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2 Chronicles 28:17

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For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.
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  1. Obadiah 1:10Rank 1 from verse 17
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    10¶ For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

  2. 2 Chronicles 25:11–12Rank 2 from verse 17
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    11¶ And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.

    12And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.

  3. Leviticus 26:18Rank 3 from verse 17
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    18And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

  4. Obadiah 1:13–14Rank 4 from verse 17
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    13Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;

    14Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.

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2 Chronicles 28:17

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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again

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Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.

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smitten

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Struck, beaten, wounded, afflicted, plagued, defeated, killed, judged, or forcefully affected by a blow, weapon, disease, enemy, word, or divine act.

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carried

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Past-tense or past-participial form of carry (to bear, convey, support, or take from one place to another).

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28:16¶ At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.

28:17For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.

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28:18The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.

28:19For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the Lord.

28:20And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

28:21For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the Lord, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.

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