דברי הימים ב, פרק י״ד, פסוק י״ד

Following a decisive military victory, the army of Judah advances into the surrounding countryside to raid local pastoral settlements and gather a vast amount of animal spoils. The focus of these raids is not the physical tents or structures of the camps, but rather the people living inside them [מצודת דוד]. These inhabitants are the Arab shepherds who tend to their flocks throughout the region [מלבי״ם].

As the army sweeps through the area, they take these inhabitants and their animals into captivity [מצודת ציון]. The concept of captivity is deliberately highlighted here over standard ideas of looting or plundering. This is because captivity specifically applies to the taking of living, breathing creatures, which directly reflects the massive haul of live sheep and camels claimed from the local shepherds [מלבי״ם].