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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 28:9 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
2Ch 28:9	King James	But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Nothing more is known of this Oded. Compare Ch2 15:1. He went out before the host - Rather, "He went out to meet the host," as the same phrase is translated in Ch2 15:2. A rage that reacheth up to heaven - i. e. not merely an exceedingly great and violent rage, but one that has displeased God.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Nothing more is known of this Oded. Compare Ch2 15:1.

He went out before the host - Rather, "He went out to meet the host," as the same phrase is translated in Ch2 15:2.

A rage that reacheth up to heaven - i. e. not merely an exceedingly great and violent rage, but one that has displeased God.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
A rage - An unbounded rage, which cries to God for vengeance, against such bloody men.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

A rage - An unbounded rage, which cries to God for vengeance, against such bloody men.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
But a prophet of the Lord - whose name was Oded - To this beautiful speech nothing can be added by the best comment; it is simple, humane, pious, and overwhelmingly convincing: no wonder it produced the effect mentioned here. That there was much of humanity in the heads of the children of Ephraim who joined with the prophet on this occasion, the fifteenth verse sufficiently proves. They did not barely dismiss these most unfortunate captives, but they took that very spoil which their victorious army had brought away; and they clothed, fed, shod, and anointed, these distressed people, set the feeblest of them upon asses, and escorted them safely to Jericho. We can scarcely find a parallel to this in the universal history of the wars which savage man has carried on against his fellows, from the foundation of the world.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

But a prophet of the Lord - whose name was Oded - To this beautiful speech nothing can be added by the best comment; it is simple, humane, pious, and overwhelmingly convincing: no wonder it produced the effect mentioned here. That there was much of humanity in the heads of the children of Ephraim who joined with the prophet on this occasion, the fifteenth verse sufficiently proves. They did not barely dismiss these most unfortunate captives, but they took that very spoil which their victorious army had brought away; and they clothed, fed, shod, and anointed, these distressed people, set the feeblest of them upon asses, and escorted them safely to Jericho. We can scarcely find a parallel to this in the universal history of the wars which savage man has carried on against his fellows, from the foundation of the world.

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