2 Chronicles 25 · Verse 12

2 Chronicles 25:12

And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
2 Chronicles 25:12, King James Version

2 Chronicles 25:12 in other translations

BSBand the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.
WEBThe children of Judah carried away ten thousand alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and threw them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces.
ASVAnd other ten thousand did the children of Judah carry away alive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, so that they were all broken in pieces.
YLTAnd ten thousand alive have the sons of Judah taken captive, and they bring them to the top of the rock, and cast them from the top of the rock, and all of them have been broken.
DARBYAnd the children of Judah took ten thousand captive, alive, and brought them to the top of the cliff, and cast them down from the top of the cliff, so that they all were broken in pieces.
BBEAnd ten thousand more the children of Israel took living, and made them go up to the top of the rock, pushing them down from the top of the rock so that their bodies were broken by the fall.
WebsterAnd other ten thousand left alive the children of Judah carried away captive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they were all broken in pieces.

What does 2 Chronicles 25:12 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 25:1-13

Amaziah was no enemy to religion, but cool and indifferent friend. Many do what is good, but not with a perfect heart. Rashness makes work for repentance. But Amaziah's obedience to the command of God was to his honour. A firm belief of God's all-sufficiency to bear us out in our duty, and to make up all the loss and damage we sustain in his service, will make his yoke very easy, and his burden very light. When we…

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2 Chronicles 25:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶתva.'a.Se.retand tenH6235
אֲלָפִ֜ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>H505
חַיִּ֗יםchai.YimaliveH2416
שָׁבוּ֙sha.Vuthey took captiveH7617
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
וַיְבִיא֖וּםvay.vi.'Umand they brought themH935
לְרֹ֣אשׁle.Roshto [the] top ofH7218
הַסָּ֑לַעha.Sa.la'the cliffH5553
וַיַּשְׁלִיכ֛וּםvai.yash.li.Khumand they threw themH7993
מֵֽרֹאשׁ\־me.rosh-from [the] top ofH7218
הַסֶּ֖לַעha.Se.la'<the> cliffH5553
וְכֻלָּ֥םve.khu.Lamand all of themH3605
נִבְקָֽעוּ\׃\ \סniv.Ka.'uthey were split openH1234

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 25:12

  • 2 Chronicles 20:10

    And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

  • 2 Chronicles 21:8-10

    In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king. Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots. So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the Lord God of his fathers.

  • 2 Samuel 12:31

    And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chronicles 20:3

    And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And other ten thousand.No intimation is given on what account, or on what provocation, this most cruel conduct towards the prisoners of war was adopted. The enmity between Israel and Edom seems to have been reciprocal and deeply malignant. The victorious king and his army considered every individual of Edom as a traitor and rebel; and so adjudged them to death, and acted on this judgment. But their conduct was wholly inexcusable, and could only perpetuate rancour to future generations, and provoke the surviving Edomites to cruel retaliations, whenever they had it in their power.
cast them.
2Sa 12:31; 1Ch 20:3
broken in pieces.
20:10; 21:8-10

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 25:11

    And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:12

    And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:13

    But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth–horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.

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2 Chronicles 25:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y los hijos de Judá tomaron vivos otros diez mil, los cuales llevaron á la cumbre de un peñasco, y de allí los despeñaron, y todos se hicieron pedazos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les fils de Juda emmenèrent captifs 10 000 hommes, vivants, et les menèrent sur le sommet d’un rocher, et les précipitèrent du sommet du rocher, et ils furent tous mis en pièces.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Kinder Juda führten 10000 lebendig gefangen hinweg und brachten sie auf die Spitze eines Felsens, und sie stürzten sie hinab von der Spitze des Felsens, daß sie allesamt zerbarsten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et alia decem millia virorum ceperunt filii Juda, et adduxerunt ad præruptum cujusdam petræ, præcipitaveruntque eos de summo in præceps: qui universi crepuerunt.