7. But a prophet went to the king and said to him, “Don't take these Israelite soldiers with you. The Lord is not with these troops from the Northern Kingdom.
8. You may think that they will make you stronger in battle, but it is God who has the power to give victory or defeat, and he will let your enemies defeat you.”
9. Amaziah asked the prophet, “But what about all that silver I have already paid for them?”The prophet replied, “The Lord can give you back more than that!”
10. So Amaziah sent the hired troops away and told them to go home. At this they went home, bitterly angry with the people of Judah.
11. Amaziah summoned up his courage and led his army to the Valley of Salt. There they fought and killed 10,000 Edomite soldiers
12. and captured another 10,000. They took the prisoners to the top of the cliff at the city of Sela and threw them off, so that they were killed on the rocks below.