According to 2 Chronicles 28, which group of people captured 200,000 women and children from Judah during Ahaz's reign but returned them because of a prophet's warning?
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Correct answer: The Israelites
The army of Israel took many captives, but the prophet Oded confronted them, warning that God was angry. Leaders of Ephraim subsequently clothed, fed, and returned the captives to Jericho.
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