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2 Chronicles 28:9-15

King James Version (KJV)

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9. 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. 10. And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: [but are there] not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God? 11. Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD [is] upon you. 12. Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war, 13. And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD [already], ye intend to add [more] to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and [there is] fierce wrath against Israel. 14. So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation. 15. And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.

2 Chronicles 28:9-15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Chronicles 28:9

Theological / Devotional

A prophet. This whole section (vs. 9-15), dealing with the return of the prisoners, is found only in Chronicles.

Wroth with Judah. The Lord desired Israel to know that it was not because of their prowess that they had been victorious in this campaign, but because of Judah’s sin. God’s protecting hand had been withdrawn from Judah; hence it was possible for Israel to triumph over her.

In a rage. The fact that the Lord’s protection had been withdrawn from Judah did not justify Israel in the severe and cruel measures she had taken against her neighbor. The Lord is a God of infinite justice, “longsuffering, and of great, mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty” (Num. 14:18). The Lord allowed Assyria to be the instalment for the punishment of His people, but in turn predicted that He would “punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria” (Isa. 10:5-12; see on 2 Chron. 2:8).

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