2 Chronicles 28 · Verse 5

2 Chronicles 28:5

Wherefore the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
2 Chronicles 28:5, King James Version

2 Chronicles 28:5 in other translations

BSBSo the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force.
WEBTherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria. They struck him, and carried away from him a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great slaughter.
ASVWherefore Jehovah his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
YLTAnd Jehovah his God giveth him into the hand of the king of Aram, and they smite him, and take captive from him a great captivity, and bring them in to Damascus, and also into the hand of the king of Israel he hath been given, and he smiteth him--a great smiting.
DARBYTherefore Jehovah his God gave him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also given into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
BBESo the Lord his God gave him up into the hands of the king of Aram; and they overcame him, and took away a great number of his people as prisoners to Damascus. Then he was given into the hands of the king of Israel, who sent great destruction on him.
WebsterWherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.

What does 2 Chronicles 28:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 28:5-7
5-7. the Lord ... delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria ... he was also delivered into the hand of the King of Israel--These verses, without alluding to the formation of a confederacy between the Syrian and Israelitish kings to invade the kingdom of Judah, or relating the commencement of the war in the close of Jotham's reign (2Ki 15:37), give the issue only of some battles that were fought in the early part of the campaign. delivered him ... smote him ... he was also delivered--that is, his army, for Ahaz was not personally included in the number either of the slain or the captives. The slaughter of one hundred twenty thousand in one day was a terrible calamity, which, it is (2Ch 28:6) expressly said, was inflicted as a judgment on Judah, "because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers." Among the slain were some persons of distinction:

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria - For the better understanding of these passages, the reader is requested to refer to what has been advanced in the notes on the sixteenth chapter of 2Kgs 16:5, etc.

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2 Chronicles 28:5 in the original Hebrew

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וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֜הוּvai.yi.te.Ne.huand he gave himH5414
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהָיו֮'e.lo.HavGod hisH430
בְּיַ֣דbe.Yadin [the] hand ofH3027
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
אֲרָם֒'a.RamAramH758
וַיַּ֨כּוּ\־vai.Ya.ku-and they defeatedH5221
ב֔וֹvo<in> him
וַיִּשְׁבּ֤וּvai.yish.Buand they took captiveH7617
מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙mi.Me.nufrom himH4480
שִׁבְיָ֣הshiv.Yaha group of captivesH7633
גְדוֹלָ֔הge.do.LahlargeH1419
וַיָּבִ֖יאוּvai.ya.Vi.'uand they brought [them]H935
דַּרְמָ֑שֶׂקdar.Ma.sekDamascusH1834
וְ֠גַםVe.gamand alsoH1571
בְּיַד\־be.yad-in [the] hand ofH3027
מֶ֤לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
נִתָּ֔ןni.Tanhe was givenH5414
וַיַּךְ\־vai.yakh-and he defeatedH5221
בּ֖וֹbo<in> him
מַכָּ֥הma.Kaha defeatH4347
גְדוֹלָֽה\׃\ \סge.do.LahgreatH1419

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 28:5

  • Isaiah 7:1

    And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:24

    For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the Lord delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.

  • 2 Kings 16:5-6

    Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:11

    Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

  • Exodus 20:2-3

    I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

  • Judges 2:14

    And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:17

    Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:5

    Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.

  • Isaiah 7:6

    Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:

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his God.
36:5; Ex 20:2,3
delivered him.
24:24; 33:11; 36:17; Jud 2:14; 2Ki 16:5,6; Isa 7:1,6
Damascus. Heb. Darmesek.

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 28:4

    He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:5

    Wherefore the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:6

    For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers.

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2 Chronicles 28:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por lo cual Jehová su Dios lo entregó en manos del rey de los Siros, los cuales le derrotaron, y cogieron de él una grande presa, que llevaron á Damasco. Fué también entregado en manos del rey de Israel, el cual lo batió con gran mortandad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel, son Dieu, le livra en la main du roi de Syrie; et les Syriens le frappèrent, et lui prirent un grand nombre de captifs, et les amenèrent à Damas. Et il fut aussi livré en la main du roi d’Israël, qui lui infligea une grande défaite.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da gab ihn Jehova, sein Gott, in die Hand des Königs von Syrien; und sie schlugen ihn und führten eine große Menge Gefangene von ihm weg und brachten sie nach Damaskus. Und auch in die Hand des Königs von Israel wurde er gegeben, welcher ihm eine große Niederlage beibrachte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tradiditque eum Dominus Deus ejus in manu regis Syriæ, qui percussit eum, magnamque prædam cepit de ejus imperio, et adduxit in Damascum: manibus quoque regis Israël traditus est, et percussus plaga grandi.