2Ch 28:8-15, Ezr 1:2-4, Isa 45:13, 58:6 | ESV | STEP | The men of Israel took captive 200,000 of their relatives , women , sons , and daughters . They also took much spoil from them and brought the spoil to Samaria .

a ch. 11:4

b Isa. 47:6; Ezek. 25:12, 15; 26:2

c Ezra 9:6; Rev. 18:5

d[See ver. 8 above]

e ver. 12; [ch. 31:19; Num. 1:17]

f 2 Kgs. 6:22; Prov. 25:21, 22; Rom. 12:20

g Deut. 34:3; Judg. 1:16

h Isa. 44:28; [Isa. 45:1, 13]

i Dan. 6:26

j ch. 41:2

k[ver. 2]

lSee ch. 44:28

m ch. 49:25; 51:14; 52:3

nSee Neh. 5:10-12

o ver. 9

2 Chronicles 28:8-15

8 The men of Israel took captive 200,000 ^aof their relatives, women, sons, and daughters. They also took much spoil from them and brought the spoil to Samaria. 9 But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded, and he went out to meet the army that came to Samaria and said to them, “Behold, because the Lord, the God of your fathers, ^bwas angry with Judah, he gave them into your hand, but you have killed them in a rage ^cthat has reached up to heaven. 10 And now you intend to subjugate the people of Judah and Jerusalem, male and female, as your slaves. Have you not sins of your own against the Lord your God? 11 Now hear me, and send back the captives ^dfrom your relatives whom you have taken, for the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you.”

12 Certain chiefs also of the men of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who were coming from the war 13 and said to them, “You shall not bring the captives in here, for you propose to bring upon us guilt against the Lord in addition to our present sins and guilt. For our guilt is already great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.” 14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the assembly. 15 And ^ethe men who have been mentioned by name rose and took the captives, and with the spoil they clothed all who were naked among them. They clothed them, gave them sandals, ^fprovided them with food and drink, and anointed them, and carrying all the feeble among them on donkeys, they brought them to their kinsfolk at Jericho, ^gthe city of palm trees. Then they returned to Samaria.

Ezra 1:2-4

2 “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and ^hhe has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3 Whoever is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of Israel— ⁱhe is the God who is in Jerusalem. 4 And let each survivor, in whatever place he sojourns, be assisted by the men of his place with silver and gold, with goods and with beasts, besides freewill offerings for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.”

Isaiah 45:13

13 ^jI have stirred him up in righteousness,
^kand I will make all his ways level;
^lhe shall build my city
^mand set my exiles free,
not for price or reward,”
says the Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 58:6

6 “Is not this the fast that I choose:
ⁿto loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the straps ^oof the yoke,
to let the oppressed ^{▼▼Or bruised} go free,
and to break every yoke?