The men who have been mentioned by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all who 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 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…
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Albert Barnes
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