And the children of Israel took prisoners of their brethren, [a]two hundred thousand of women, sons and daughters, and carried away much spoil of them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.

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

10 And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem, as servants and handmaids unto you, but are not you such that [c]sins are with you before the Lord your God?

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 28:8 Thus by the just judgment of God, Israel destroyed Judah.
  2. 2 Chronicles 28:9 For they thought they had overcome them by their own valiantness, and did not consider that God had delivered them into their hands, because Judah had offended him.
  3. 2 Chronicles 28:10 May not God as well punish you for your sins as he hath done these men for theirs, seeing yours are greater?

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