2 Chronicles 28 · Verse 8

2 Chronicles 28:8

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.
2 Chronicles 28:8, King James Version

2 Chronicles 28:8 in other translations

BSBThen 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.
WEBThe children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers two hundred thousand women, sons, and daughters, and also took away much plunder from them, and brought the plunder to Samaria.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd the sons of Israel take captive of their brethren, two hundred thousand, wives, sons and daughters, and also much spoil they have seized from them, and they bring in the spoil to Samaria.
DARBYAnd the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took away also much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
BBEAnd the children of Israel took away as prisoners from their brothers, two hundred thousand, women and sons and daughters, and a great store of their goods, and took them to Samaria.
WebsterAnd the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and also took away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.

What does 2 Chronicles 28:8 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 among the better-disposed inhabitants; and Oded, a prophet, accompanied by the princes (2Ch 28:12 compared with 2Ch 28:14), went out, as the escort was approaching, to prevent the disgraceful outrage of introducing such prisoners into the city. The officers of the squadron were, of course, not to blame; they were simply doing their military duty in conducting those prisoners of war to their destination. But Oded clearly showed that the Israelitish army had gained the victory--not by the superiority of their arms, but in consequence of the divine judgment against Judah. He forcibly exposed the enormity of the offense of keeping "their brethren" as slaves got in war. He protested earnestly against adding this great offense of unnatural and sinful cruelty (Le 25:43, 44; Mi 2:8, 9) to the already overwhelming amount of their own national sins. Such was the effect of his spirited remonstrance and the opposing tide of popular feeling, that "the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation."

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2 Chronicles 28:8 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּשְׁבּוּ֩vai.yish.Buand they took captiveH7617
בְנֵֽי\־ve.nei-[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֨לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
מֵֽאֲחֵיהֶ֜םme.'a.chei.Hemof relatives theirH251
מָאתַ֣יִםma.Ta.yimtwo hundredH3967
אֶ֗לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
נָשִׁים֙na.ShimwomenH802
בָּנִ֣יםba.NimsonsH1121
וּבָנ֔וֹתu.va.Notand daughtersH1323
וְגַם\־ve.gam-and alsoH1571
שָׁלָ֥לsha.LalbootyH7998
רָ֖בravmuchH7227
בָּזְז֣וּba.ze.Zuthey plunderedH962
מֵהֶ֑םme.Hemfrom them
וַיָּבִ֥יאוּvai.ya.Vi.'uand they broughtH935
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַשָּׁלָ֖לha.sha.Lalthe bootyH7998
לְשֹׁמְרֽוֹן\׃\ \סle.sho.me.Ronto SamariaH8111

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 28:8

  • 2 Chronicles 11:4

    Thus 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.

  • Deuteronomy 28:25

    The 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.

  • Deuteronomy 28:41

    Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.

  • Acts 13:26

    Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

  • Acts 7:26

    And 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?

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carried.
De 28:25,41
brethren.
11:4; Ac 7:26; 13:26

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 28:7

    And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:8

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:9

    But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the Lord God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.

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2 Chronicles 28:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tomaron también cautivos los hijos de Israel de sus hermanos doscientos mil, mujeres, muchachos, y muchachas, á más de haber saqueado de ellos un gran despojo, el cual trajeron á Samaria.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les fils d’Israël emmenèrent d’entre leurs frères 200 000 captifs, femmes, fils, et filles; ils leur enlevèrent aussi un grand butin, et amenèrent le butin à Samarie.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Kinder Israel führten von ihren Brüdern 200000 Weiber, Söhne und Töchter gefangen hinweg; und auch raubten sie große Beute von ihnen und brachten die Beute nach Samaria.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ceperuntque filii Israël de fratribus suis ducenta millia mulierum, puerorum, et puellarum, et infinitam prædam: pertuleruntque eam in Samariam.