God’s Word Translation
2 Chronicles 25:6
6He also hired 100,000 soldiers from Israel for 7,500 pounds of silver.
2 Chronicles 25:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
- New International Version (NIV)He also hired a hundred thousand fighting men from Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He hired also 100,000 mighty men of valor from Israel for 100 talents of silver.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He also hired one hundred thousand mighty men of valor from Israel for one hundred talents of silver.
Context of 2 Chronicles 25:6
4But he didn’t execute their children. He obeyed the Lord’s command written in the Book of Moses’ Teachings: “Parents must never be put to death for the crimes of their children, and children must never be put to death for the crimes of their parents. Each person must be put to death for his own crime.” 5Amaziah called the people of Judah together and assigned them by families to regiment and battalion commanders for all of Judah and Benjamin. He organized those who were at least 20 years old and found that he had 300,000 of the best men for the army, those who could handle a spear and a shield. He also hired 100,000 soldiers from Israel for 7,500 pounds of silver. 7But a man of God came to him and said, “Your Majesty, Israel’s army must not go with you, because the Lord isn’t with Israel. He’s not with these men from Ephraim. 8If you go into battle with them, no matter how courageous you are, God will use the enemy to defeat you, because God has the power to help you or to defeat you.”
Read all of 2 Chronicles 252 Chronicles 25:6 word by word
וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֣ר מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מֵ֥אָה אֶ֛לֶף גִּבּ֥וֹר חָ֖יִל בְּמֵאָ֥ה כִכַּר־כָּֽסֶף׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- He hiredשָׂכַרώâkar sâkar · to hireH7936
- also an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
- mightyגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
- men of valourחַ֫יִלchayil · strengthH2428
- out of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- talentsכִּכָּרkikâr · talentH3603
- of silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 25:6
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 25:6
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Amaziah's army of 300,000 was smaller than Asa's 580,000 or Jehoshaphat's 1,160,000. This might explain why Amaziah wanted to hire more troops from Israel, the northern kingdom.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour ... for an hundred talents of silver--This sum was paid into the treasury of Jehoahaz--not given as bounty to the mercenaries who were obliged to serve at the sovereign's call; their remuneration consisting only in the booty they might obtain. It was about £50,000 sterling, being 10s. per man, including officers--a very paltry pay, compared with the bounty given for a soldier in this country. But…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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