2 Chronicles 25:4-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 However, he did not put their children to death, because—as it is written in the Law, in the book of Moses,(A) where the Lord commanded—“Fathers must not die because of children, and children must not die because of fathers, but each one will die for his own sin.”(B)
Amaziah’s Campaign against Edom
5 Then Amaziah gathered Judah and assembled them according to ancestral house, according to commanders of thousands, and according to commanders of hundreds. He numbered those 20 years old or more(C) for all Judah and Benjamin. He found there to be 300,000 choice men who could serve in the army, bearing spear and shield.(D) 6 Then for 7,500 pounds[a] of silver he hired 100,000 brave warriors from Israel.
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- 2 Chronicles 25:6 Lit 100 talents
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