... > Bible > Old Testament > the divided kingdom: story of the Southern Kingdom (Judah) > story of the kings and kingdom of Judah (part II) > story of Ahaz, son of Jotham, king of Judah (2 Kings 16; 2 Chronicles 28) > war with Syria and Israel ~ story of Ahaz > Oded, a prophet, meets the returning Israelite army with the Judaean prisoners and exhorts the Israelites to let the prisoners go