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2 Chronicles 28:12

in 2 Chronicles 28

Then some of the leaders of the Ephraimites—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood in opposition to those arriving from the war.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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,

KJV

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,

This verse in 2 Chronicles 28

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

In this they discovered an obedient regard to the word of God by his prophet and a tender compassion towards their brethren, which was wrought in them by the tender mercy of God; for he regarded the affliction of this poor people, and hears their cry, and made them to be pitied of all those that carried them captive, Ps. cvi.

This site's exposition

stood in opposition to those arriving from the war

on 2 Chronicles 28:12-14

Four named leaders of Ephraim, Azariah, Berechiah, Jehizkiah and Amasa, stand against the returning army and take up Oded's charge as their own confession. The armed men yield without a further word and leave the captives and the plunder “before the leaders and all the assembly”.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim,.... Of the principal men of the ten tribes, whose names follow: 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; who were bringing the captives and spoils to Samaria; but these princes, being influenced by what the prophet said, hindered their proceeding any further.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

He protested earnestly against adding this great offense of unnatural and sinful cruelty (Le 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."
“Ephraim” is used herein the generic sense so common in the prophets, as synonymous with the ten tribes.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיָּקֻ֨מוּand they rose up

    vaiyakumuH6965 →628 times

  • אֲנָשִׁ֜יםmen

    ʾanashimH582 →566 times

  • מֵרָאשֵׁ֣יsome of [the] leaders of

    merasheiH7218 →599 times

  • בְנֵֽי־[the] descendants of

    venei-H1121 →4930 times

  • אֶפְרַ֗יִםEphraim

    ʾefrayimH669 →180 times

  • עֲזַרְיָ֤הוּAzariah

    ʾazaryahuH5838 →49 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • יְהֽוֹחָנָן֙Jehohanan

    yehochananH3076 →11 times

  • בֶּרֶכְיָ֣הוּBerekiah

    berekhyahuH1296 →

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • מְשִׁלֵּמ֔וֹתMeshillemoth

    meshilemotH4919 →

  • וִֽיחִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙and Jechizkiah

    vichizkiyahuH3169 →

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • שַׁלֻּ֔םShallum

    shalumH7967 →

  • וַעֲמָשָׂ֖אand Amasa

    vaamasa'H6021 →

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • חַדְלָ֑יHadlai

    chadlaiH2311 →

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַבָּאִ֖יםthe [ones who] were coming

    habaimH935 →2568 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַצָּבָֽא׃the war

    hatzava'H6635 →485 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 28:1

    Now David summoned all the leaders of Israel to Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials…

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 23:2

      Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.

    • 1 Chronicles 11:10–47

      Now these were the chiefs of David’s mighty men, who, together with all Israel, bolstered and strengthened his kingdom, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

    • 1 Chronicles 27:1–34

      This is the list of the Israelites—the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter concerning the divisions on rotating military duty…

  • Through

    Jeremiah 26:6

    then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 22:19

      because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse,…

    • Jeremiah 24:9

      I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.

    • Isaiah 65:15

      You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.

    • Jeremiah 25:18

      to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;

    • Jeremiah 7:12–14

      But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.

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About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.