2 Chronicles 25:6

What does 2 Chronicles 25:6 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 25:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And for a hundred talents of silver, he got a hundred thousand fighting-men from Israel.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And he hireth out of Israel a hundred thousand mighty ones of valour, with a hundred talents of silver;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

He hired also of Israel a hundred thousand valiant men, for a hundred talents of silver.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.

Context

v.5Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers’ houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

v.6This passage

v.7But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for Jehovah is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.

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