Amaziah took courage, and led his people out, and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck ten thousand of the children of Seir.
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Amaziah took courage, and led his people out, and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck ten thousand of the children of Seir.
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And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
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And Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 25:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Kings 14:7 He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel, to this day.
- 2 Samuel 8:13 David earned a reputation when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt.
- Psalms 60:1 God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain For the Idumeans whom David had brought to subjection,…
For the Idumeans whom David had brought to subjection, rebelled under Jehoram Jehoshaphat’s son.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 25:11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth…
2Ch 25:11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
Ver. 11. And Amaziah strengthened himself.] Cum coepisset esse animo fortl et fidenti, He had a good name; it imported "one strong in the Lord and in the power of his might"; but he was far enough from that.
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And went to the valley of Salt.] See 2Ki 14:7.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And other ten thousand left alive did the children…
And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive,.... The rest of the army of the Edomites, which amounted to the same number, fell into their hands, and they took them, and carried them off:
and brought them unto the top of the rock; very probably the same on which the city Petra, the metropolis of Edom, was built, called also Selah, Kg2 14:7 both which names signify a rock. Josephus (g) calls it the great rock in Arabia; that is, Arabia Petraea:
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and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they were broken all in pieces; burst asunder, bones broken, and limb from limb separated. This sort of punishment was inflicted by the Romans on various malefactors, by casting them down from the Tarpeian rock (h); and in Greece, according to the Delphian law, such as were guilty of sacrilege were led to a rock, and cast down headlong from thence (i): and now in Turkey, at a place called Constantine, a town situated on the top of a great rock, the usual way of executing great criminals is by pushing them from off the cliff (k); see Luk 4:29, but to use captives taken in war after this manner seems cruel and barbarous; and what should be the reason of such treatment of them is not easy to say.
(g) Antiqu. l. 9. c. 9. sect. 1. (h) Liv. Hist. l. 6. c. 20. Patercul. Hist. Roman. l. 2. Aurel. Victor. de Vir. Illustr. c. 27, 70. Vid, Rycquium de Capitol. Roman. c. 4. p. 45, &c. (i) Aelian. Var. Hist. l. 11. c. 5. (k) Pitt's Account of the Mahometans, ch. 1. p. 10.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 25:11-12. Amaziah strengthened himself — With his own…
2Ch 25:11-12. Amaziah strengthened himself — With his own men only. And smote of the children of Seir ten thousand — Who, it appears, were left dead upon the field. How many were only wounded: and not killed, we are not told; but undoubtedly not a few. Other ten thousand did the children of Judah cast down from the rock — A most cruel execution, which can no way be justified, unless the children of Seir had been used to serve in that manner all they took captive of Judah.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The children of Seir - i. e. the Edomites…
The children of Seir - i. e. the Edomites (see the marginal reference “h”).
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain valley of salt--This ravine lies to the south of…
valley of salt--This ravine lies to the south of the Dead Sea. The arms of Amaziah, in reward for his obedience to the divine will, were crowned with victory--ten thousand of the Edomites were slain on the field, and as many taken prisoners, who were put to death by precipitation "from the top of the rock" [Ch2 25:12]. This rock might be situated in the neighborhood of the battlefield, but more probably it formed one of the high craggy cliffs of Selah (Petra), the capital of the Edomites, whither Amaziah marched directly from the Valley of Salt, and which he captured (Kg2 14:7). The savage cruelty dealt out to them was either in retaliation for similar barbarities inflicted on the Hebrews, or to strike terror into so rebellious a people for the future. The mode of execution, by dashing against stones (Psa 137:9), was common among many ancient nations.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11, 12 (cp. 2Ki_14:7). Victory over Edom
11, 12 (cp. 2Ki_14:7). Victory over Edom
11. strengthened himself] R.V. took courage; cp. 2Ch_1:1 (note).
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the valley of salt] The scene of one of David’s victories (1Ch_18:12; see note there).
children of Seir] The Edomites were so called because “Mount Seir” was part of their territory; Deu_2:5.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) And Amaziah strengthened himself.—Shewed himself strong or courageous,…
(11) And Amaziah strengthened himself.—Shewed himself strong or courageous, took courage; as the prophet had bidden him do (2Ch_25:8). (Comp. 2Ch_15:8.)
And went to the valley of salt.—Comp. 2Ki_14:7 : “He it was who smote Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand; and he took Sela in the war, and called its name Joktheel, unto this day.” The valley of salt lay to the south-east of the Dead Sea (2Sa_8:13; 1Ch_18:12).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Strengthened himself. The hithp, conjugation of our already familiar…
Strengthened himself. The hithp, conjugation of our already familiar verb qzj it was not a healthy strengthening, and this may be considered denoted in the fact that the work was all his own, and that he wrought himself up. The valley of salt. Commonly supposed to be the plain south of the Salt Sea, but according to Stanley ("Sinai and Palestine," Appendix. 5, pp. 482, 483), more probably a "ravine near Petra" (1Ch_18:12; 2Sa_8:13) (For the association of Seir with Edom, see Gen_36:17-20; 2Ch_20:10)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 took courage
took courage
"became brave"
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Valley of Salt
This is an area near the Dead Sea.
ten thousand men ... another ten thousand
"10,000 men ... another 10,000 soldiers" (See: Numbers)
so that they were all broken in pieces
This is an exaggeration to emphasize the thoroughness of the slaughter. AT: "so that they were all completely destroyed" (See: Hyperbole and Generalization)
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kingdom of Judah
life
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 25:11 The Valley of Salt was a perennial battlefield…
25:11 The Valley of Salt was a perennial battlefield south of the Dead Sea; David had also fought with the Edomites there (2 Sam 8:13; see Ps 60). • Amaziah did not capture the port at Elath (2 Chr 26:2); his conquest was limited to northern Edom.
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