2 Chronicles 25:5-16

5Moreover, AmaziahH558 assembledH6908 JudahH3063 and appointedH5975 them according to their fathers’H1 householdsH1004 under commandersH8269 of thousandsH505 and commandersH8269 of hundredsH3967 throughoutH3605 JudahH3063 and BenjaminH1144; and he 1tookH6485 aH6485 censusH6485 of those 2from twentyH6242 yearsH8141 oldH1121 and upwardH4605 and foundH4672 them to be 3threeH7969 hundredH3967 thousandH505 choiceH970 menH970, able to goH3318 to warH6635 and handleH270 spearH7420 and shieldH6793. 6He also hiredH7936 a hundredH3967 thousandH505 valiantH2428 warriorsH1368 from IsraelH3478 for 4a hundredH3967 talentsH3603 of silverH3701. 7But 5a manH376 of GodH430 cameH935 to him sayingH559, “O kingH4428, do not let the armyH6635 of IsraelH3478 comeH935 with you, for the LordH3068 is not with IsraelH3478 nor with anyH3605 of the sonsH1121 of EphraimH669. 8But ifH518 you do goH935, doH6213 it, be strongH2388 for the battleH4421; yet GodH430 will 6bringH3782 you downH3782 beforeH6440 the enemyH340, 7for GodH430 hasH3426 the powerH3581 to helpH5826 and to 8bringH3782 downH3782.” 9AmaziahH558 saidH559 to the manH376 of GodH430, “But whatH4100 are we to doH6213 about the 9hundredH3967 talentsH3603 whichH834 I have givenH5414 to the troopsH1416 of IsraelH3478?” And the manH376 of GodH430 answeredH559, “10The LordH3068 hasH3426 muchH7235 moreH7235 to giveH5414 you thanH4480 thisH2088.” 10Then AmaziahH558 11dismissedH914 the troopsH1416 whichH834 cameH935 to him from EphraimH669, to goH1980 homeH4725; so their angerH639 burnedH2734 against JudahH3063, and they returnedH7725 12homeH4725 in fierceH2750 angerH639.

11Now AmaziahH558 gatheredH2388 his courageH2388 and ledH5090 his peopleH5971 outH5090, and wentH1980 to 13the ValleyH1516 of SaltH4417, and struckH5221 andH5221 killedH5221 tenH6235 thousandH505 of the sonsH1121 of SeirH8165. 12The sonsH1121 of JudahH3063 also capturedH7617 tenH6235 thousandH505 aliveH2416 and broughtH935 them to the topH7218 of the cliffH5553, and threwH7993 them downH7993 from the topH7218 of the cliffH5553 so that they were allH3605 dashedH1234 toH1234 piecesH1234. 13But the 14troopsH1121H1416 whomH834 AmaziahH558 sentH7725 backH7725, those not goingH1980 with him to battleH4421, raidedH6584 the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063 from SamariaH8111 to Beth-horonH1032, and struckH5221 andH5221 killedH5221 threeH7969 thousandH505 of them, and plunderedH962 a largeH7227 amountH7227 of spoilsH961.

14Now afterH310 AmaziahH558 cameH1961 from slaughteringH5221 the EdomitesH130, 15he broughtH935 the godsH430 of the sonsH1121 of SeirH8165 and setH5975 them up as his godsH430. Then he bowedH2331 downH2331 beforeH6440 them and burnedH6999 incenseH6999 to them. 15So the angerH639 of the LordH3068 burnedH2734 against AmaziahH558, and He sentH7971 him a prophetH5030 who saidH559 to him, “WhyH4100 have you soughtH1875 the godsH430 of the peopleH5971 16whoH834 have not savedH5337 their own peopleH5971 from your handH3027?” 16As he was talkingH1696 with him, 17the king saidH559 to him, “Have we appointedH5414 you to be a royalH4428 counselorH3289? StopH2308! WhyH4100 should 18you be putH5221 toH5221 deathH5221?” Then the prophetH5030 stoppedH2308 and saidH559, “I knowH3045 that GodH430 has plannedH3289 to destroyH7843 you, becauseH3588 you have doneH6213 thisH2088 and have not listenedH8085 to my counselH6098.”