2 Chronicles 28:15

were expressed R.V. have been expressed. The phrase is characteristic of the Chronicler; cp. 2Ch 31:19; 1 Chronicles 12:31; 1 Chronicles 16:41; Ezra 8:20.

took the captives Render, took hold of the captives; i.e. succoured them; cp. Hebrews 2:16 (ἐπιλαμβάνεται = "he taketh hold of").

to eat and to drink Cp. 2 Kings 6:23.

anointed them Part of the host's duty; cp. Luke 7:44-46.

to Jericho Jericho perhaps belonged to the northern kingdom; cp. 1 Kings 16:34; 2 Kings 2:4. A road led to it from Mount Ephraim past - Ain ed-Duk, G. A. Smith, Hist. Geography, pp. 266 ff.

the city of palm trees Cp. Deuteronomy 34:3. The phrase is an alternative name of Jericho; cp. Judges 1:16; Judges 3:13. Date palms were common in Jericho down to the seventh century of the Christian Era. Bädeker, p. 164.

to their brethren Lit. "to the side of their brethren." Jericho probably belonged to the northern kingdom; see above.