2 Chronicles 28:14
in 2 Chronicles 28So the armed men left the captives and the plunder before the leaders and all the assembly.
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ASV
So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the assembly.
KJV
So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 28
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis 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
So the armed men left the captives and the plunder
Gill notes that the plunder went with the captives for the leaders to dispose of. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown credit the prophet's rebuke for the outcome. Matthew Henry counts the army's yielding braver than the victory that took the captives, since it gave up gain at the word of God.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), and herein they showed more truly heroic bravery than they did in taking them. It is a great honour for any man to yield to the authority of reason and religion against his interest.
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So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and the congregation. Which were come out of Samaria to meet them; such an effect had the word's of the prophet, and the princes, upon them, that they not only left the captives with them, but the spoil, to dispose of, as they thought fit.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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."
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And the men who were mentioned by name arose above (verse 12). Who were they? Those men who were of the heads of the sons of Ephraim: Azariah the son of Jehohanan and his colleagues.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב | vaiyaazo | and he left | H5800 → | 215 times |
| הֶֽחָל֗וּץ | hechalutz | the [man] equipped | H2502 → | 44 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַשִּׁבְיָה֙ | hashivyah | the group of captives | H7633 → | 9 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבִּזָּ֔ה | habizah | the plunder | H961 → | 10 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַשָּׂרִ֖ים | hasarim | the commanders | H8269 → | 421 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַקָּהָֽל׃ | hakahal | the assembly | H6951 → | 123 times |
וַיַּעֲזֹ֣בand he left
vaiyaazoH5800 →215 times
הֶֽחָל֗וּץthe [man] equipped
hechalutzH2502 →44 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַשִּׁבְיָה֙the group of captives
hashivyahH7633 →9 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַבִּזָּ֔הthe plunder
habizahH961 →10 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
הַשָּׂרִ֖יםthe commanders
hasarimH8269 →421 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
הַקָּהָֽל׃the assembly
hakahalH6951 →123 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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About 2 Chronicles
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.