Topic
Captive
67 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Judges 1:7Easton · Nave Cruelty to — Maimed
And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
- 2 Samuel 8:2ISBE · Nave Cruelty to — Putting to death
And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.
- 2 Samuel 12:31Easton · Nave Cruelty to — Tortured under saws and harrows
And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the…
- 2 Kings 8:12Easton · Nave Cruelty to — Putting to death
And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip…
- 1 Chronicles 20:3Easton · Nave Cruelty to — Tortured under saws and harrows
And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
- Psalms 44:12Easton · Nave Cruelty to — Enslaved
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
- Zechariah 14:2Easton · Nave Cruelty to — Ravished
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
- Genesis 14:12Nave Prisoner of war
And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
- Genesis 41:39–45Nave Advanced to positions in state
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.…
- Numbers 31:9–20Nave Cruelty to — Putting to death
And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles,…
- Deuteronomy 20:13Nave Cruelty to — Putting to death
And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
- Deuteronomy 20:14Nave Cruelty to — Enslaved
But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
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- Deuteronomy 21:10 Nave Cruelty to — Putting to death
- Joshua 8:29 Nave Cruelty to — Putting to death
- Joshua 10:15–40 Nave Cruelty to — Putting to death
- Joshua 10:24 Easton
- Joshua 11:11 Nave Cruelty to — Putting to death
- Judges 1:6 Nave Cruelty to — Maimed
- Judges 7:25 Nave Cruelty to — Putting to death
- Judges 8:7 Easton
- Judges 8:21 Nave Cruelty to — Putting to death
- Judges 16:21 Nave Cruelty to — Blinded
- Judges 21:11 Nave Cruelty to — Putting to death
- 1 Samuel 15:32 Nave Cruelty to — Putting to death
- 1 Samuel 15:33 Nave Cruelty to — Putting to death
- 1 Samuel 30:1 Nave Prisoner of war
- 1 Samuel 30:2 Nave Prisoner of war
- 2 Samuel 4:12 Easton
- 1 Kings 20:32 Easton
- 2 Kings 5:2 Nave Cruelty to — Enslaved
- 2 Kings 6:21 ISBE
- 2 Kings 6:22 ISBE
- 2 Kings 15:16 Nave Cruelty to — Ripping women with child
- 2 Kings 25:27–30 Nave Kindness to
- 2 Chronicles 25:11 Nave Cruelty to — Twenty thousand, by Amaziah
- 2 Chronicles 25:12 Nave Cruelty to — Twenty thousand, by Amaziah
- 2 Chronicles 28:9–15 Easton
- Esther 2:8 Nave Advanced to positions in state
- Esther 3:13 Easton
- Job 42:10 ISBE
- Psalms 106:46 Nave Kindness to
- Isaiah 13:16 Easton
- Isaiah 13:18 Easton
- Isaiah 20:1–6 Easton
- Isaiah 20:4 Nave Other indignities to
- Isaiah 47:3 Easton
- Isaiah 51:14 Nave Cruelty to — Confined in pits
- Jeremiah 20:5 Easton
- Jeremiah 39:6 Nave Cruelty to — Putting to death
- Jeremiah 39:7 Nave Cruelty to — Blinded
- Jeremiah 39:9 Easton
- Jeremiah 39:10 Easton
- Jeremiah 40:7 Easton
- Lamentations 5:11–13 Nave Cruelty to — Ravished
- Ezekiel 23:25 Nave Cruelty to — Robbed
- Ezekiel 23:26 Nave Cruelty to — Robbed
- Daniel 1:1–21 Nave Advanced to positions in state
- Joel 3:3 Easton
- Joel 3:6 Nave Cruelty to — Enslaved
- Amos 1:13 Nave Cruelty to — Ripping women with child
- Nahum 3:10 Easton
- Luke 4:18 ISBE
- Romans 7:23 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 10:5 ISBE
- Ephesians 4:8 ISBE
- 2 Timothy 2:26 ISBE
- 2 Timothy 3:6 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 22 references
One taken in war. 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).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 10 references
kap'-tiv (shebhi, galah; aichmalotos and its derivatives): The frequent references in the Old Testament to captives as men forcibly deported (from the Hebrew root shabhah) or inhabiting a land foreign to them (from Hebrew galah) reflect the universal practice of the ancient world. The treatment of captives was sometimes barbarous (2Sa 8:2) but not always so (2Ki 6:21,22).
See further under ASSIR and WAR.
Figurative: Except in Job 42:10 the figurative use of the idea is confined to the New Testament, where reference is made to the triumphal reign of the Lord Jesus (Lu 4:18; Eph 4:8), or, on the other hand, to the power of the devil (2Ti 2:26), or of false teachers (2Ti 3:6); compare also Ro 7:23; 2Co 10:5.
See CAPTIVITY.
F. K. Farr
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 43 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Prisoner of war Ge 14:12; 1Sa 30:1,2
- → Cruelty to
- Putting to death Nu 31:9-20; De 20:13; 21:10; Jos 8:29; 10:15-40; 11:11; Jud 7:25; 8:21; 21:11; 1Sa 15:32,33; 2Sa 8:2; 2Ki 8:12; Jer 39:6
- Twenty thousand, by Amaziah 2Ch 25:11,12
- Ripping women with child 2Ki 8:12; 15:16; Am 1:13
- Tortured under saws and harrows 2Sa 12:31; 1Ch 20:3
- Blinded Jud 16:21; Jer 39:7
- Maimed Jud 1:6,7
- Ravished La 5:11-13; Zec 14:2
- Enslaved De 20:14; 2Ki 5:2; Ps 44:12; Joe 3:6
- Robbed Eze 23:25,26
- Confined in pits Isa 51:14
- → Other indignities to Isa 20:4
- → Kindness to 2Ki 25:27-30; Ps 106:46
- → Advanced to positions in state Ge 41:39-45; Es 2:8; Da 1
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.