2 Chronicles 28:17
in 2 Chronicles 28The Edomites had again come and attacked Judah and carried away captives.
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ASV
For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.
KJV
For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 28
Commentary
3 notes on this verseFor again the Edomites had come,.... As in the days of Jehoshaphat, 2Ch 20:10, and smitten Judah, and carried away captives; taking the advantage of the weak and low condition Ahaz was in, and which was the reason of his sending to the king of Assyria.
This site's exposition
unto the kings of Assyria to help him
on 2 Chronicles 28:16-18
Ahaz answers his losses by sending to the kings of Assyria for help, the same appeal 2 Kings 16:7 records with Ahaz's own vassal words, I am thy servant and thy son; Chronicles drops that language and widens the picture of the collapse it caused instead. Edom strikes again, as in Jehoshaphat's day, and the Philistines take whole cities of the low country and the south, Beth-shemesh, Ajalon, Gederoth, Shocho and Timnah among them, a raid list Kings does not carry at all. Judah loses ground on every border at once while its king negotiates away the treasury.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The Edomites took advantage of the reverses of Ahaz, and were perhaps in league with Rezin (see 2Ki 16:6 note). The pitilessness of Edom, and her readiness to turn against Judah in any severe distress, is noticed and sternly rebuked by the prophets (Amo 1:11; Eze 35:5; Oba 1:10-14, etc.).
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And Philistines raided the cities of the lowlands and the southland which was opposite them, as it is written about the Philistines, (Zeph.:5): “the inhabitants of the seacoast.”
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
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְע֥וֹד | veod | and again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| אֲדוֹמִ֖ים | ʾadomim | [the] Edomites | H130 → | |
| בָּ֑אוּ | bau | they had come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וַיַּכּ֥וּ | vaiyaku | and they had defeated | H5221 → | 499 times |
| בִיהוּדָ֖ה | vihudah | <in> Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וַיִּשְׁבּוּ־ | vaiyishbu- | and they had taken captive | H7617 → | 47 times |
| שֶֽׁבִי׃ | shevi | captive[s] | H7628 → | 49 times |
וְע֥וֹדand again
veodH5750 →490 times
אֲדוֹמִ֖ים[the] Edomites
ʾadomimH130 →
בָּ֑אוּthey had come
bauH935 →2568 times
וַיַּכּ֥וּand they had defeated
vaiyakuH5221 →499 times
בִיהוּדָ֖ה<in> Judah
vihudahH3063 →819 times
וַיִּשְׁבּוּ־and they had taken captive
vaiyishbu-H7617 →47 times
שֶֽׁבִי׃captive[s]
sheviH7628 →49 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Obadiah 1:10Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.
it leads to
- Amos 1:11
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged…
- Malachi 1:3–4
but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
- Genesis 27:41
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will…
- Psalms 89:45
You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah
- Psalms 137:7
Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
- Amos 1:11
Through
Leviticus 26:18And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
it leads to
- Leviticus 26:21
If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.
- Leviticus 26:24
then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.
- Leviticus 26:28
then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.
- Leviticus 26:21
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.