Syria and Israel Defeat Judah
5 Therefore athe Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria. They bdefeated him, and carried away a great multitude of them as captives, and brought them to Damascus. Then he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who defeated him with a great slaughter.
6 For aPekah the son of Remaliah killed one hundred and twenty thousand in Judah in one day, all valiant men, bbecause they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers.
7 Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king’s son, Azrikam the officer over the house, and Elkanah who was second to the king.
8 And the children of Israel carried away captive of their abrethren two hundred thousand women, sons, and daughters; and they also took away much1 spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
Israel Returns the Captives
9 But a aprophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out before the army that came to Samaria, and said to them: “Look, bbecause the Lord God of your fathers was angry with Judah, He has delivered them into your hand; but you have killed them in a rage that creaches up to heaven.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Cross-references and similar verses for 2 Chronicles 28:7:
next to the king. Heb. the second to the king.
Genesis 41:43
Genesis 43:12
Genesis 43:15
Esther 10:3
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