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[Easton] 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] A prisoner of war. Such were usually treated with great cruelty by the heathen nations. They were kept for slaves, and often sold; but this was a modification of the ancient cruelty, and a substitute for putting them to death Although the treatment of captives by the Jews seems sometimes to be cruel, it was very much milder than that of the heathen, and was mitigated, as far as possible in the circumstances, by their civil code. [Nave] –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