2 CHRONICLES 25:8 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.”
Amaziah's obedience — the dismissal — 'Then Amaziah dismissed the army that had come to him from Ephraim, to go home again. Their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger' (וַיְבַדְּלֵם אַמְצְיָהוּ לַחֵיל שׁבָא לוֹ מֵאֶפְרַיִם לָלֶכֶת לִמְקוֹמוֹ וַיִּחַר אַפּוֹ מְאֹד בִּיהוּדָה וַיָּשֻׁבוּ לִמְקוֹמוֹ בַּחֲרוֹן־אַף). Amaziah obeys the prophet, dismissing (בדל, separated) the northern mercenaries. The consequence: 'their anger was greatly kindled' (יחר אפו מאד) against Judah. The mercenary force, rejected and unpaid, becomes a future threat. Obedience to the prophet creates immediate political liability.
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