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Topic:
Thoughts And Things Of The Bible -- Captive
A captive was a prisoner of war. Such were usually treated with great
cruelty by the heathen nations. They were kept for slaves, and often
sold; but this was a modification of the ancient cruelty, and a
substitute for putting them to death Although the treatment of captives
by the Jews seems sometimes to be cruel, it was very much milder than
that of the heathen, and was mitigated, as far as possible in the
circumstances, by their civil code.
Captives were often treated with great cruelty and indignity (1 Kings
20:32; Josh. 10:24; Judg. 1:7; 2 Sam. 4:12; Judg. 8:7; 2 Sam. 12:31; 1
Chr. 20:3). When a city was taken by assault, all the men were slain,
and the women and children carried away captive and sold as slaves (Isa.
20; 47:3; 2 Chr. 28:9-15; Ps. 44:12; Joel 3:3), and exposed to the most
cruel treatment (Nah. 3:10; Zech. 14:2; Esther 3:13; 2 Kings 8:12; Isa.
13:16, 18). Captives were sometimes carried away into foreign countries,
as was the case with the Jews (Jer. 20:5; 39:9, 10; 40:7).
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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