2 Chronicles 28:15
The men who were assigned by name got up and took the prisoners, and clothed all who were naked among them with the plunder. They clothed them and gave them sandals. They gave them food to eat and drink. They treated their wounds and put the weak ones on donkeys. They took them back to their families in Jericho, (called the City of Palms). Then they returned to Samaria.
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14So the armed men left the prisoners and the plunder before the leaders and all the assembly.
16At that time King Ahaz sent messengers to the kings of Assyria to ask them to help him.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 34:3and the Negev, and the plain of the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.
2 Kings 6:22Elisha answered, “You must not kill them. Would you kill those whom you had taken captive with your sword and bow? Put bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.”
2 Chronicles 28:12Then certain leaders of the people of Ephraim—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai, stood up against those who came back from the war.
Proverbs 25:21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, 1 and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, 1
Matthew 25:35For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me a drink; I was a stranger and you took me in;
Luke 8:27When Jesus stepped on the land, he was met by a certain man from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he did not live in a house but among the tombs.
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 →