2 Chronicles 28 · Verse 13

2 Chronicles 28:13

And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the Lord already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.
2 Chronicles 28:13, King James Version

2 Chronicles 28:13 in other translations

BSB“You must not bring the captives here,” they said, “for you are proposing to bring guilt upon us from the LORD and to add to our sins and our guilt. For our guilt is great, and fierce anger is upon Israel.”
WEBand said to them, “You must not bring in the captives here, for you intend that which will bring on us a trespass against the LORD, to add to our sins and to our guilt; for our guilt is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.”
ASVand said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for ye purpose that which will bring upon us a trespass against Jehovah, to add unto our sins and to our trespass; for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.
YLTand say to them, ‘Ye do not bring in the captives hither, for, to guilt against Jehovah on us, ye are saying to add unto our sin and unto our guilt? for abundant is the guilt we have, and the fierceness of anger on Israel.'
DARBYand said to them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither; because, for our guilt before Jehovah, ye think to increase our sins and our trespasses: for our trespass is great, and fierce wrath is upon Israel.
BBEAnd said to them, You are not to let these prisoners come here; for what you are designing to do will be a cause of sin against the Lord to us, making even greater our sin and our wrongdoing, which now are great enough, and his wrath is burning against Israel.
WebsterAnd said to them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

What does 2 Chronicles 28:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 28:8-14

8-14. the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand--These captives included a great number of women, boys, and girls, a circumstance which creates a presumption that the Hebrews, like other Orientals, were accompanied in the war by multitudes of non-combatants (see on Jud 4:8). The report of these "brethren," being brought as captives to Samaria, excited general indignation…

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2 Chronicles 28:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559
לָהֶ֗םla.Hemto them
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
תָבִ֤יאוּta.Vi.'uyou must bringH935
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַשִּׁבְיָה֙ha.shiv.Yahthe group of captivesH7633
הֵ֔נָּהHe.nahhereH2008
כִּי֩kiforH3588
לְאַשְׁמַ֨תle.'ash.Matto [the] guilt ofH819
יְהוָ֤הYah.wehYahwehH3068
עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙'a.Lei.nuon usH5921
אַתֶּ֣ם'a.Tem[are] you?H859
אֹמְרִ֔ים'o.me.RimsayingH559
לְהֹסִ֥יףle.ho.Sifto addH3254
עַל\־'al-toH5921
חַטֹּאתֵ֖ינוּcha.to.Tei.nusins ourH2403
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and toH5921
אַשְׁמָתֵ֑ינוּ'ash.ma.Tei.nuguilt ourH819
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
רַבָּ֤הra.BahmuchH7227
אַשְׁמָה֙'ash.MahguiltH819
לָ֔נוּLa.nu[belongs] to us
וַחֲר֥וֹןva.cha.Ronand burning ofH2740
אָ֖ף'afangerH639
עַל\־'al-[is] towardsH5921
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃\ \סYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 28:13

  • Romans 2:5

    But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

  • Joshua 22:17-18

    Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord, But that ye must turn away this day from following the Lord? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the Lord, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.

  • Matthew 23:35

    That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

  • Matthew 23:32

    Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

  • Numbers 32:14

    And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel.

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 28:12

    Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, 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,

  • 2 Chronicles 28:13

    And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the Lord already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:14

    So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.

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2 Chronicles 28:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y dijéronles: No metáis acá la cautividad; porque el pecado contra Jehová será sobre nosotros. Vosotros tratáis de añadir sobre nuestros pecados y sobre nuestras culpas, siendo asaz grande nuestro delito, y la ira del furor sobre Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et leur dirent: Vous ne ferez point entrer ici les captifs, car, pour notre culpabilité devant l’ Éternel, vous pensez ajouter à nos péchés et à notre crime; car notre crime est grand, et l’ardeur de la colère est sur Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und sprachen zu ihnen: Ihr sollt nicht die Gefangenen hierher bringen; denn um eine Schuld gegen Jehova über uns zu bringen, gedenket ihr solches, um unsere Sünden und unsere Verschuldungen zu mehren; denn wir haben schon eine große Schuld, und eine Zornglut ist über Israel!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et dixerunt eis: Non introducetis huc captivos, ne peccemus Domino. Quare vultis adjicere super peccata nostra, et vetera cumulare delicta? grande quippe peccatum est, et ira furoris Domini imminet super Israël.