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Moreover, Amaziah assembled Judah and appointed them according to their fathers' households under commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds throughout Judah and Benjamin; and he ^[b]took a census of those ^(e)from twenty years old and upward and found them to be ^(f)300,000 choice men, able to go to war and handle spear and shield.

He hired also 100,000 valiant warriors out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver.

But ^(g)a man of God came to him saying, "O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the Lord is not with Israel nor with any of the sons of Ephraim.

But if you do go, do it, be strong for the battle; yet God will ^[c]bring you down before the enemy, ^(h)for God has power to help and to ^[d]bring down."

Amaziah said to the man of God, "But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the troops of Israel?" And the man of God answered, "⁽ⁱ⁾The Lord has much more to give you than this."

Then Amaziah ^[e]dismissed them, the troops which came to him from Ephraim, to go home; so their anger burned against Judah and they returned ^[f]home in fierce anger.