Captive

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).

Passages cited in this entry

1 Kings 20:32 · Joshua 10:24 · Judges 1:7 · 2 Samuel 4:12 · Judges 8:7 · 2 Samuel 12:31 · 1 Chronicles 20:3 · 2 Chronicles 28:9 · Psalms 44:12 · Joel 3:3 · Nahum 3:10 · Zechariah 14:2 · Esther 3:13 · 2 Kings 8:12 · Isaiah 13:16 · Jeremiah 20:5

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 3rd edition (1897). Public domain; text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. A nineteenth-century Protestant reference: its dates, archaeology and judgements reflect the scholarship of its time and are not Imago Dei's editorial position.