2 Chronicles 28:15
And the men that have been mentioned 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, unto their brethren; then they returned to Samaria.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
14So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.
16At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 34:3and the South, and the Plain, even the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, as far as Zoar.
2 Kings 6:22And he answered: 'Thou shalt not smite them; hast thou taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow those whom thou wouldest smite? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.'
2 Chronicles 28:12Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Jehohanan, 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,
Proverbs 25:21If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink;
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 28:7-16
The King of Israel Defeats Ahaz. ( b. c. 738.) 6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. 7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king. 8 And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from… Read the whole commentary →