2 Chronicles 25:6
◄  2 Chronicles 25:6  ►
He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.

an hundred talents of silver Estimating the shekel at

2s

6d. and the talent, being

3000 shekels (see

Exodus 38:25, 26 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents...

) at

375l., one hundred talents would amount to

37, 500l; which divided among

100, 000 men, quotes only

7s

6d; hence we may suppose, that this was only an earnest of their pay, or that they expected to be enriched by the plunder of the Edomites.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Then for 7,500 pounds of silver he hired 100,000 brave warriors from Israel.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
He hired also 100,000 valiant warriors out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.

International Standard Version (©2012)
He also hired 100,000 elite forces from Israel, paying 100 talents of silver for their services.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.

American King James Version
He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.

American Standard Version
He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He hired also of Israel a hundred thousand valiant men, for a hundred talents of silver.

Darby Bible Translation
He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.

English Revised Version
He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.

Webster's Bible Translation
He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.

World English Bible
He hired also one hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver.

Young's Literal Translation
And he hireth out of Israel a hundred thousand mighty ones of valour, with a hundred talents of silver;

2 Chronicles 25:5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.


2 Chronicles 25:7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.

Then for 7,500 pounds of silver he hired 100,000 brave warriors from Israel. —HCSB

He hired also 100,000 valiant warriors out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver. —NASB

He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver. —KJV


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Fighting Fighting-Men Hired Hireth Hundred Israel Mighty Ones Silver Talents Thousand Valiant Valor Valour Warriors

Fighting Fighting-Men Hired Hireth Hundred Israel Mighty Ones Silver Talents Thousand Valiant Valor Valour Warriors
2 Chronicles Chapter 25 Verse 6

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