2 Chronicles 28:5

28:5 The Lord his God handed him over to the king of Syria. The Syrians ¹  defeated him and deported many captives to Damascus. ²  He was also handed over to the king of Israel, who thoroughly defeated him. ³ 

2 Chronicles 28:8-10

28:8 The Israelites seized from their brothers 200,000 wives, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a huge amount of plunder and took it ⁴  back to Samaria. ⁵ 

28:9 Oded, a prophet of the Lord, was there. He went to meet the army as they arrived in Samaria and said to them: “Look, because the Lord God of your ancestors was angry with Judah he handed them over to you. You have killed them so mercilessly that God has taken notice. ⁶  28:10 And now you are planning ⁷  to enslave ⁸  the people ⁹  of Judah and Jerusalem. Yet are you not also guilty before the Lord your God?

[28:5]  ¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[28:5]  ² tn Heb “and took captive from him a great captivity and brought [them] to Damascus.”

[28:5]  ³ tn Heb “who struck him down with a great striking.”

[28:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “the loot.” The pronoun (“it”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.

[28:8]  ⁵ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[28:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “and you killed them with anger [that] reaches as far as heaven.”

[28:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “saying.”

[28:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “to enslave as male servants and female servants.”

[28:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “sons.”