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Amaziah said to God's prophet, ‘But I have paid 3,500 kilograms of silver for these soldiers from Israel. What should I do about that?’ The prophet replied, ‘The Lord is able to give you much more than all that money!’

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]

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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’.