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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/2Chronicles28.1-15)
An uncareful reading of the history of Israel and Judah is likely to confuse the kings Ahab and Ahaz.
They were both wicked kings who had famous prophets speak against them in multiple books of the Old Testament.
Ahab ruled over the northern kingdom of Israel, married the idolatrous Jezebel, and endured the castigation of Elijah.
Ahaz ruled over Judah several generations later and was given the sign of Immanuel by the prophet Isaiah ([_Isaiah 7_](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Isaiah7))
As mentioned before, Ahaz did not follow in the faith of his father and grandfather, but was perhaps influenced by the idolatry of his subjects.
Regardless of the reasons, he went deeper than any other king before him and performed child sacrifice like the Canaanites did from so long before.
Because of this, the Lord raised up Syria and Israel against Judah.
Each country defeated Judah and took many people captive.
But the Lord was faithful to His promises and did not let Judah be utterly defeated and wiped off the maps.
He sent the prophet Oded to Samaria, the capital of Israel, and he instructed them to send back the captive Judahites they had fairly taken.
The reasoning is that Judah was chastised for their sin as a nation, but Israel is not innocent before the Lord either.
Furthermore, keeping these captives as slaves would violate the Law of Moses, which said captured Israelites must be allowed to return to their own inheritance.
Certain chiefs of Israel obeyed the voice of the Lord and took the captives from the army.
They fed them, clothed them, cared for their wounds, and escorted them back to Jericho.
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You are faithful even when we are not.