And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Obededom, whose descendants guarded these treasures, 1 Paralipomenon xxvi. 15. (Calmet)
Hostages. Protestants, "the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. "(Haydock)
Some think that the kings of Juda had before detained these men. (Estius)
Others suppose that Joas had taken many nobles, whom he exchanged for their sons. But this is all conjecture. (Calmet)