10. If you make slaves of the people of Judah and Jerusalem, you will be as guilty as they are of sinning against the Lord.
11. Send these prisoners back home—they are your own relatives. If you don't, the Lord will punish you in his anger.
12. About the same time, four of Israel's leaders arrived. They were Azariah son of Johanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai. They agreed with Oded that the Israelite troops were wrong,
13. and they said:If you bring these prisoners into Samaria, that will be one more thing we've done to sin against the Lord. And he is already angry enough with us.
14. So in front of the leaders and the crowd, the troops handed over their prisoners and the property they had taken from Judah.