2 Chronicles 28:15

2Ch 28:15 And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.

Ver. 15. And anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them.] This was to "break off their iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, that there might be a lengthening of their tranquillity." {Dan 4:27} Clementia plus potest quam violentia. {a} Courtesy can do no more than cruelty, said Antigonus. Julius Caesar, Vespasian, Aurelian, and our Queen Elizabeth, are famous in history for showing mercy to their enemies.

{a} Plut.

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2Ch 28:15. The men expressed by name — Nominated and appointed by the heads of the people, to take care of the captives, and see them well treated, which they did even to a very high degree of humanity.

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Either for their wounds or weariness.

Whose name were rehearsed before, verse 12.

To them of the tribe of Judah.

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

the men which were expressed by name rose up--These were either the "heads of the children of Ephraim" (mentioned Ch2 28:12), or some other leading individuals chosen for the benevolent office. Under their kindly superintendence, the prisoners were not only released, but out of the spoils were comfortably relieved with food and clothing, and conveyed as far as Jericho on their way back to their own homes. This is a beautiful incident, and full of interest, as showing that even at this period of national decline, there were not a few who steadfastly adhered to the law of God.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

(15) The men which . . . by name.—1Ch_12:31; 1Ch_16:41. Certain chiefs formally designated for the office, perhaps including those of 2Ch_28:12.

All that were naked.—Literally, and all their nakednesses they clad out of the spoil (ma’arummîm, “nakednesses,” here only).

(15) And arrayed . . . shod them.—And they clad them, and sandalled them. (For the miserable destitution of captives, see Isa_3:24; Isa_20:2; Isa_20:4, “naked and barefoot.”)

Anointed them (sûk, usually intransitive, e.g., 2Sa_14:2). (Comp. Luk_7:38.) A different word (mashah) was used to express the ceremonial anointing of kings and priests.

Carried all the feeble of them upon asses.—Literally, led them on he-asses, to wit, every stumbling one. There would be many such, as the captives were mostly women and children.

To.—Beside.

The writer dwells with manifest pleasure upon the kindness shown by their repentant foes of the northern kingdom to these Jewish captives. He may have intended to suggest a lesson to the Samaritans of his own age, whose bitter hostility had proved so damaging to the cause of the restored exiles (Neh_4:2; Neh_4:7-8; Neh_6:1-2 sqq.), and who, according to Rabbinical tradition, endeavoured to prejudice Alexander the Great against the commonwealth of Jerusalem (Talmud, Yoma, 69, A).

Some have supposed that our Lord had this passage in His mind when He uttered the parable of the Good Samaritan. The coincidences between the two stories are at any rate curious. (See Luk_10:30; Luk_10:33-34.)

The interposition of the Ephraite prophet Oded between the Ephraites and their Judæan captives is precisely parallel to that of the Judæan prophet Shemaiah between his people and the Ten Tribes, as related in 1Ki_12:22-24; and granting the truth of the one account, there can be no ground for suspecting the other.

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15. were expressed] R.V. have been expressed. The phrase is characteristic of the Chronicler; cp. 2Ch_31:19; 1Ch_12:31; 1Ch_16:41; Ezr_8:20.

took the captives] Render, took hold of the captives; i.e. succoured them; cp. Heb_2:16 (ἐπιλαμβάνεται = “he taketh hold of”).

to eat and to drink] Cp. 2Ki_6:23.

anointed them] Part of the host’s duty; cp. Luk_7:44-46.

to Jericho] Jericho perhaps belonged to the northern kingdom; cp. 1Ki_16:34; 2Ki_2:4. A road led to it from Mount Ephraim past ‘Ain ed-Duk, G. A. Smith, Hist. Geography, pp. 266 ff.

the city of palm trees] Cp. Deu_34:3. The phrase is an alternative name of Jericho; cp. Jdg_1:16; Jdg_3:13. Date palms were common in Jericho down to the seventh century of the Christian Era. Bädeker, p. 164.

to their brethren] Lit. “to the side of their brethren.” Jericho probably belonged to the northern kingdom; see above.

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At that time did King Ahaz send to the kings of Assyria to help him. To Tiglathpileser, and his son, see Kg2 16:7, and the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, read in the singular, and so the Targum.

, and the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, read in the singular, and so the Targum.

2 Chronicles 28:17

ch2 28:17

ch2 28:17

ch2 28:17For again the Edomites had come,.... As in the days of Jehoshaphat, Ch2 20:10,

and smitten Judah, and carried away captives; taking the advantage of the weak and low condition Ahaz was in, and which was the reason of his sending to the king of Assyria.

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Jericho, which lies much farther from Samaria than many points of the territory of Judah, was perhaps selected because the captives had been carried off principally from this point; or because there may have been less danger of falling in with portions of Pekah’s army on this than on the direct route.

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Above. Heb. "by name." They deserved to be immortalized. H. --- Anointed. This was very common, (M.) and refreshing. Celsus i. 3.

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).

Which were expressed by name; which were appointed to take care about the management of this business.

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The men which were expressed by name; Revised Version, which have been expressed by name. This is the probable, yet hardly certain, meaning of the clause. My name should be "by names." And the meaning may be that "the men who were now specified by names for the work rose up," etc. Under any aspect, it was likely enough these would embrace the four who had already spoken so piously and seasonably (2Ch_31:19; 1Ch_12:31 1Ch_16:41) The captives; Hebrew, hybvi literally, the captivity; i.e. of course, the body of captives (Deu_21:11 Deu_32:42) Clothed arrayed. These two renderings are both the same verb (vbl;), and even the same (hiph.) conjugation. The undisguised, apparent repetition in the Hebrew text, veiled and disguised in both the Authorized and Revised Versions, may perhaps be owing to the intentness of the narrative on saying, first, that all who were literally naked were clothed from their own captive spoil; and then, secondly, that all whosoever (dusty, dirty, tired, footsore) were clothed, in the sense of being fresh dressed. The eleven particulars of this verso are uncommonly graphic in the Hebrew text brevity of description. The verse may read thus: And the men appointed by their names rose up, and took the captives by the hand, and all of the naked of them they dressed from the very spoil, and dressed them (all), and shod them, and fed them, and gave them drink, and anointed them, and carried upon asses all the feeble ones, and brought them to Jericho, city of palms, to the very side of their brethren, and returned to Samaria. These made their own so far the blessedness of them of Mat_25:34-36. Jericho; i.e. well within their own land, to a fertile and shaded spot of it, with plenty of water, and whence probably all might most easily wend their ways to their own district and town, Jericho lay on the border of Benjamin. See Stanley"s most interesting account ("Sinai and Palestine," p. 805)

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Were expressed - Who were appointed to take care about the management of this business.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

And the men who were mentioned by name arose above (verse 12). Who were they? Those men who were of the heads of the sons of Ephraim: Azariah the son of Jehohanan and his colleagues.

and all their nakedness - Heb. מַעֲרֻמֵּיהֶם, an expression of (Ezek. 15: “naked (עֵרם) and bare.”

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