The children of Judah carried away ten thousand alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and threw them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces.
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The children of Judah carried away ten thousand alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and threw them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces.
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And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
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And other ten thousand did the children of Judah carry away alive, and brought them unto the top of the Rock, and cast them down from the top of the Rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 25:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 20:10 Now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned away from them, and didn’t destroy them;
- 2 Samuel 12:31 He brought out the people who were in it, and put them under saws, under iron picks, under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln; and he did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 20:3 He brought out the people who were in it, and had them cut with saws, with iron picks, and with axes. David did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 21:8-10 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. Then Jehoram went there with his captains and all his chariots with him. He rose up by night and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, along with the captains of the chariots. So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken Yahweh, the God of his fathers.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain In 2 Kings 14:7, this rock is called the…
In 2 Kings 14:7, this rock is called the city Sela.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 25:12 And [other] ten thousand [left] alive did…
2Ch 25:12 And [other] ten thousand [left] alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
Ver. 12. And cast them down from the top.] See 2Ki 14:7.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent…
But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, The 100,000 men hired out of Israel, whom he dismissed before he went against Edom:
fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron; which, though it formerly belonged to Ephraim, had been taken by the men of Judah; they did not fall on these as they returned home, for then it would have been said from Bethhoron to Samaria: but after they had returned home, they meditated this piece of revenge for the ill treatment of them, as they reckoned it:
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and smote three thousand of them; of the inhabitants of the cities, who rose up and opposed them:
and took much spoil; out of them, and went their way with it.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The top of the rock - Rather, “the height…
The top of the rock - Rather, “the height of Selah” (or, Petra), near which the battle was probably fought. On the cruel features of the Edomite wars, see 1Ki 11:15; Eze 25:12; Oba 1:14.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Rock, afterwards called Jecteel. Some take it to be…
Rock, afterwards called Jecteel. Some take it to be Petra, 4 K. xiv. 7.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. left alive did the children of Judah carry…
12. left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive] R.V. did the children of Judah carry away alive. The “left alive” of the A.V. is misleading, for it suggests that they were prisoners captured in the same battle in which the first ten thousand were slain; a comparison of Kings however suggests that they were the whole (or part) of the garrison of Sela, which fortress was captured by Amaziah after his victory in the valley of salt.
the rock] R.V. mg. Sela; cp. 2Ki_14:7 and Jer_49:16. Sela is usually identified with Petra (Bädeker, p. 146 ff.), but the identification is by no means certain.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) And other ten thousand left alive.—Rather, And ten…
(12) And other ten thousand left alive.—Rather, And ten thousand the sons of Judah took alive. The LXX. renders well: καὶ δέκα χιλιάδας ἐζώγρησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ιουδα.
And brought them unto the top of the rock.—Or, of Sela. Sela, “the crag,” was the Edomite capital, known to after ages as Petra, “the rock.” The “Head of Sela” may be the name of a cliff overhanging the town. This savage massacre of prisoners is not mentioned in Kings; but it is quite credible, in view of the well-known atrocities of ancient warfare. (Comp. 1Ch_20:3; Psa_137:9; 2Ki_8:12; Amo_1:11; Amo_1:13; 1Ki_11:15-16 : Joab “cut off every male in Edom.”) It is, however, remarkable that the chronicler does not mention the capture of Sela itself. Thenius, therefore, supposes that the statement of this verse is really the result of an attempt to restore an illegible text of 2Ki_14:7.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The top of the rock. The parallel uses the…
The top of the rock. The parallel uses the Hebrew word without translation, Selah (lS,h). There is little doubt that this is Petra (Conder"s "Handbook to the Bible," 305; Stanley"s "Sinai and Palestine," 87-92). The parallel tells us the interesting fact that Amaziah, perhaps under the influence of a spasmodic touch of devout-hess or gratitude, changed the name of Selah, or rather endeavoured to change it, to Joktheel, which Gesenius translates "subjugated of God." This name had already occurred in Jos_15:38. The new name, however, did notlast, as the Edomites recovered soon the country of (Amo_1:11; Isa_16:1, Isa_16:2) Arabia Petraea, of which Selah or Petra was the capital. Left alive. The Revised Version correctly renders, carry away alive. The cruelty of the Edomites receives many illustrations (see last references, and (Eze_25:12-14; Oba_1:1-15)
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