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2 Chronicles 28:9
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he went out: 2 Chronicles 19:1, 2 Chronicles 19:2, 2 Chronicles 25:15, 2 Chronicles 25:16, 1 Kings 20:13, 1 Kings 20:22, 1 Kings 20:42, 2 Kings 20:14, 2 Kings 20:15
Behold: To this beautiful speech nothing can be added by the best comment: it is simple, humane, pious, and overwhelmingly convincing; and it is no wonder that it produced the effect here described. That there was much humanity, as well as firmness, in the heads of the children of Ephraim, who joined with the prophet of Jehovah on this occasion, their subsequent conduct, as detailed in the 2 Chronicles 28:15, sufficiently proves. They did not barely dismiss these most unfortunate captives, but they took that very spoil which their victorious army had taken, and with clothed, shod, fed, and anointed these distressed people, set the feeblest of them upon asses, and escorted them safely to Jericho! We can scarcely find a parallel to this in the universal history of the wars which savage man has carried on against his fellows from the foundation of the world. The compliance also of the whole army, in leaving both the captives and spoil to the disposal of the princes, was really wonderful, and perhaps unparalleled in history. Both the princes and army are worthy to be held up to the admiration and imitation of mankind.
because the Lord God: 2 Chronicles 28:5, Judges 3:8, Psalms 69:26, Isaiah 10:5-7, Isaiah 47:6, Jeremiah 15:17, Jeremiah 15:18, Ezekiel 25:12-17, Ezekiel 26:2, Ezekiel 26:3, Obadiah 1:10-16, Zechariah 1:15
reacheth: Genesis 4:10, Genesis 11:4, Ezra 9:6, Revelation 18:5
Reciprocal: Exodus 3:15 - The Lord 1 Kings 12:24 - Ye shall not go up 1 Chronicles 21:13 - but let me 2 Chronicles 11:4 - they obeyed Nehemiah 5:7 - I set a great assembly Jeremiah 51:9 - her judgment Daniel 4:22 - thy greatness Joel 3:3 - General Matthew 5:44 - General Matthew 7:3 - but
Cross-References
Nowe when Esau was fourtie yeere olde, he tooke to wife Iudith, the daughter of Beeri an Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon an Hittite also.
And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bismath the daughter of Elon the Hivite;
When Esav was forty years old, he took as wife Yehudit, the daughter of Be'eri the Hittite, and Basemat, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
When Esau was 40 years old, he married two Hittite women. One was Judith the daughter of Beeri. The other was Basemath the daughter of Elon.
When Esau was forty years old, he took Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite,
And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
And when Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
When Esau was forty, he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
When ‘Esav was forty years old, he took as wives Y'hudit the daughter of Be'eri the Hitti and Basmat the daughter of Elon the Hitti.
And Esau was forty years old, when he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basmath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded,.... Not the same that was in the time of Asa, 2 Chronicles 15:1,
and he went out before the host that came to Samaria; that was coming thither; he went out of Samaria to meet them:
and said unto them, behold, because the Lord God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand; he let them know it was not owing to their wisdom and conduct, their prowess and courage, that they had got the victory over them, but because the Lord was displeased with them for their sins, and therefore gave them up into their hands:
and ye have slain them in a rage that reaches up unto heaven; that is, with an exceeding great rage and fury, and the cry of which reached to heaven also, and was displeasing to God; he suggests to them, that they had exceeded all bounds, and had not shown that compassion to their brethren, when fallen into their hands, they ought to have done, and which therefore was resented by the God of heaven, see Zechariah 1:15.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Nothing more is known of this Oded. Compare 2 Chronicles 15:1.
He went out before the host - Rather, âHe went out to meet the host,â as the same phrase is translated in 2 Chronicles 15:2.
A rage that reacheth up to heaven - i. e. not merely an exceedingly great and violent rage, but one that has displeased God.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Chronicles 28:9. But a prophet of the Lord - whose name was Oded — To this beautiful speech nothing can be added by the best comment; it is simple, humane, pious, and overwhelmingly convincing: no wonder it produced the effect mentioned here. That there was much of humanity in the heads of the children of Ephraim who joined with the prophet on this occasion, the fifteenth verse sufficiently proves. They did not barely dismiss these most unfortunate captives, but they took that very spoil which their victorious army had brought away; and they clothed, fed, shod, and anointed, these distressed people, set the feeblest of them upon asses, and escorted them safely to Jericho. We can scarcely find a parallel to this in the universal history of the wars which savage man has carried on against his fellows, from the foundation of the world.
