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
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?
1 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “and took captive from him a great captivity and brought [them] to Damascus.”
3 tn Heb “who struck him down with a great striking.”
4 tn Heb “the loot.” The pronoun (“it”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.
5 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
6 tn Heb “and you killed them with anger [that] reaches as far as heaven.”
7 tn Heb “saying.”
8 tn Heb “to enslave as male servants and female servants.”
9 tn Heb “sons.”