2 Chronicles 25:5-11
New Catholic Bible
5 Then Amaziah assembled the people of Judah and assigned them according to their ancestral houses under commanders of thousands and of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He registered those who were twenty years old and upward and found that there were three hundred thousand men fit for service and capable of wielding spear and shield. 6 He also hired one hundred thousand valiant warriors from Israel for one hundred talents of silver.
7 However, a man of God came to him and said: “O king, do not permit the Israelite army to march with you, for the Lord is not with Israel or with any of the Ephraimites. 8 Rather, fight valiantly only with your own forces. Remember that God has the power to help you or to cause your defeat.”
9 Amaziah then said to the man of God: “What shall I do about the one hundred talents that I paid for the Israelite troops?” The man of God replied: “The Lord can give you much more than that.” 10 Amaziah then dismissed the troops that had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. That caused them to be infuriated with Judah, and they returned home seething with fierce resentment.
11 [a]Then Amaziah marshaled his courage and led out his army. They advanced to the Valley of Salt, and there they killed ten thousand men of Seir.
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- 2 Chronicles 25:11 Valley of Salt: south of the Dead Sea, in the territory of Edom (Seir); see 2 Sam 8:13. A cliff: a rock on which was subsequently built a city which bears that name (i.e., the modern Petra).
