2 Chronicles 25:11-12 - Amaziah then marshaled his strength and led his army to the Valley of Salt, where he killed ten thousand men of Seir. The army of Judah also captured ten thousand men alive, took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.
I wonder why these men were taken alive by Amaziah's army only to be killed in a rather unusual way. Why weren't they just killed on the battlefield? Had they surrendered? Even if they had, why go to all the trouble of (probably) tying them up, herding them to the top of a cliff, and making a mess at the bottom of the cliff? Was it just to save time burying fallen soldiers? Would they have done so if the deed had been done on the battlefield?
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