Discovery Box2 Chronicles 25:7-10 
Context25:7 But a prophet 1 visited him and said: “O king, the Israelite troops must not go with you, for the Lord is not with Israel or any of the Ephraimites. 2 25:8 Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will defeat you 3 before the enemy. God is capable of helping or defeating.” 4 25:9 Amaziah asked the prophet: 5 “But what should I do about the hundred talents of silver I paid the Israelite troops?” The prophet 6 replied, “The Lord is capable of giving you more than that.” 25:10 So Amaziah dismissed the troops that had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. 7 They were very angry at Judah and returned home incensed.
2 Chronicles 25:13
Context25:13 Now the troops Amaziah had dismissed and had not allowed to fight in the battle 8 raided 9 the cities of Judah from Samaria 10 to Beth Horon. They killed 11 3,000 people and carried off a large amount of plunder.
1 tn Heb “man of God.”
2 tn Heb “Israel, all the sons of Ephraim.”
3 tn Heb “cause you to stumble.”
4 tn Heb “to cause to stumble.”
5 tn Heb “said to the man of God.”
6 tn Heb “man of God.”
7 tn Heb “and Amaziah separated them, the troops who came to him from Ephraim, to go to their place.”
8 tn Heb “had sent back from going with him to the battle.”
9 tn Heb “stripped.”
10 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
11 tn Heb “struck down.”
