Then the men who were designated by name got up, took the captives, and they clothed all their naked people from the spoils; they gave them clothes and sandals, fed them and gave them drink, anointed them with oil, led all their feeble ones on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers; then they returned to Samaria.
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Jericho, which lies much farther from Samaria than many points in the territory of Judah, was perhaps selected because the captives had been carrie…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
And arrayed ... shod them. — And they clad them, and sandalled them. (For the miserable…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
What a wonderful thing that was! Ahaz ought to have said to Isaiah, "Your child's name is right, after all; for the remnant has returned." Did it n…
John Gill
JohnGill
And the men that were expressed by name rose up
Either those before named, (2 Chronicles 28:12) as Jarch…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Israel gained this victory because God was wrathful with Judah and made Israel His rod of indignation. He reminds them of their own sins. It is unb…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes