2 CHRONICLES 25:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
The additional victory — 'And Amaziah captured ten thousand men alive, and took them to the top of a cliff, and cast them down from the top of the cliff, and they were all dashed to pieces' (ובני שׂעיר עשׂרת אלפים חיים שׁבה אמציה והביאם אל ראש הקיר ויזרקם מראש הקיר וכלם נשׁתברו). Amaziah captures 10,000 additional Edomites alive and executes them by casting them from a cliff. The phrase 'dashed to pieces' (כלם נשׁתברו) emphasizes the brutality. The execution of prisoners, while militarily rational, violates norms of mercy. This brutal victory will provoke later retaliation.
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