2 Chronicles 28:9

9 A man named Oded, a prophet of the Lord, lived in the city of Samaria. He met the returning Israelite army with its Judean prisoners as it was about to enter the city, and he said, "The Lord God of your ancestors was angry with Judah and let you defeat them, but now he has heard of the vicious way you slaughtered them.

2 Chronicles 28:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 28:9

But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded
Not the same that was in the time of Asa, ( 2 Chronicles 15:1 2 Chronicles 15:8 ) ,

and he went out before the host that came to Samaria;
that was coming thither; he went out of Samaria to meet them:

and said unto them, behold, because the Lord God of your fathers was
wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand;
he let them know it was not owing to their wisdom and conduct, their prowess and courage, that they had got the victory over them, but because the Lord was displeased with them for their sins, and therefore gave them up into their hands:

and ye have slain them in a rage that reaches up unto heaven;
that is, with an exceeding great rage and fury, and the cry of which reached to heaven also, and was displeasing to God; he suggests to them, that they had exceeded all bounds, and had not shown that compassion to their brethren, when fallen into their hands, they ought to have done, and which therefore was resented by the God of heaven, see ( Zechariah 1:15 ) .

2 Chronicles 28:9 In-Context

7 An Israelite soldier named Zichri killed King Ahaz' son Maaseiah, the palace administrator Azrikam, and Elkanah, who was second in command to the king.

8 Even though the Judeans were their own relatives, the Israelite army captured 200,000 women and children as prisoners and took them back to Samaria, along with large amounts of loot.

9 A man named Oded, a prophet of the Lord, lived in the city of Samaria. He met the returning Israelite army with its Judean prisoners as it was about to enter the city, and he said, "The Lord God of your ancestors was angry with Judah and let you defeat them, but now he has heard of the vicious way you slaughtered them.

10 And now you intend to make the men and women of Jerusalem and Judah your slaves. Don't you know that you also have committed sins against the Lord your God?

11 Listen to me! These prisoners are your brothers and sisters. Let them go, or the Lord will punish you in his anger."