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10 So Amaziah sent away the soldiers who had come from Ephraim.[a] He told them to go back to their homes. So they became very angry with Judah's people. As they went home, they had angry thoughts.

Amaziah fights against Edom

11 But Amaziah was brave. He led his army to Salt Valley. There they killed 10,000 soldiers from Edom.[b] 12 They also caught 10,000 soldiers as their prisoners. They took them to the top of a high rock. They threw their prisoners from the top. They all fell down onto the rocks below and they died.

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Footnotes

  1. 25:10 The kingdom of Israel in the north had people from 10 tribes, but the most important tribe was Ephraim. The northern kingdom of Israel is sometimes called ‘Ephraim’.
  2. 25:11 Edom was south and east of the Dead Sea. It was also called ‘Seir’.