◄ 2 Chronicles 25:6 ►
He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
Treasury of Scripture

an hundred talents of silver Estimating the shekel at

2s

6d. and the talent, being

3000 shekels (see

Exodus 38:25,26 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents...

) at

375l., one hundred talents would amount to

37,500l; which divided among

100,000 men, quotes only

7s

6d; hence we may suppose, that this was only an earnest of their pay, or that they expected to be enriched by the plunder of the Edomites.



Context
Amaziah's Victories

5Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield. 6He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver. 7But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with you; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim. 8But if you will go, do it; be strong for the battle: God shall make you fall before the enemy: for God has power to help, and to cast down. 9And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give you much more than this. 10Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: why their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger. 11And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. 12And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces. 13But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell on the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He hired also of Israel a hundred thousand valiant men, for a hundred talents of silver.

Darby Bible Translation
He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.

King James Bible
He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.

Young's Literal Translation
And he hireth out of Israel a hundred thousand mighty ones of valour, with a hundred talents of silver;

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