2 Chronicles 25:6
in 2 Chronicles 25He also hired 100,000 mighty warriors from Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
BSB
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ASV
He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
KJV
He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 25
Commentary
4 notes on this verseHe hired also one hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel,.... The ten tribes, judging his own army not sufficient for his expedition against the Edomites he was meditating: for one hundred talents of silver; which amounted to 35,300 pounds sterling, and according to Beckius (e) were about five florins and a half to each soldier. (e) Not. in Targum in loc.
This site's exposition
three hundred thousand choice men
on 2 Chronicles 25:5-6
The muster and the hire belong to Chronicles alone; Kings never mentions the three hundred thousand of Judah or the hundred thousand Israelites bought for a hundred talents of silver. Amaziah's own army is a fourth the size Jehoshaphat once fielded, a shrinkage the numbers themselves record, and his answer to the shortfall is money rather than prayer. Hiring Ephraim for silver is the same alliance with the north that Chronicles keeps flagging as a fault line in Judah's kings.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Finding his own kingdom defective in men, he thought to make up the deficiency with his money, and therefore took into his pay 100,000 Israelites. If he had advised with any of his prophets before he did this, or had but considered how little any of his ancestors got by their alliances with Israel, he would not have had this to undo again.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
But it must be remembered that in ancient times campaigns were short and the hazards of the service comparatively small. 7, 8. there came a man of God--sent to dissuade Amaziah from the course he was following, on the ground that "the Lord is not with Israel." This statement was perfectly intelligible to the king.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֣ר | vaiyiskor | and he hired | H7936 → | |
| מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | miyisrael | from Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| מֵ֥אָה | meah | one hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| אֶ֛לֶף | ʾelef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| גִּבּ֥וֹר | gibor | mighty [man] of | H1368 → | 158 times |
| חָ֖יִל | chayil | strength | H2428 → | 246 times |
| בְּמֵאָ֥ה | bemeah | for one hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| כִכַּר־ | khikar- | talent[s] of | H3603 → | 68 times |
| כָּֽסֶף׃ | kasef | silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֣רand he hired
vaiyiskorH7936 →
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֗לfrom Israel
miyisraelH3478 →2507 times
מֵ֥אָהone hundred
meahH3967 →581 times
אֶ֛לֶףthousand
ʾelefH505 →505 times
גִּבּ֥וֹרmighty [man] of
giborH1368 →158 times
חָ֖יִלstrength
chayilH2428 →246 times
בְּמֵאָ֥הfor one hundred
bemeahH3967 →581 times
כִכַּר־talent[s] of
khikar-H3603 →68 times
כָּֽסֶף׃silver
kasefH3701 →403 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.