So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.
Oded the prophet met Israel's victorious army and rebuked it for intending to enslave the captives it had taken from Judah. The guilty plan was not bondage only, but selling those captives for profit. Under that rebuke the armed men abandoned their cruel purpose and left both the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation. By that public release cruelty and oppression gave way to mercy.
Oded the prophet met Israel's victorious army and rebuked it for intending to enslave the captives it had taken from Judah. The guilty plan was not bondage only, but selling those captives for profit. Under that rebuke the armed men abandoned their cruel purpose and left both the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation. By that public release cruelty and oppression gave way to mercy.