And the men which were expressed 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 , to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.
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Gill's Exposition
At that time did King Ahaz send to the kings of Assyria to help him. To Tiglathpileser, and his son, see Kg2 16:7, and the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, read in the singular,…
Barnes' Notes
Jericho, which lies much farther from Samaria than many points of the territory of Judah, was perhaps selected because the captives had been carried off principally from this point; or because there…
We have here,
I. Treacherous Judah under the rebukes of God's providence, and they are very severe. Never was such bloody work made among them since they were a kingdom, and by Israelites too. Ahaz…
Cambridge Bible
were expressed R.V. have been expressed. The phrase is characteristic of the Chronicler; cp. 2Ch 31:19; 1Ch 12:31; 1Ch 16:41; Ezr 8:20.
took the captives Render, took hold of the captives; i.e.…
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