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2 Chronicles 28:5

Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought [them] to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.

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KJV King James Version

Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought [them] to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force.

WEB World English Bible

Therefore Yahweh his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they struck him, and carried away of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great slaughter.

ASV American Standard Version

Wherefore Jehovah his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And Jehovah his God giveth him into the hand of the king of Aram, and they smite him, and take captive from him a great captivity, and bring them in to Damascus, and also into the hand of the king of Israel he hath been given, and he smiteth him—a great smiting.

Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 28

2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.

3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

4 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

5 Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought [them] to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.

6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, [which were] all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.

7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah [that was] next to the king.

8 And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.

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וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֜הוּH5414 · na.tanto give: give יְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD אֱלֹהָיו֮H430 · e.lo.himGod בְּיַ֣דH3027 · yadhand מֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhking אֲרָם֒H758 · a.ramAram וַיַּ֨כּוּ־H5221 · na.khahto smite ב֔וֹH9033 · ohim וַיִּשְׁבּ֤וּH7617 · sha.vahto take captive מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙H4480 · minfrom שִׁבְיָ֣הH7633 · shiv.yahcaptive גְדוֹלָ֔הH1419 · ga.dolgreat: large וַיָּבִ֖יאוּH935 · boto come (in): come דַּרְמָ֑שֶׂקH1834 · dam.me.seqDamascus וְ֠גַםH1571 · gamalso בְּיַד־H3027 · yadhand מֶ֤לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhking יִשְׂרָאֵל֙H3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael נִתָּ֔ןH5414 · na.tanto give: give וַיַּךְ־H5221 · na.khahto smite בּ֖וֹH9033 · ohim מַכָּ֥הH4347 · mak.kahwound גְדוֹלָֽה׃ סH1419 · ga.dolgreat: large

Cross-references

Isaiah 7:1And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, [that] Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.2 Kings 16:5-6Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome [him].2 Chronicles 24:24For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.2 Chronicles 36:17Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave [them] all into his hand.2 Chronicles 33:11Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.2 Chronicles 36:5Jehoiakim [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD his God.Exodus 20:2-3I [am] the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.Judges 2:14And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.Isaiah 7:6Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, [even] the son of Tabeal:

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