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 them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
Parallel translations
- WEB The children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much plunder from them, and brought the plunder to Samaria.
- BSB Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their kinsmen—women, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a great deal of plunder and brought it to Samaria.
- NKJV And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand women, sons, and daughters; and they also took away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
- NASB The sons of Israel led away captive two hundred thousand of their relatives, women, sons, and daughters; and they also took a great deal of spoils from them, and brought the spoils to Samaria.
- NLT The armies of Israel captured 200,000 women and children from Judah and seized tremendous amounts of plunder, which they took back to Samaria.
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Israel carries off 200,000 of their kinsmen from Judah, along with much plunder, to Samaria. Brother makes war on brother in a tragic civil catastrophe.
Overview
The northern kingdom takes vast numbers of Judahite women and children captive, treating their own relatives as spoils of war. The Chronicler highlights the horror of Israelites enslaving fellow Israelites, setting up the prophetic rebuke that follows. This fracture among God's covenant people awaits healing in Christ, who breaks down dividing walls and gathers one redeemed people from every nation.
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Cross-references · 5
- 2 Chr 11:4Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
- Deut 28:25The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Deut 28:41Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
- Acts 7:26And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
- Acts 13:26Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
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