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2 Chronicles 25:10

AmaziahEphraim
Obedience

8 Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will make you stumble before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”

9 Amaziah asked the man of God, “What should I do about the hundred talents I have given to the army of Israel?” And the man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”

So Amaziah dismissed the troops who had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. And they were furious with Judah and returned home in great anger.

11 Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10,000 men of Seir,

12 and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.

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BSB
So Amaziah dismissed the troops who had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. And they were furious with Judah and returned home in great anger.
KJV
Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
WEB
Then Amaziah separated them, the army that had come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again. Therefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.
ASV
Then Amaziah separated them, [to wit], the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.
DARBY
Then Amaziah separated them, the troop that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again. And their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.
BLB
And Amaziah separated the troops that had come to him from Ephraim to go back to their own place. And their anger was kindled greatly against Judah, and they returned to their place in the heat of anger.
ÅB
Da skilte Amasja ut den flokk som var kommet til ham fra Efra'im, og lot dem dra hjem igjen. Derfor ble de harme på Juda, og de vendte hjem i brennende vrede.
OTB
Så avskjediget Amasja troppene som hadde kommet til ham fra Efraim, for å dra hjem; så deres vrede brant mot Juda, og de vendte hjem i voldsom vrede.
B1930
Da skilte Amasja ut den flokk som var kommet til ham fra Efra'im, og lot dem dra hjem igjen. Derfor blev de harme på Juda, og de vendte hjem i brennende vrede.

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  • 2 Samuel 19:43

    “We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah pressed even harder than the men of Israel.

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  • 1 Kings 12:24

    that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and turned back according to the word of the LORD.

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  • Proverbs 29:22

    An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.

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