8. God shall cast thee down] i.e. If despite the warning he persists in his purpose, God will cause his effort to fail, no matter how well he fights.
⁹And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel[¹]? And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than this. ¹⁰Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army[¹] that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.
[¹] Hebrew troop.
9. The Lord is able to give thee much more than this] An utterance worthy to be placed in the mouth of a prophet.
11, 12 (compare 2 Kings xiv. 7).
Victory over Edom.
¹¹And Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
11. the Valley of Salt] The scene of one of David’s victories (1 Chronicles xviii. 12; see note there).
children of Seir] The Edomites were so called because “Mount Seir” was part of their territory; Deuteronomy ii. 5, and see note on xx. 10. Originally subdued in David’s reign, they had revolted in the time of Jehoram (see xxi. 10).
¹²And other ten thousand did the children of Judah carry away alive, and brought them unto the top of the rock[¹], and cast them down from the top of the rock[¹], that they all were broken in pieces.
[¹] Or, Sela.