2 Chronicles 28:13

13 "Don't bring the captives here," they told them. "Your plan will only add to our sin and guilt before the LORD. We're already guilty enough, and great anger is already directed at Israel."

2 Chronicles 28:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 28:13

And said unto them, ye shall not bring in the captives hither,
&c.] That is, into Samaria, near which it seems they now were:

for whereas we have offended against the Lord already;
by exceeding in their cruelty against their brethren of Judah, as well as by worshipping the calves:

ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass:
by making slaves of those they had taken captives, which was against the express law of God:

for your trespass is great;
which they had committed already, by their idolatrous practices:

and there is fierce wrath against Israel;
which they perceived by what the prophet had said.

2 Chronicles 28:13 In-Context

11 Listen to me! Send back the captives you took from your relatives, because the LORD is furious with you."

12 At this, some of the Ephraimite leaders—Johanan's son Azariah, Meshillemoth's son Berechiah, Shallum's son Jehizkiah, and Hadlai's son Amasa—confronted those returning from battle.

13 "Don't bring the captives here," they told them. "Your plan will only add to our sin and guilt before the LORD. We're already guilty enough, and great anger is already directed at Israel."

14 So the warriors released the captives and brought the loot before the officers and the whole assembly.

15 Then people named for this task took charge of the captives and dressed everyone who was naked with items taken from the loot. They gave them clothing, sandals, food and drink, and bandaged their wounds. Everyone who couldn't walk they placed on donkeys, and they brought them to Jericho, Palm City, near their Judean relatives. Then they returned to Samaria.