2 Chronicles 25:11

And, Amaziah, took courage, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt,—and smote of the sons of Seir, ten thousand;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.

In Context

10So Amaziah separated them, [appointing] unto the company which had come unto him out of Ephraim, to depart unto their own place,—wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, so they returned to their own place, in a heat of anger.

12and the sons of Judah took captive, ten thousand alive, and brought to the top of the crag,—and cast them down from the top of the crag, and, all of them, were torn asunder.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 8:13And David made a name, when he returned from his smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt,—eighteen thousand.

Psalms 60:1O God, thou hast rejected us—hast scattered us, Thou hast been angry, Wilt thou restore us?

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 25:2-14

Amaziah's Reign and Victories. ( b. c. 838.) 1 Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , but not with a perfect heart. 3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. 4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses,… Read the whole commentary →

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