2 Chronicles 28:17

17 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.

2 Chronicles 28:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 28:17

For again the Edomites had come
As in the days of Jehoshaphat, ( 2 Chronicles 20:10 ) ,

and smitten Judah, and carried away captives;
taking the advantage of the weak and low condition Ahaz was in, and which was the reason of his sending to the king of Assyria.

2 Chronicles 28:17 In-Context

15 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.

16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.

17 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.

18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.

19 For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked , and transgressed sore against the LORD.

Footnotes

• [a]. captives: Heb. a captivity