6. He also hired 100,000 fighting men from Israel. He had to pay them almost four tons of silver.
7. But a man of God came to him. He said, "King Amaziah, these troops from Israel must not march out with you. The Lord is not with Israel. He isn't with any of the people of Ephraim.
8. Go and fight bravely in battle if you want to. But God will destroy you right in front of your enemies. God has the power to help you or destroy you."
9. Amaziah asked the man of God, "But what about all of that silver I paid for these Israelite troops?" The man of God replied, "The Lord can give you much more than that."
10. So Amaziah let the troops go who had come to him from Ephraim. He sent them home. They were very angry with Judah. In fact, they were burning with anger when they went home.
11. Then Amaziah showed how strong he was. He led his army to the Valley of Salt. There he killed 10,000 men of Seir.
12. The army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff. Then they threw them down. All of them were smashed to pieces.
13. The troops Amaziah had sent back attacked some towns in Judah. He hadn't allowed the troops to take part in the war. They attacked towns from Samaria to Beth Horon. They killed 3,000 people. They carried off huge amounts of goods.
14. Amaziah returned from killing the men of Edom. He brought back the statues of the gods of Seir. He set them up as his own gods. He bowed down to them. He burned sacrifices to them.