2 Chronicles 25:12

Amaziah’s Victories · 2 Chronicles 25:5–13
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Translations

Modern
…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.
Traditional
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.
Literal
And the sons of Judah took captive alive ten thousand, and they brought them to the top of the rock, and they cast them down from the top of the rock, and all of them were dashed to pieces.
Latin
…et alia decem millia virorum ceperunt filii Juda, et adduxerunt ad præruptum cujusdam petræ, præcipitaveruntque eos de summo in præceps: qui universi crepuerunt.

Original

Hebrew
English
…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.

People

Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Places

Sela: Edomite stronghold captured by King Amaziah of Judah

Glossary

Amaziah Chronicles, Books of First and Second Edom, Edomites Genealogy Jeroboam Seir (Place)

Topics

Captive: Cruelty to Twenty Thousand, by Amaziah Edomites: Amaziah, King of Judah, Invades the Territory of Homicide: Felonious: Amaziah's Soldiers Joktheel: A Name Given by Amaziah to Selah, a Stronghold of Edom Kings: Who Reigned Over Judah: Amaziah Punishments: Capital Kinds of Casting Headlong from a Rock Rocks: Casting Down From, a Punishment Rocks: Selah in the Valley of Salt The Edomites: Re-Conquered by Amaziah