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But he did not put their children to death, according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, (A)“Fathers shall not die because of their children, nor children die because of their fathers, but each one shall die for his own sin.”

Amaziah's Victories

Then Amaziah assembled the men of Judah and set them by fathers' houses under commanders of thousands and of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He mustered those (B)twenty years old and upwards, and found that they were (C)300,000 choice men, fit for war, (D)able to handle spear and shield. He hired also 100,000 mighty men of valour from Israel for 100 talents[a] of silver.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 25:6 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms