2 Chronicles 28:13

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

and said to them, You shall not bring in the captives here: for you purpose that which will bring on us a trespass against Yahweh, to add to our sins and to our trespass; for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

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הַשִּׁבְיָה֙

shibyâh

H7633

“the · captivity”

Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute

Appears 12× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Deuteronomy 21:11

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H7628

TWOT: 2311c

captivity, captives - (state of) captivity - captives

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

26: words
17: distinct lemmas
Historical: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is הַשִּׁבְיָה֙ captivity H7633 — appearing just 12 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

הַשִּׁבְיָה֙ captivity H7633 occurs in 12 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

4 verbs
9 nouns
1 adjective
1 pronoun
6 prepositions
2 conjunctions
1 adverb
2 particles

Verb forms

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
תָבִ֤יאוּ Hiphil · Imperfect
אֹמְרִ֔ים Qal · Participle Active
לְהֹסִ֥יף Hiphil · Infinitive Construct

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

עָלֵ֨ינוּ֙ upon H5921 ×4
לְאַשְׁמַ֨ת guilt H819 ×3
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ to say H559 ×2
כִּי֩ that H3588 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 46 words from the Hebrew and 49 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 26 Hebrew tokens and 42 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to 2 Chronicles 28:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Numbers 32:14 Behold, you are risen up in your fathers' place, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Yahweh toward Israel.
Joshua 22:17–18 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the congregation of Yahweh,
Matthew 23:32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
Matthew 23:35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.
Romans 2:5 But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew 2 Chronicles 28:13 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ לָהֶ֗ם לֹא תָבִ֤יאוּ אֶת הַשִּׁבְיָה֙ הֵ֔נָּה כִּי֩ לְאַשְׁמַ֨ת יְהוָ֤ה עָלֵ֨ינוּ֙ אַתֶּ֣ם אֹמְרִ֔ים לְהֹסִ֥יף עַל חַטֹּאתֵ֖ינוּ וְעַל אַשְׁמָתֵ֑ינוּ כִּֽי רַבָּ֤ה אַשְׁמָה֙ לָ֔נוּ וַחֲר֥וֹן אָ֖ף עַל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

and said to them, You shall not bring in the captives here: for you purpose that which will bring on us a trespass against Yahweh, to add to our sins and to our trespass; for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 2 Chronicles 28:13 Septuagint · lemma form

καί εἶπον αὐτός οὐ μή εἰςἄγω ὁ αἰχμαλωσία ὧδε πρός ἐγώ ὅτι εἰς ὁ ἁμαρτάνω ὁ κύριος ἐπί ἐγώ σύ λέγω προςτίθημι ἐπί ὁ ἁμαρτία ἐγώ καί ἐπί ὁ ἄγνοια ὅτι πολύς ὁ ἁμαρτία ἐγώ καί ὀργή θυμός κύριος ἐπί ὁ ἰσραήλ

and said to them, You⌃ shall not bring in hither the prisoners to us, for whereas sin against the Lord is upon us, you⌃ mean to add to our sins, and to our trespass: for our sin is great, and the fierce anger of the Lord is upon Israel.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on 2 Chronicles 28:13 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

2Ch 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.

Ver. 13. Ye shall not bring in the captives hither.] This was right; the commanders take part with the prophet in opposing and beating down the sins of the people.

To add more to our sins, and to our trespass.] That is, To the iniquity of our sin, as David calleth it, {Psa 32:5} the guilt that followeth upon it, that biteth like a serpent, and stingeth as an adder. {Pro 23:32}

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

God will not suffer this sin, which we commit against him, to be unpunished.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(13) Ye shall not bring in.—Into the city.

Whereas we . . . already.—This is at least a possible rendering. Literally, at or in the trespass of (against) Jehovah (lying) upon us, ye are proposing to add to our sins, &c. Others translate, “so that a trespass against Jehovah come upon us.” (Comp. Lev_4:3.) But the elders admit an already existing trespass, when they add, “for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.” What they deprecate is an aggravation of that trespass.

Our trespass is great.—Literally, a great trespass is ours. (Syriac omits this clause and next verse. Instead of 2Ch_28:15 it has: “And they caused the whole captivity to return to Jerusalem.” It then continues with 2Ch_28:23-25, transposing 2Ch_28:16-21.)

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

13. for whereas we have offended against the Lord already, ye intend to add more to our sins] R.V. for ye purpose that which will bring upon us a trespass (mg. “guilt”) against the LORD, to add unto our sins.

trespass] R.V. mg. “guilt.”

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And said unto them, ye shall not bring in the captives hither,.... That is, into Samaria, near which it seems they now were:

for whereas we have offended against the Lord already; by exceeding in their cruelty against their brethren of Judah, as well as by worshipping the calves:

ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: by making slaves of those they had taken captives, which was against the express law of God:

for your trespass is great; which they had committed already, by their idolatrous practices:

and there is fierce wrath against Israel; which they perceived by what the prophet had said.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Our, is expressed in Heb. and Sept. These people justly confess that they stand in need of pardon, without adding fresh crimes. H. --- The cruel treatment of the people of Juda, and the design to make them slaves, were grievous sins. C.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

The Pulpit Commentary

Hither. The returning army was, no doubt, on the outskirts of Samaria, though the exact site of this interesting scene is not written. For whereas we have offended against the Lord; Hebrew; Wnyle whwOhy tmval. Translate, For to the just cause of offence on the part of Jehovah with us, ye propose to add to our sins, and to the offence existing already with us; for great is that offence, etc. The genius of the word here rendered" offence," seems, from careful comparison of the eighteen times of its occurrence, to point to "guilt, sin," or "trespass," as the causes awakening offence in any one against these who do them. The repentant temper of these "heads of the children of Ephraim" was admirable, and indicated their distance from many, many others of their people and day, and Of Judah, who were either callous or reckless.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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2 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 26 words (17 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is shibyâh (“captivity”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word shibyâh carries the sense “captivity.” How does it shape the verse?
Deuteronomy 21:11 shares the word «captivity» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
“upon” occurs 4× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
The verb «וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ» is Qal Sequential Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Geneva Bible (1599) read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

This verse counts 26 Hebrew ↔ 42 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 32 words in this verse.
“upon” occurs 4× in this single verse.
17 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 26 words in this verse.