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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 28:8 - Strong Concordance
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| 2Ch 28:8 |
Strong Concordance |
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] carried away captive [07617] of their brethren [0251] two hundred [03967] thousand [0505], women [0802], sons [01121], and daughters [01323], and took also away [0962] much [07227] spoil [07998] from them, and brought [0935] the spoil [07998] to Samaria [08111]. |
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King James |
And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand--These captives included a great number of women, boys, and girls, a circumstance which creates a presumption that the Hebrews, like other Orientals, were accompanied in the war by multitudes of non-combatants (see on Jdg 4:8). The report of these "brethren," being brought as captives to Samaria, excited general indignation among the better-disposed inhabitants; and Oded, a prophet, accompanied by the princes (Ch2 28:12 compared with Ch2 28:14), went out, as the escort was approaching, to prevent the disgraceful outrage of introducing such prisoners into the city. The officers of the squadron were, of course, not to blame; they were simply doing their military duty in conducting those prisoners of war to their destination. But Oded clearly showed that the Israelitish army had gained the victory--not by the superiority of their arms, but in consequence of the divine judgment against Judah. He forcibly exposed the enormity of the offense of keeping "their brethren" as slaves got in war. He protested earnestly against adding this great offense of unnatural and sinful cruelty (Lev 25:43-44; Mic 2:8-9) to the already overwhelming amount of their own national sins. Such was the effect of his spirited remonstrance and the opposing tide of popular feeling, that "the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation." |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The Israelites, moreover, carried away 200,000 - women, sons, and daughters-from their brethren, and a great quantity of spoil, and brought the booty (prisoners and goods; cf. for שׁלל of men, Jdg 5:30) to Samaria. אחיהם, the brethren of the Israelites, is the name given, with emphasis, to the inhabitants of Judah, here and in Ch2 28:11, in order to point out the cruelty of the Israelites in not scrupling to carry away captive the defenceless women and children of their brethren.
The modern critics have taken offence at the large numbers, 120,000 slain and 200,000 women and children taken prisoners, and have declared them to be exaggerations of the wonder-loving chronicler (Gesen. on Isa., De Wette, Winer, etc.). But in this they are mistaken; for if we consider the war more closely, we learn from Isa 7:6 that the allied kings purposed to annihilate the kingdom of Judah. And, moreover, the Ephraimites acted always with extreme cruelty in war (cf. Kg2 15:16); but more especially cherished the fiercest hatred against the men of Judah, because these regarded them as having fallen away from the service of the true God (Ch2 25:6-10; Ch2 13:4.). But in a war for the existence of the kingdom, Ahaz must certainly have called out the whole male population capable of bearing arms, which is estimated in the time of Amaziah at 300,000 men, and in that of Uzziah at 307,500 (Isa 25:5; Isa 26:13), - numbers which appear thoroughly credible, considering the size and populousness of Judah. If we suppose the army of Ahaz to have been as large, in a decisive battle fought with all possible energy nearly 120,000 men may have fallen, especially if the Ephraimites, in their exasperation, unsparingly butchered their enemies, as the narrative would seem to hint both by the word הרג in Ch2 28:6, which signifies to murder, massacre, butcher, and by the saying of the prophet, Ch2 28:9, "Ye massacred among them with a rage which reached to heaven." By the character of the war, which resembled a civil or even a religious war, and by the cruelty of the Israelites, the great number of those carried captive is accounted for; for after the great defeat of the men of Judah the whole land fell into the hands of the enemy, so that they could sate their hatred and anger to their heart's content by carrying off the defenceless women and children to make them slaves. And finally, we must also consider that the numbers of the slain and of the prisoners are not founded upon exact enumeration, but upon a mere general estimate. The immense loss which was sustained in the battle was estimated on the side of Judah at 120,000 men; and the number of captive women and children was so immense, that they were, or might be, estimated at 200,000 souls, it being impossible to give an exact statement of their number. These numbers were consequently recorded in the annals of the kingdom, whence the author of the Chronicle has taken them; cf. Caspari, S. 37ff. |
8 Even of late [0865] my people [05971] is risen up [06965] as an enemy [0341]: ye pull off [06584] the robe [0145] with [04136] the garment [08008] from them that pass [05674] by securely [0983] as men averse [07725] from war [04421].
9 The women [0802] of my people [05971] have ye cast out [01644] from their pleasant [08588] houses [01004]; from their children [05768] have ye taken away [03947] my glory [01926] for ever [05769].
43 Thou shalt not rule [07287] over him with rigour [06531]; but shalt fear [03372] thy God [0430].
44 Both thy bondmen [05650], and thy bondmaids [0519], which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen [01471] that are round about [05439] you; of them shall ye buy [07069] bondmen [05650] and bondmaids [0519].
14 So the armed men [02502] left [05800] the captives [07633] and the spoil [0961] before [06440] the princes [08269] and all the congregation [06951].
12 Then certain [0582] of the heads [07218] of the children [01121] of Ephraim [0669], Azariah [05838] the son [01121] of Johanan [03076], Berechiah [01296] the son [01121] of Meshillemoth [04919], and Jehizkiah [03169] the son [01121] of Shallum [07967], and Amasa [06021] the son [01121] of Hadlai [02311], stood up [06965] against them that came [0935] from the war [06635],
8 And Barak [01301] said [0559] unto her, If thou wilt go [03212] with me, then I will go [01980]: but if thou wilt not go [03212] with me, then I will not go [03212].
9 But a prophet [05030] of the LORD [03068] was there, whose name [08034] was Oded [05752]: and he went out [03318] before [06440] the host [06635] that came [0935] to Samaria [08111], and said [0559] unto them, Behold, because the LORD [03068] God [0430] of your fathers [01] was wroth [02534] with Judah [03063], he hath delivered [05414] them into your hand [03027], and ye have slain [02026] them in a rage [02197] that reacheth up [05060] unto heaven [08064].
6 For Pekah [06492] the son [01121] of Remaliah [07425] slew [02026] in Judah [03063] an hundred [03967] and twenty [06242] thousand [0505] in one [0259] day [03117], which were all valiant [02428] men [01121]; because they had forsaken [05800] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of their fathers [01].
13 O LORD [03068] our God [0430], other lords [0113] beside [02108] thee have had dominion [01166] over us: but by thee only will we make mention [02142] of thy name [08034].
5 Thou shalt bring down [03665] the noise [07588] of strangers [02114], as the heat [02721] in a dry place [06724]; even the heat [02721] with the shadow [06738] of a cloud [05645]: the branch [02159] of the terrible ones [06184] shall be brought low [06030].
4 And Abijah [029] stood up [06965] upon mount [02022] Zemaraim [06787], which is in mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], and said [0559], Hear [08085] me, thou Jeroboam [03379], and all Israel [03478];
6 He hired [07936] also an hundred [03967] thousand [0505] mighty [01368] men of valour [02428] out of Israel [03478] for an hundred [03967] talents [03603] of silver [03701].
7 But there came [0935] a man [0376] of God [0430] to him, saying [0559], O king [04428], let not the army [06635] of Israel [03478] go [0935] with thee; for the LORD [03068] is not with Israel [03478], to wit, with all the children [01121] of Ephraim [0669].
8 But if thou wilt go [0935], do [06213] it, be strong [02388] for the battle [04421]: God [0430] shall make thee fall [03782] before [06440] the enemy [0341]: for God [0430] hath [03426] power [03581] to help [05826], and to cast down [03782].
9 And Amaziah [0558] said [0559] to the man [0376] of God [0430], But what shall we do [06213] for the hundred [03967] talents [03603] which I have given [05414] to the army [01416] of Israel [03478]? And the man [0376] of God [0430] answered [0559], The LORD [03068] is [03426] able to give [05414] thee much more [07235] than this.
10 Then Amaziah [0558] separated [0914] them, to wit, the army [01416] that was come [0935] to him out of Ephraim [0669], to go [03212] home [04725] again [03212]: wherefore their anger [0639] was greatly [03966] kindled [02734] against Judah [03063], and they returned [07725] home [04725] in great [02750] anger [0639].
16 Then Menahem [04505] smote [05221] Tiphsah [08607], and all that were therein, and the coasts [01366] thereof from Tirzah [08656]: because they opened [06605] not to him, therefore he smote [05221] it; and all the women therein that were with child [02030] he ripped up [01234].
6 Let us go up [05927] against Judah [03063], and vex [06973] it, and let us make a breach [01234] therein for us, and set [04427] a king [04428] in the midst [08432] of it, even the son [01121] of Tabeal [02870]:
11 Now hear [08085] me therefore, and deliver [07725] the captives [07633] again, which ye have taken captive [07617] of your brethren [0251]: for the fierce [02740] wrath [0639] of the LORD [03068] is upon you.
30 Have they not sped [04672]? have they not divided [02505] the prey [07998]; to every [07218] man [01397] a damsel [07356] or two [07361]; to Sisera [05516] a prey [07998] of divers colours [06648], a prey [07998] of divers colours [06648] of needlework [07553], of divers colours [06648] of needlework on both sides [07553], meet for the necks [06677] of them that take the spoil [07998]?