4 But he did not put to death their sons, just as it was written in the book of the law of Moses, where the Lord instructed, saying: 'The fathers shall not be slain because of the sons, nor the sons because of their fathers. Instead, each one shall die for his own sin.'
5 And then Amaziah gathered together Judah, and he organized them by families, and tribunes, and centurions, throughout all of Judah and Benjamin. And he numbered them from twenty years old and upward. And he found three hundred thousand young men, who could go forth to battle, and who could hold spear and shield.
6 Also, he hired for pay from Israel one hundred thousand experienced men, for one hundred talents of silver.
7 Then a man of God came to him, and he said: 'O king, let not the army of Israel go forth with you. For the Lord is not with Israel, nor with all the sons of Ephraim.
8 But if you think that a war stands by the strength of the army, God will cause you to be overwhelmed by the enemies. For indeed, it belongs to God to assist, and to put to flight.'
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