2 Chronicles 28:8 meaning and explanation
Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their kinsmen—women, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a great deal of plunder and brought it to Samaria.
2 Chronicles 28:8, Berean Standard Bible
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The Chronicler reports the aftermath of a civil war: Pekah, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, had defeated Ahaz of Judah, and his army carried off 200,000 of their own kinsmen, women and children among them, along with plunder, and brought them to Samaria. The word "kinsmen" is the point.
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