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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 Chronicles 25:6 - 25:6
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He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour ... for an hundred talents of silver - This sum was paid into the treasury of Jehoahaz - not given as bounty to the mercenaries who were obliged to serve at the sovereign’s call; their remuneration consisting only in the booty they might obtain. It was about $170,000, being $17 per man, including officers - a very paltry pay, compared with the bounty given for a soldier in this country. But it must be remembered that in ancient times campaigns were short and the hazards of the service comparatively small.