6. In addition, he hired 100,000 soldiers from Israel at a cost of about 3.4 tonnes of silver.
7. But a prophet went to the king and said to him, “Don't take these Israelite soldiers with you. The Lord is not with these troops from the Northern Kingdom.
8. You may think that they will make you stronger in battle, but it is God who has the power to give victory or defeat, and he will let your enemies defeat you.”
9. Amaziah asked the prophet, “But what about all that silver I have already paid for them?”The prophet replied, “The Lord can give you back more than that!”
10. So Amaziah sent the hired troops away and told them to go home. At this they went home, bitterly angry with the people of Judah.