Take Captivity Captive does not make much sense until you realize it is a Hebrew idiom meaning to turn the tables on your enemies in warfare, that is, to reverse the captivity of the people. It tells of the Israelites return to Israel or to drive out their oppressors. The expression is used three times in the Hebrew Scriptures and once in the Greek.

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