2 Chronicles 25:12

2 Chronicles 25:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
• New International Version (NIV)The army of Judah also captured ten thousand men alive, took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The men of Judah captured another 10,000 alive and took them to the top of a rock and threw them down from the top of the rock, and they were all dashed to pieces.
• New Living Translation (NLT)They captured another 10,000 and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them off, dashing them to pieces on the rocks below.

Context of 2 Chronicles 25:12

10So Amaziah discharged the troops that had come to him from Ephraim, to go back home. Therefore their anger was greatly aroused against Judah, and they returned home in great anger. 11Then Amaziah strengthened himself, and leading his people, he went to the Valley of Salt and killed ten thousand of the people of Seir. Also the children of Judah took captive ten thousand alive, brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were dashed in pieces. 13But as for the soldiers of the army which Amaziah had discharged, so that they would not go with him to battle, they raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth Horon, killed three thousand in them, and took much spoil. 14Now it was so, after Amaziah came from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the people of Seir, set them up to be his gods, and bowed down before them and burned incense to them.

2 Chronicles 25:12 word by word

וַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶת אֲלָפִ֜ים חַיִּ֗ים שָׁבוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיְבִיא֖וּם לְרֹ֣אשׁ הַסָּ֑לַע וַיַּשְׁלִיכ֛וּם מֵֽרֹאשׁ־הַסֶּ֖לַע וְכֻלָּ֥ם נִבְקָֽעוּ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• aliveחַיchay · aliveH2416
• did the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• carry away captiveשָׁבָהshâbâh · to take captiveH7617
• and broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• them unto the topרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
• of the rockסֶ֫לַעsela‛ · rockH5553
• and cast them downשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• that they all were broken in piecesבָּקַעbâqa‛ · to break up/openH1234

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 25:12

• 2 Samuel 12:31And he brought out the people who were in it, and put them to work with saws and iron picks and iron axes, and made them cross over to the brick works. So he did to all the cities of the people of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
• 1 Chronicles 20:3And he brought out the people who were in it, and put them to work with saws, with iron picks, and with axes. So David did to all the cities of the people of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
• 2 Chronicles 20:10And now, here are the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir—whom You would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them and did not destroy them—
• 2 Chronicles 21:8In his days Edom revolted against Judah’s authority, and made a king over themselves.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 25:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12The top of the rock - Rather, “the height of Selah” (or, Petra), near which the battle was probably fought. On the cruel features of the Edomite wars, see 1 Kings 11:15; Ezekiel 25:12; Obadiah 1:14.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 25:12

• Captive
• Edomites
• Homicide
• Joktheel

In the dictionaries

• Judah
• Counsel
• Edom
• Amaziah
• Punishments
• Sela
• Joktheel
• War

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