Verse 5
2 Chronicles 28:5
Bible in Basic English
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So the Lord his God (Elohim) gave him up into the hands of the king of Aram; and they overcame him, and took away a great number of his people as prisoners to Damascus. Then he was given into the hands of the king of Israel, who sent great destruction on him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַֽ/יִּתְּנֵ֜/הוּ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָי/ו֮ בְּ/יַ֣ד מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָם֒ וַ/יַּ֨כּוּ ב֔/וֹ וַ/יִּשְׁבּ֤וּ מִמֶּ֨/נּוּ֙ שִׁבְיָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֔ה וַ/יָּבִ֖יאוּ דַּרְמָ֑שֶׂק וְ֠/גַם בְּ/יַד מֶ֤לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ נִתָּ֔ן וַ/יַּךְ בּ֖/וֹ מַכָּ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה
English Translation
And the Lord my God delivered him into the hand of the king of Aram, and they struck him, and they captured from him a great captivity, and they brought [it] to Damascus; and also into the hand of the king of Israel it was given, and he struck him with a great blow.
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Chapter 28 Context
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But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel and made images of metal for the Baals.
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More than this, he had offerings burned in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and made his children go...
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And he made offerings and had perfumes burned in the high places and on the hills and under every gr...
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And Zichri, a great fighting-man of Ephraim, put to death Maaseiah, the king's son, and Azrikam, the...
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And the children of Israel took away as prisoners from their brothers, two hundred thousand, women a...
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But a prophet of the Lord was there, named Oded; and he went out in front of the army which was comi...
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And now your purpose is to keep the children of Judah and Jerusalem as men-servants and women-servan...
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Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah, the son of Johanan, Berechiah, the so...
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And said to them, You are not to let these prisoners come here; for what you are designing to do wil...
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So the armed men gave up the prisoners and the goods they had taken to the heads and the meeting of...
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And those men who have been named went up and took the prisoners, clothing those among them who were...
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At that time King Ahaz sent for help to the king of Assyria.
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For the Edomites had come again, attacking Judah and taking away prisoners.
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And the Philistines, forcing their way into the towns of the lowlands and the south of Judah, had ta...
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For the Lord made Judah low, because of Ahaz, king of Israel; for he had given up all self-control i...
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Then Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came to him, but was a cause of trouble and not of strength t...
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For Ahaz took a part of the wealth from the house of the Lord, and from the house of the king and of...
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And in the time of his trouble, this same King Ahaz did even more evil against the Lord.
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For he made offerings to the gods of Damascus, who were attacking him, and said, Because the gods of...
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And Ahaz got together the vessels of the house of God (Elohim), cutting up all the vessels of the ho...
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And in every town of Judah he made high places where perfumes were burned to other gods, awaking the...
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