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2 Chronicles 28:15
Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator reports that designated Israelite men intervene after Judah’s enemies have taken captives and plunder. This action occurs between the assembly’s presentation of the spoils and King Ahaz’s subsequent appeal to Assyria.
The words — The text uses נִקְּבוּ (ni.ku.vu), literally "they had been designated," to identify the chosen individuals. It also records וַ/יַּחֲזִ֣יקוּ (va/yi.cha.zi.ku), literally "and they took hold," describing their direct physical intervention with the captives.
The thread — The narrative’s command to feed and clothe captives parallels the ethical instruction in Proverbs 25:21. The location Jericho is explicitly identified as the City of Palms, matching the geographical marker in Deuteronomy 34:3.
Why it lands — The text states that the men provided clothing, sandals, food, drink, wound care, and transport before delivering the captives to their relatives. It requires the reader to note that practical provision follows the decision to intervene, independent of the captives’ prior status as enemies.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 34:3 the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.
- Proverbs 25:21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
- Judges 1:16 Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.
- 2 Kings 6:22 “Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”
- Job 31:15 Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?
- Isaiah 58:7 Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
- Matthew 25:35 For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,
- Luke 6:27 But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
- James 2:15 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
- 1 John 3:17 If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?