2 Chronicles 25:13 meaning and explanation

Meanwhile the troops that Amaziah had dismissed from battle raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon. They struck down 3,000 people and carried off a great deal of plunder.

2 Chronicles 25:13, Berean Standard Bible

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Amaziah had hired 100,000 soldiers from the northern kingdom of Israel, but a man of God told him to send them home because the LORD was not with Israel. Obediently he dismissed them, and these mercenaries, furious at losing their pay and part in the spoil, turned their anger on the towns of Judah on their way back north, from Samaria to Beth-horon, killing three thousand people and taking plunder.

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