6. He also hired 100,000 soldiers from Israel for 7,500 pounds of silver.
7. But a man of God came to him and said, “Your Majesty, Israel’s army must not go with you, because the Lord isn’t with Israel. He’s not with these men from Ephraim.
8. If you go into battle with them, no matter how courageous you are, God will use the enemy to defeat you, because God has the power to help you or to defeat you.”
9. Amaziah asked the man of God, “What should I do about the 7,500 pounds of silver I gave the troops from Israel?”The man of God answered, “The Lord can give you much more than that.”