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2 Chronicles 28:13

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“You must not bring the captives here,” they said, “for you are proposing to bring guilt upon us from the LORD and to add to our sins and our guilt. For our guilt is great, and fierce anger is upon Israel.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for ye purpose that which will bring upon us a trespass against Jehovah, to add unto our sins and to our trespass; for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

KJV

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.

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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”.

This site's exposition

For our guilt is great, and fierce anger is upon Israel

The leaders of Ephraim refuse to let the captives into Samaria. Matthew Henry sees in their decision a real regard for the prophet's word and a pity God Himself worked in them. He cites Psalm 106:46, where the LORD makes His people pitied by their captors.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And said unto them, ye shall not bring in the captives hither,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

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."

The words behind it

26 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.

  • וַיֹּאמְר֣וּand they said

    vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times

  • לָהֶ֗םto them

    lahem

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • תָבִ֤יאוּyou must bring

    taviuH935 →2568 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַשִּׁבְיָה֙the group of captives

    hashivyahH7633 →9 times

  • הֵ֔נָּהhere

    henahH2008 →

  • כִּי֩for

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • לְאַשְׁמַ֨תto [the] guilt of

    leashmatH819 →19 times

  • יְהוָ֤הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙on us

    ʾaleinuH5921 →5755 times

  • אַתֶּ֣ם[are] you?

    ʾatemH859 →1094 times

  • אֹמְרִ֔יםsaying

    ʾomerimH559 →5305 times

  • לְהֹסִ֥יףto add

    lehosifH3254 →212 times

  • עַל־to

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • חַטֹּאתֵ֖ינוּsins our

    chatoteinuH2403 →295 times

  • וְעַל־and to

    veal-H5921 →5755 times

  • אַשְׁמָתֵ֑ינוּguilt our

    ʾashmateinuH819 →19 times

  • כִּֽי־for

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • רַבָּ֤הmuch

    rabahH7227 →454 times

  • אַשְׁמָה֙guilt

    ʾashmahH819 →19 times

  • לָ֔נוּ[belongs] to us

    lanu

  • וַחֲר֥וֹןand burning of

    vacharonH2740 →41 times

  • אָ֖ףanger

    ʾafH639 →276 times

  • עַל־[is] towards

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

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

Related verses

11 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Chronicles 24:18They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.3 worksJob 36:13The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.3 worksJoshua 22:17–18Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.2 worksMatthew 23:32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.2 worksNumbers 32:14Now behold, you, a brood of sinners, have risen up in place of your fathers to further stoke the burning anger of the LORD against Israel.2 worksMatthew 23:35And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.2 works
The other 5 cross-references, with their words ▾
Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.2 works2 Chronicles 30:8Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.2 worksEzra 10:10Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.2 worksHosea 13:2Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”2 worksJoshua 22:15They went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them,2 works

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

    Matthew 23:35

    And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 24:20–22

      Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments…

    • Hebrews 11:4

      By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he…

    • Zechariah 1:1

      In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:

    • Genesis 4:8

      Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

  • Through

    Romans 2:5

    But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

    it leads to

    • Ecclesiastes 12:14

      For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

    • Romans 1:18

      The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

    • Romans 2:2–3

      And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.

    • Hebrews 3:15

      As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”

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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.
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This page draws on 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.

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