12 And other ten thousand did the children of Judah take alive, and carried them to the top of a [a]rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, and they all burst to pieces.

13 But the men of the [b]army, which Amaziah sent away, that they should not go with his people to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah from Samaria unto Beth Horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.

14 Now after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and [c]worshipped them, and burned incense unto them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 25:12 In 2 Kings 14:7, this rock is called the city Sela.
  2. 2 Chronicles 25:13 That is, the hundred thousand of Israel.
  3. 2 Chronicles 25:14 Thus where he should have given the praise to God for his benefits and great victory, he fell from God, and did most vilely dishonor him.

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