of Judah from Samaria ¹⁰  to Beth Horon. They killed ¹¹  3,000 people and carried off a large amount of plunder.

[25:7]  ¹ tn Heb “man of God.”

[25:7]  ² tn Heb “Israel, all the sons of Ephraim.”

[25:8]  ³ tn Heb “cause you to stumble.”

[25:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “to cause to stumble.”

[25:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “said to the man of God.”

[25:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “man of God.”

[25:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “and Amaziah separated them, the troops who came to him from Ephraim, to go to their place.”

[25:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “had sent back from going with him to the battle.”

[25:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “stripped.”

[25:13]  ¹¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[25:13]  ¹² tn Heb “struck down.”