2 Chronicles 25:6

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

2 Chronicles 25:6, King James Version

2 Chronicles 25:6 in other translations

BSB	He also hired 100,000 mighty warriors from Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
WEB	He also hired one hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver.
ASV	He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
YLT	And he hireth out of Israel a hundred thousand mighty ones of valour, with a hundred talents of silver;
DARBY	He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
BBE	And for a hundred talents of silver, he got a hundred thousand fighting-men from Israel.
Webster	He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.

What does 2 Chronicles 25:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

6. He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour ... for an hundred talents of silver--This sum was paid into the treasury of Jehoahaz--not given as bounty to the mercenaries who were obliged to serve at the sovereign's call; their remuneration consisting only in the booty they might obtain. It was about £50,000 sterling, being 10s. per man, including officers--a very paltry pay, compared with the bounty given for a soldier in this country. But it must be remembered that in ancient times campaigns were short and the hazards of the service comparatively small.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

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 25:6 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.

וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֣רvai.yis.Korand he hiredH7936

מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֗לmi.Yis.ra.'Elfrom IsraelH3478

מֵ֥אָהMe.'ahone hundredH3967

אֶ֛לֶף'E.lefthousandH505

גִּבּ֥וֹרgi.Bormighty [man] ofH1368

חָ֖יִלCha.yilstrengthH2428

בְּמֵאָ֥הbe.me.'Ahfor one hundredH3967

כִכַּר\־khi.kar-talent[s] ofH3603

כָּֽסֶף\׃Ka.sefsilverH3701

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

an hundred talents of silver.Estimating the shekel at 2s. 6d., and the talent, being 3,000 shekels, (see Ex 38:25, 26,) at 375£., one hundred talents would amount to 37,500£.; 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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

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 25:6
He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
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.

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2 Chronicles 25:6 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y de Israel tomó á sueldo cien mil hombres valientes, por cien talentos de plata.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et il prit à sa solde, d’Israël, 100 000 hommes forts et vaillants, pour 100 talents d’argent.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und er dingte aus Israel 100000 tapfere Helden um hundert Talente Silber.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	mercede quoque conduxit de Israël centum millia robustorum, centum talentis argenti.