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Then Amaziah organized the army, assigning generals and captains[a] for all Judah and Benjamin. He took a census and found that he had an army of 300,000 select troops, twenty years old and older, all trained in the use of spear and shield. He also paid about 7,500 pounds[b] of silver to hire 100,000 experienced fighting men from Israel.

But a man of God came to him and said, “Your Majesty, do not hire troops from Israel, for the Lord is not with Israel. He will not help those people of Ephraim!

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Footnotes

  1. 25:5 Hebrew commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.
  2. 25:6 Hebrew 100 talents [3,400 kilograms].

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