2 Chronicles 28:9

“But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded, etc.] Not the same that was in the time of Asa, (<141501>2 Chronicles 15:1,8), and he went out before the host that came to Samaria; that was coming thither; he went out of Samaria to meet them: and said unto them, behold, because the Lord God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand; he let them know it was not owing to their wisdom and conduct, their prowess and courage, that they had got the victory over them, but because the Lord was displeased with them for their sins, and therefore gave them up into their hands: and ye have slain them in a rage that reaches up unto heaven; that is, with an…”

“Nothing more is known of this Oded. Compare 2 Chronicles 15:1. He went out before the host - Rather, “He went out to meet the host,” as the same phrase is translated in 2 Chronicles 15:2. A rage that reacheth up to heaven - i. e. not merely an exceedingly great and violent rage, but one that has displeased God. return to 'Top of Page'”

“A rage - An unbounded rage, which cries to God for vengeance, against such bloody men. 2 Chronicles 28:10”

“28:9-10 you have gone too far: Although the Lord was using Israel as a means of punishment toward Judah, the covenant prohibited the enslavement and murder of fellow Israelites (28:10; Lev 25:39-55).”

“he went out: Ch2 19:1, Ch2 19:2, Ch2 25:15, Ch2 25:16; Kg1 20:13, Kg1 20:22, Kg1 20:42; Kg2 20:14, Kg2 20:15 Behold: To this beautiful speech nothing can be added by the best comment. it is simple, humane, pious, and overwhelmingly convincing; and it is no wonder that it produced the effect here described. That there was much humanity, as well as firmness, in the heads of the children of Ephraim, who joined with the prophet of Jehovah on this occasion, their subsequent conduct, as detailed in the Ch2 28:15, sufficiently proves. They did not barely dismiss these most unfortunate captives, but they took that very spoil which their victorious army had taken, and with clothed, shod, fed, and…”

“The liberation of the prisoners. - In Samaria there was a prophet of the Lord (i.e., not of the Jahve there worshipped in the calf images, but of the true God, like Hosea, who also at that time laboured in the kingdom of the ten tribes), Oded by name. He went forth to meet the army returning with the prisoners and the booty, as Azariha-ben-Oded ( Ch2 15:2) once went to meet Asa; pointed out to the warriors the cruelty of their treatment of their brethren, and the guilt, calling to Heaven for vengeance, which they thereby incurred; and exhorted them to turn away the anger of God which was upon them, by sending back the prisoners. To soften the hearts of the rude warriors, and to gain them for…”