2 Chronicles 28:17
And Idumeans came (or For the Edomites had returned), and killed many men of Judah, and took great prey.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.
In Context
16In that time (or At that time), king Ahaz sent to the king of Assyrians, and asked help of him.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:18But if neither so ye obey to me (or And if ye shall still not obey me), I shall increase your chastising sevenfold for your sins;
2 Chronicles 21:8In those days Edom rebelled, so that it was not subject to Judah, and it ordained a king to itself. (In those days the Edomites rebelled, so that they were not subject to Judah, and they ordained a king for themselves.)
Ezekiel 25:12The Lord God saith these things, For that that Idumea did vengeance, that it avenged itself of the sons of Judah, and sinned doing trespass, and asked greatly vengeance of them; (The Lord God saith these things, Because Edom did vengeance, and avenged itself upon the sons of Judah, and sinned doing trespass, and took great vengeance upon them;)
Obadiah 1:13neither thou shalt enter into the gate (s) of my people, in the day of falling of them; and thou shalt not despise in the evils of him, in the day of his destroying; and thou shalt not be sent out against his host, in the day of his destroying; (nor should thou have entered into the gates of my people, on the day of their falling; and thou should not have seized their treasures, or their riches, on the day of their destruction; and thou should not have gone out against their host, or their army, on the day of their destruction;)
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 28:17-27
The Death of Ahaz. ( b. c. 738.) 16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him. 17 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives. 18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there. 19 For the Lord brought Judah low because of… Read the whole commentary →