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17 And Idumeans came (For the Edomites had returned), and killed many men of Judah, and took great prey.

18 Also [the] Philistines were spread abroad by (the) cities of the fields, and at the south of Judah; and they took Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho, and Timnah, and Gimzo, with their villages; and they dwelled in those (and they lived there).

19 For the Lord made low Judah for Ahaz, the king of Judah[a]; for he had made him naked of help, and (he had) despised the Lord. (For the Lord had humbled Judah because of Ahaz, the king of Judah; for he had made Judah naked, or void, of any help, and he had defied the Lord.)

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  1. 2 Chronicles 28:19 Here the KJV mistakenly says, “king of Israel”.

17 The Edomites(A) had again come and attacked Judah and carried away prisoners,(B) 18 while the Philistines(C) had raided towns in the foothills and in the Negev of Judah. They captured and occupied Beth Shemesh, Aijalon(D) and Gederoth,(E) as well as Soko,(F) Timnah(G) and Gimzo, with their surrounding villages. 19 The Lord had humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel,[a] for he had promoted wickedness in Judah and had been most unfaithful(H) to the Lord.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 28:19 That is, Judah, as frequently in 2 Chronicles