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; Psa 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, Isa. 13: 18). Captives were sometimes carried away into foreign countries, as was the case with the Jews (Jer. 20:5;39:9, 39: 10;40:7).