2 Chronicles 25:6He hired also one hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver.
The setting
Jerusalem, ~796 BC. King Amaziah pays 100 talents of silver (about 3.75 tons) to hire 100,000 Israelite mercenaries for his Edom campaign...
The emotion here: concern about the king's expensive gamble on foreign mercenaries
The original word
śākar (שָׂכַר) — hired, rented for payment, indicating these were mercenaries, not allies
Why it matters
100 talents of silver was roughly equivalent to 3 years of tax revenue for Judah - an enormous military expenditure
Read with care
What most readers miss in 2 Chronicles 25:6
Amaziah is hiring soldiers from ISRAEL - the northern kingdom that had been his enemy just generations before
Common misconceptionThis seems like smart military strategy, but the chronicler is actually setting up Amaziah's lack of faith - he's trusting silver more than God.
The thread continues
Verses that echo 2 Chronicles 25:6
Bible Genome reading
2 Chronicles 25:6 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
2 Chronicles 25:6 comes from the book of 2 Chronicles, written during the Divided Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is deciding, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is reflective. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include military alliance, costly decisions. Notable phrases: one hundred talents of silver.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same deciding
“"You shall have no other gods before me.”
— Deuteronomy 5:7
“"You shall not murder.”
— Exodus 20:13
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
— Matthew 23:12
“For God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.”
— 2 Timothy 1:7
“But Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!"”
— Acts 3:6
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