Translations
Modern
He also hired 100,000 mighty men of valor from Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
Traditional
He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
Literal
And He hired from Israel a hundred thousand mighty men of valor for a hundred talents of silver.
Latin
…mercede quoque conduxit de Israël centum millia robustorum, centum talentis argenti.
Original
Hebrew
English
He also hired 100,000 mighty men of valor from Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
Notes
Amaziah's army of 300,000 was smaller than Asa's 580,000 or Jehoshaphat's 1,160,000. This might explain why Amaziah wanted to hire more troops from Israel, the northern kingdom.
Measurements
- a hundred talents of silver: About 3.77 t (3.42 mt)
People
Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes
Glossary
Amaziah Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Jeroboam
Topics
Armies: March in Ranks: Mercenaries Armies: Troops often Hired For Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Applied to the Ten Tribes Kings: Who Reigned Over Judah: Amaziah Men of Valor