Then for 7,500 pounds[a] of silver he hired one hundred thousand valiant warriors from Israel.

However, a man of God(A) came to him and said, “King, do not let Israel’s army go with you, for the Lord is not with Israel—all the Ephraimites. But if you go with them, do it! Be strong for battle! But God will make you stumble before the enemy,(B) for God has the power to help(C) or to make one stumble.”

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Footnotes

  1. 25:6 Lit 100 talents, also in v. 9

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