So Amaziah sent the Israelite army back home to Ephraim. {\cf2\super [288]} Those men were very angry against the king and the people of Judah. They went back home very angry.
The Israelites answered, “We have ten shares in David. [112] So we have more right to David than you do. But you ignored us. Why? We were the ones that first talked about bringing our king back.”
Say to them, ‘The Lord says that you must not go to war against your brothers. Every one of you should go home. I made all these things happen!’” So the men in Rehoboam’s army obeyed the Lord’s command. They all went home.
Then Amaziah became very brave and led his army to the Salt Valley in the country of Edom. In that place, Amaziah’s army killed 10,000 men from Seir. {\cf2\super [289]}
Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what about the money I already paid to the Israelite army?” The man of God answered, “The Lord has plenty. He can give you much more than that!”