Teks -- 2 Chronicles 15:1-19 (NET)
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Wesley: 2Ch 15:1 - Spirit of God Both to instruct him what to say, and to enable him to say it plainly and boldly.
Both to instruct him what to say, and to enable him to say it plainly and boldly.
Wesley: 2Ch 15:3 - Now Israel They have long lived without the found knowledge and worship of the true God. Israel is here understood of the whole nation of Israel in former times,...
They have long lived without the found knowledge and worship of the true God. Israel is here understood of the whole nation of Israel in former times, and especially in the times of the judges: for then many times they were in a great measure, without God and his law, and teaching priests, as plainly appears from the book of the Judges; they were brought to all the exigencies and calamities following; and they sometimes turned to the Lord, and he was found of them.
When Israel lived in the gross neglect of God and his law.
Wesley: 2Ch 15:5 - No peace Men could not go abroad about their private occasions without great danger; as it was in the days of Shamgar, Jdg 5:6.
Men could not go abroad about their private occasions without great danger; as it was in the days of Shamgar, Jdg 5:6.
Wesley: 2Ch 15:6 - And nation, &c. _One part of the people of Israel destroyed the other by civil wars. As all Israel are called a nation, so the several tribes of them are sometimes ca...
_One part of the people of Israel destroyed the other by civil wars. As all Israel are called a nation, so the several tribes of them are sometimes called nations.
Wesley: 2Ch 15:7 - Be strong Go on resolutely to maintain God's worship and to root out idolatry, as you have begun to do; for this is the only method of preserving yourselves fro...
Go on resolutely to maintain God's worship and to root out idolatry, as you have begun to do; for this is the only method of preserving yourselves from such calamities as your predecessors have felt.
Of Azariah, 2Ch 15:1, who was also called by his father's name Oded.
Wesley: 2Ch 15:12 - Into covenant The matter of this covenant was nothing but what they were before obliged to. And tho' no promise could lay any higher obligation upon them, than they...
The matter of this covenant was nothing but what they were before obliged to. And tho' no promise could lay any higher obligation upon them, than they were already under, yet it would help to increase their sense of the obligation, and to arm them against temptations. And by joining all together in this, they strengthened the hands of each other
Wesley: 2Ch 15:15 - Rejoiced at the oath The times of renewing our covenant with God, should be times of rejoicing. It is an honour and happiness to be in bonds with God. And the closer, the ...
The times of renewing our covenant with God, should be times of rejoicing. It is an honour and happiness to be in bonds with God. And the closer, the better.
JFB -> 2Ch 15:1; 2Ch 15:2; 2Ch 15:3-6; 2Ch 15:7; 2Ch 15:7; 2Ch 15:8; 2Ch 15:8; 2Ch 15:8; 2Ch 15:8; 2Ch 15:9-15; 2Ch 15:9-15; 2Ch 15:9-15; 2Ch 15:10-14; 2Ch 15:18; 2Ch 15:18
JFB: 2Ch 15:1 - Azariah the son of Oded This prophet, who is mentioned nowhere else, appears at this stage of the sacred story in the discharge of an interesting mission. He went to meet Asa...
This prophet, who is mentioned nowhere else, appears at this stage of the sacred story in the discharge of an interesting mission. He went to meet Asa, as he was returning from his victorious pursuit of the Ethiopians, and the congratulatory address here recorded was publicly made to the king in presence of his army.
JFB: 2Ch 15:2 - The Lord is with you, while ye be with him You have had, in your recent signal success, a remarkable proof that God's blessing is upon you; your victory has been the reward of your faith and pi...
You have had, in your recent signal success, a remarkable proof that God's blessing is upon you; your victory has been the reward of your faith and piety. If you steadfastly adhere to the cause of God, you may expect a continuance of His favor; but if you abandon it, you will soon reap the bitter fruits of apostasy.
JFB: 2Ch 15:3-6 - Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, &c. Some think that Azariah was referring to the sad and disastrous condition to which superstition and idolatry had brought the neighboring kingdom of Is...
Some think that Azariah was referring to the sad and disastrous condition to which superstition and idolatry had brought the neighboring kingdom of Israel. His words should rather be taken in a wider sense, for it seems manifest that the prophet had his eye upon many periods in the national history, when the people were in the state described--a state of spiritual destitution and ignorance--and exhibited its natural result as widespread anarchy, mutual dissension among the tribes, and general suffering (Jdg 9:23; Jdg 12:4; Jdg 20:21; 2Ch 13:17). These calamities God permitted to befall them as the punishment of their apostasy. Azariah's object in these remarks was to establish the truth of his counsel (2Ch 15:2), threatening, in case of neglecting it by describing the uniform course of the divine procedure towards Israel, as shown in all periods of their history. Then after this appeal to national experience, he concluded with an earnest exhortation to the king to prosecute the work of reformation so well begun [2Ch 15:7].
JFB: 2Ch 15:7 - Be ye strong Great resolution and indomitable energy would be required to persevere in the face of the opposition your reforming measures will encounter.
Great resolution and indomitable energy would be required to persevere in the face of the opposition your reforming measures will encounter.
JFB: 2Ch 15:7 - your work shall be rewarded What you do in the cause and for the glory of God will assuredly be followed by the happiest results both to yourself and your subjects.
What you do in the cause and for the glory of God will assuredly be followed by the happiest results both to yourself and your subjects.
JFB: 2Ch 15:8 - when Asa heard . . . the prophecy of Oded the prophet The insertion of these words, "of Oded the prophet," is generally regarded as a corruption of the text. "The sole remedy is to erase them. They are, p...
The insertion of these words, "of Oded the prophet," is generally regarded as a corruption of the text. "The sole remedy is to erase them. They are, probably, the remains of a note, which crept in from the margin into the text" [BERTHEAU].
JFB: 2Ch 15:8 - he took courage Animated by the seasonable and pious address of Azariah, Asa became a more zealous reformer than ever, employing all his royal authority and influence...
Animated by the seasonable and pious address of Azariah, Asa became a more zealous reformer than ever, employing all his royal authority and influence to extirpate every vestige of idolatry from the land.
JFB: 2Ch 15:8 - and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim He may have acquired cities of Ephraim, the conquest of which is not recorded (2Ch 17:2); but it has been commonly supposed that the reference is to c...
JFB: 2Ch 15:8 - renewed the altar of the Lord . . . before the porch That is, the altar of burnt offering. As this was done on or about the fifteenth year of the reign of this pious king, the renewal must have consisted...
That is, the altar of burnt offering. As this was done on or about the fifteenth year of the reign of this pious king, the renewal must have consisted in some splendid repairs or embellishments, which made it look like a new dedication, or in a reconstruction of a temporary altar, like that of Solomon (2Ch 7:7), for extraordinary sacrifices to be offered on an approaching occasion.
JFB: 2Ch 15:9-15 - he gathered all Judah and Benjamin Not satisfied with these minor measures of purification and improvement, Asa meditated a grand scheme which was to pledge his whole kingdom to complet...
Not satisfied with these minor measures of purification and improvement, Asa meditated a grand scheme which was to pledge his whole kingdom to complete the work of reformation, and with this in view he waited for a general assembly of the people.
JFB: 2Ch 15:9-15 - and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh The population of Asa's kingdom had been vastly increased by the continued influx of strangers, who, prompted by motives either of interest or of piet...
The population of Asa's kingdom had been vastly increased by the continued influx of strangers, who, prompted by motives either of interest or of piety, sought in his dominions that security and freedom which they could not enjoy amid the complicated troubles which distracted Israel.
JFB: 2Ch 15:9-15 - and out of Simeon Although a portion of that tribe, located within the territory of Judah, were already subjects of the southern kingdom, the general body of the Simeon...
Although a portion of that tribe, located within the territory of Judah, were already subjects of the southern kingdom, the general body of the Simeonites had joined in forming the northern kingdom of Israel. But many of them now returned of their own accord.
JFB: 2Ch 15:10-14 - the third month When was held the feast of pentecost. On this occasion, it was celebrated at Jerusalem by an extraordinary sacrifice of seven hundred oxen and seven t...
When was held the feast of pentecost. On this occasion, it was celebrated at Jerusalem by an extraordinary sacrifice of seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep, the spoil of the Ethiopians being offered. The assembled worshippers entered with great and holy enthusiasm into a national covenant "to seek the Lord their God . . . with all their heart and with all their soul;" and, at the same time, to execute with rigor the laws which made idolatry punishable with death (2Ch 15:13; Deu 17:2-5; Heb 10:28). The people testified unbounded satisfaction with this important religious movement, and its moral influence was seen in the promotion of piety, order, and tranquillity throughout the land.
JFB: 2Ch 15:18 - the things that his father had dedicated Probably part of the booty obtained by his signal victory over Jeroboam, but which, though dedicated, had hitherto been unrepresented.
Probably part of the booty obtained by his signal victory over Jeroboam, but which, though dedicated, had hitherto been unrepresented.
JFB: 2Ch 15:18 - and that he himself had dedicated Of the booty taken from the Ethiopians. Both of these were now deposited in the temple as votive offerings to Him whose right hand and holy arm had gi...
Of the booty taken from the Ethiopians. Both of these were now deposited in the temple as votive offerings to Him whose right hand and holy arm had given them the victory.
Clarke: 2Ch 15:1 - Azariah the son of Oded Azariah the son of Oded - We know nothing of this prophet but what is related of him here.
Azariah the son of Oded - We know nothing of this prophet but what is related of him here.
Clarke: 2Ch 15:2 - The Lord is with you, while ye be with him The Lord is with you, while ye be with him - This is the settled and eternal purpose of God; to them who seek him he will ever be found propitious, ...
The Lord is with you, while ye be with him - This is the settled and eternal purpose of God; to them who seek him he will ever be found propitious, and them alone will he abandon who forsake him. In this verse the unconditional perseverance of the saints has no place: a doctrine which was first the ruin of the human race, Ye shall not die; and ever since the fall, has been the plague and disgrace of the Church of Christ. The Targum is curious: "Hearken to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Word of the Lord shall be your helper, while ye walk in his ways. If ye seek doctrine from his presence he will be found of you in times of trouble; but if you cast away his fear, he will abandon you."
Clarke: 2Ch 15:3 - Now for a long season Israel Now for a long season Israel - "Israel hath followed Jeroboam, and they have not worshipped the true God. They have burnt incense to their golden ca...
Now for a long season Israel - "Israel hath followed Jeroboam, and they have not worshipped the true God. They have burnt incense to their golden calves; their priestlings [
There is a great diversity of opinions concerning the meaning of this text. Some consider it a prophecy relative to the future state of this people, and the final destruction of the Jews as to their political existence: others consider it as referring to the state of the people under the reigns of Rehoboam and Abijah, which were happily changed under that of Asa; and this appears to me to be the most natural sense of the words.
Clarke: 2Ch 15:5 - But great vexations But great vexations - Does not our Lord allude to this and the following verse in Mat 24:6, Mat 24:7, Mat 24:9, Mat 24:13?
Clarke: 2Ch 15:8 - Renewed the altar Renewed the altar - Dedicated it afresh, or perhaps enlarged it, that more sacrifices might be offered on it than ever before; for it cannot be supp...
Renewed the altar - Dedicated it afresh, or perhaps enlarged it, that more sacrifices might be offered on it than ever before; for it cannot be supposed that this altar had no victims offered on it till the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa, who had previously been so zealous in restoring the Divine worship.
Clarke: 2Ch 15:9 - And the strangers And the strangers - Many out of the different tribes, particularly out of Simeon, Ephraim, and Manasseh, having reflected that the Divine blessing w...
And the strangers - Many out of the different tribes, particularly out of Simeon, Ephraim, and Manasseh, having reflected that the Divine blessing was promised to the house of David, and finding the government of Jeroboam founded in idolatry, would naturally, through a spirit of piety, leave their own country, and go where they might enjoy the worship of the true God.
Clarke: 2Ch 15:10 - The third month The third month - At the feast of pentecost which was held on the third month.
The third month - At the feast of pentecost which was held on the third month.
Clarke: 2Ch 15:11 - The spoil which they had brought The spoil which they had brought - The spoil which they had taken from Zerah and his auxiliaries, 2Ch 14:14, 2Ch 14:15.
Clarke: 2Ch 15:12 - They entered into a covenant They entered into a covenant - The covenant consisted of two parts
1. We will seek the God of our fathers with all our heart, and ...
They entered into a covenant - The covenant consisted of two parts
1. We will seek the God of our fathers with all our heart, and with all our soul
2. Whosoever, great or small, man or woman, will not worship the true God, and serve him alone, shall be put to death. Thus no toleration was given to idolatry, so that it must be rooted out: and that this covenant might be properly binding, they confirmed it with an oath; and God accepted them and their services.
Clarke: 2Ch 15:16 - Concerning Maachah Concerning Maachah - See the matter fully explained in the note on 1Ki 15:13 (note)
The Jews imagine that Maachah repented, and her name became chan...
Concerning Maachah - See the matter fully explained in the note on 1Ki 15:13 (note)
The Jews imagine that Maachah repented, and her name became changed into Michaiah, daughter of Uriel of Gibeah; and that this was done that there might be no mention of her former name, lest it should be a reproach to her: but we have already seen another gloss on this name. See on 2Ch 11:20 (note).
Clarke: 2Ch 15:17 - The high places were not taken away The high places were not taken away - He had totally suppressed or destroyed the idolatry; but some of the places, buildings, or altars, he permitte...
The high places were not taken away - He had totally suppressed or destroyed the idolatry; but some of the places, buildings, or altars, he permitted to remain.
Clarke: 2Ch 15:18 - The things that his father had dedicated The things that his father had dedicated - As it was a custom to dedicate a part of the spoils taken from an enemy to the service and honor of God, ...
The things that his father had dedicated - As it was a custom to dedicate a part of the spoils taken from an enemy to the service and honor of God, it is natural to suppose that Abijah, having so signally overthrown Jeroboam, (2Ch 13:15-19), had dedicated a part of the spoils to the Lord; but they had not been brought into the temple till this time
Clarke: 2Ch 15:18 - Silver, and gold, and vessels Silver, and gold, and vessels - The word כלים kelim , which we translate vessels, signifies instruments, utensils, ornaments, etc.
Silver, and gold, and vessels - The word
Clarke: 2Ch 15:19 - The five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa The five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa - Archbishop Usher thinks that this should be counted from the separation of the kingdom, and that t...
The five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa - Archbishop Usher thinks that this should be counted from the separation of the kingdom, and that this fell on the fifteenth year of Asa’ s reign. To settle in every respect these chronologies is a most difficult undertaking; and the difficulty does not belong to the sacred books alone, all other chronological tables of all the nations in the world, are in the same predicament. With those of our own history I have often been puzzled, even while I had access to all the archives of the nation. Probably we should read here the five and twentieth year. See the note on 1Ki 15:16.
Defender: 2Ch 15:9 - in abundance Even though the ten tribes separated themselves from Judah and Jerusalem and eventually went into Assyrian exile never to return, this and other passa...
Even though the ten tribes separated themselves from Judah and Jerusalem and eventually went into Assyrian exile never to return, this and other passages indicate that many of the most spiritually minded people among other tribes did return, to continue in the kingdom of the Davidic promises. No doubt all the tribes were thus represented in the Judaic heritage."
Defender: 2Ch 15:17 - not taken away According to 2Ch 14:3, 2Ch 14:5, Asa did take away the high places out of Judah, but this verse indicates he had been unable to get them removed from ...
TSK: 2Ch 15:1 - the Spirit the Spirit : 2Ch 20:14, 2Ch 24:20; Num 24:2; Jdg 3:10; 2Sa 23:2; 2Pe 1:21
TSK: 2Ch 15:2 - to meet Asa // Hear ye me // The Lord // if ye seek him // if ye forsake to meet Asa : Heb. before Asa
Hear ye me : 2Ch 13:4, 2Ch 20:15, 2Ch 20:20; Jdg 9:7; Psa 49:1, Psa 49:2; Isa 7:13; Mat 13:9; Rev 2:7, Rev 2:11, Rev 2:1...
to meet Asa : Heb. before Asa
Hear ye me : 2Ch 13:4, 2Ch 20:15, 2Ch 20:20; Jdg 9:7; Psa 49:1, Psa 49:2; Isa 7:13; Mat 13:9; Rev 2:7, Rev 2:11, Rev 2:17; Rev 2:29, Rev 3:6, Rev 3:13, Rev 3:22
The Lord : 2Ch 13:12, 2Ch 32:8; Deu 20:1; Jam 4:8
if ye seek him : 2Ch 15:4, 2Ch 15:15, 2Ch 33:12; Isa 55:6, Isa 55:7; Jer 29:12-14; Mat 7:7, Mat 7:8
if ye forsake : 2Ch 12:1-3, 2Ch 24:20; 2Ki 21:14; 1Ch 28:9; Rom 11:1, Rom 11:2; Heb 10:38, Heb 12:25
TSK: 2Ch 15:3 - a long // true God // a teaching // without law a long : 1Ki 12:28-33; Hos 3:4
true God : Jer 10:10; Joh 17:3; 1Th 1:9; 1Jo 5:20
a teaching : 2Ch 17:8, 2Ch 17:9; Lev 10:11; Deu 33:10; Neh 8:9; Eze 4...
TSK: 2Ch 15:4 - in their trouble // found of them in their trouble : Deu 4:29, Deu 4:30; Jdg 3:9, Jdg 3:10, Jdg 10:10-16; Psa 106:44; Hos 6:1, Hos 14:1-3
found of them : 2Ch 15:15; Isa 55:6, Isa 65:1,...
in their trouble : Deu 4:29, Deu 4:30; Jdg 3:9, Jdg 3:10, Jdg 10:10-16; Psa 106:44; Hos 6:1, Hos 14:1-3
found of them : 2Ch 15:15; Isa 55:6, Isa 65:1, Isa 65:2; Rom 10:20
TSK: 2Ch 15:5 - no peace // great vexations no peace : Jdg 5:6; 1Sa 13:6; Psa 121:8
great vexations : Mat 24:6, Mat 24:7; Luk 21:25
TSK: 2Ch 15:6 - nation // destroyed // God nation : 2Ch 12:15, 2Ch 13:17; Mar 13:8; Luk 21:9, Luk 21:10
destroyed : Heb. beaten in pieces
God : 2Ch 33:11, 2Ch 36:17; Jdg 2:14; Psa 106:41; Isa 1...
TSK: 2Ch 15:7 - ye strong // your work ye strong : Jos 1:7, Jos 1:9; 1Ch 28:20; Psa 27:14; Isa 35:3, Isa 35:4; Dan 10:19; 1Co 16:13; Eph 6:10
your work : Gen 15:1; Rth 2:12; Psa 19:11, Psa ...
ye strong : Jos 1:7, Jos 1:9; 1Ch 28:20; Psa 27:14; Isa 35:3, Isa 35:4; Dan 10:19; 1Co 16:13; Eph 6:10
your work : Gen 15:1; Rth 2:12; Psa 19:11, Psa 58:11; Mat 5:12, Mat 5:46, Mat 6:1, Mat 6:4, Mat 6:6, Mat 6:18, Mat 10:41, Mat 10:42; Luk 6:35; Rom 4:4, Rom 4:5; 1Co 3:8, 1Co 3:14, 1Co 9:17, 1Co 9:18, 1Co 15:58; Col 3:24; Heb 6:10; Heb 10:35; 2Jo 1:8
TSK: 2Ch 15:8 - Oded // took courage // abominable idols // the cities // the altar of the Lord Oded : 2Ch 15:1
took courage : 2Ch 19:11; Isa 44:14 *marg. Act 28:15
abominable idols : Heb. abominations, Lev 18:30; Deu 27:15; 1Ki 11:5, 1Ki 11:7; 2...
Oded : 2Ch 15:1
took courage : 2Ch 19:11; Isa 44:14 *marg. Act 28:15
abominable idols : Heb. abominations, Lev 18:30; Deu 27:15; 1Ki 11:5, 1Ki 11:7; 2Ki 23:13; Isa 65:4; Jer 16:18; Eze 8:10; 1Pe 4:3; Rev 17:4, Rev 17:5
the cities : 2Ch 13:19
the altar of the Lord : 2Ch 4:1, 2Ch 8:12, 2Ch 29:18; 2Ki 16:14, 2Ki 18:22
TSK: 2Ch 15:9 - the strangers // they fell // they saw the strangers : 2Ch 11:16, 2Ch 30:1-11, 2Ch 30:25
they fell : 1Ki 12:19; 1Ch 12:19
they saw : Gen 39:3; 1Sa 18:28; 1Ki 3:28; Zec 8:21-23; Act 7:9, Act...
TSK: 2Ch 15:11 - offered // the same time // seven hundred offered : 2Ch 14:13-15; Num 31:28, Num 31:29, Num 31:50; 1Sa 15:15, 1Sa 15:21; 1Ch 26:26, 1Ch 26:27
the same time : Heb. in that day
seven hundred : 2...
TSK: 2Ch 15:12 - they entered // seek they entered : 2Ch 23:16, 2Ch 29:10, 2Ch 34:31, 2Ch 34:32; Deu 29:1, Deu 29:12; 2Ki 23:3; Neh 9:38, Neh 10:29; Jer 50:5; 2Co 8:5
seek : 2Ch 15:4; Deu ...
TSK: 2Ch 15:13 - whosoever // whether small whosoever : Exo 22:20; Deu 13:5-15, Deu 17:2-5; 1Ki 18:40
whether small : Gen 19:11; Exo 12:29; Deu 29:18; Job 3:19, Job 34:19; Psa 115:13; Act 26:22;...
whosoever : Exo 22:20; Deu 13:5-15, Deu 17:2-5; 1Ki 18:40
whether small : Gen 19:11; Exo 12:29; Deu 29:18; Job 3:19, Job 34:19; Psa 115:13; Act 26:22; Rev 6:15, Rev 20:12
trumpets : Psa 81:1-4
TSK: 2Ch 15:15 - rejoiced // sworn // sought him // and he was // the Lord rejoiced : 2Ch 23:16-21, 2Ch 29:10, 2Ch 29:36; Deu 26:11; Neh 8:9; Psa 32:11, Psa 119:111; Pro 3:17; 2Co 1:12
sworn : Psa 119:106
sought him : 2Ch 15:...
TSK: 2Ch 15:16 - Maachah // the mother // he removed // idol // cut down Maachah : 1Ki 15:13-24
the mother : that is, grandmother, 1Ki 15:2, 1Ki 15:10
he removed : 2Ch 14:3-5; Exo 32:27, Exo 32:28; Deu 13:6-8, Deu 33:9; Zec...
Maachah : 1Ki 15:13-24
the mother : that is, grandmother, 1Ki 15:2, 1Ki 15:10
he removed : 2Ch 14:3-5; Exo 32:27, Exo 32:28; Deu 13:6-8, Deu 33:9; Zec 13:3; Mar 3:21, Mar 3:31-35; 2Co 5:16
idol : Heb. horror
cut down : 2Ch 14:3-5, 2Ch 34:7; Exo 32:20; Lev 26:30; Deu 7:5, Deu 7:25, Deu 7:26, Deu 9:21; 1Ki 15:14-24; 2Ki 23:6, 2Ki 23:12, 2Ki 23:15
TSK: 2Ch 15:17 - the high places // the heart of Asa the high places : 2Ch 14:3-5; Deu 12:13, Deu 12:14; 1Ki 3:2-4, 1Ki 22:43; 2Ki 12:3, 2Ki 14:4
the heart of Asa : 2Ch 16:7-12; 1Ki 11:4
the high places : 2Ch 14:3-5; Deu 12:13, Deu 12:14; 1Ki 3:2-4, 1Ki 22:43; 2Ki 12:3, 2Ki 14:4
the heart of Asa : 2Ch 16:7-12; 1Ki 11:4
brought : 1Ki 7:51, 1Ki 15:14, 1Ki 15:15; 1Ch 26:20-26
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Poole: 2Ch 15:2 - The Lord is with you // If ye forsake him, he will forsake you The Lord is with you to defend you against all your enemies, as now you have seen, and you may hereafter expect, if you persist in that good course i...
The Lord is with you to defend you against all your enemies, as now you have seen, and you may hereafter expect, if you persist in that good course into which you are entered.
If ye forsake him, he will forsake you: but let not this victory make you presumptuous or self-confident, for you are upon your good behaviour; and if you leave God, he will leave and destroy you after he hath done you good.
Poole: 2Ch 15:3 - without the true God Heb. For many days have been to Israel
without the true God & c, i.e. they have long lived without the sound knowledge and worship of the true Go...
Heb. For many days have been to Israel
without the true God & c, i.e. they have long lived without the sound knowledge and worship of the true God. The prophet confirms his foregoing exhortation, and the threatening annexed to it, that if they forsook God, he would forsake them, from the usual manner of God’ s dealing with Israel formerly, and therefore in the same case they may expect the same usage. Israel , here mentioned and propounded as an example, is here understood, either,
1. Specially of the ten tribes, distinguished by that name from the kingdom of Judah; whose condition had been, since Jeroboam’ s revolt, and now was such in some measure, as is here described, they having been, and still being, without God and his true worship, and therefore exposed to many vexations, and wars, and miseries. But these had not as yet turned unto God, or sought him, nor was God yet found of them, as is said of this Israel, 2Ch 15:4 . Nor had they as yet been exercised with those grievous and continual vexations, and wars, and mutual destructions of which he here speaks, 2Ch 15:5,6 , and which in succeeding times they felt; for except that one blow which they had from Abijah, 2Ch 13 , we read of none other great mischiefs which befell them. Or rather,
2. Generally of the whole nation of Israel in former times, and especially in the times of the judges; to which all that follows suits very well; for then many times they were, though not wholly and universally, yet in a very great measure, and for the generality of them, without God, and his law, and teaching priests, as plainly appears from divers passages in the Book of the Judges; and then indeed they were brought to all the exigencies and calamities here following; then they had grievous wars, both foreign and domestic; and then they did sometimes turn to the Lord and sought him, and he was found of them, and did raise up judges and saviours to them; of which see Jud 2 at large, and Jud 3:9, Jud 3:15 10:10 , &c.
When they did turn i.e. Israel, mentioned 2Ch 15:3 .
Poole: 2Ch 15:5 - In those times // No peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in // Of the countries In those times when Israel lived in the gross neglect and contempt of God, and his law and worship.
No peace to him that went out, nor to him that c...
In those times when Israel lived in the gross neglect and contempt of God, and his law and worship.
No peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in men could not go abroad about their private occasions without great danger; as it was in the days of Shamgar, Jud 5:6 , which is a good comment upon this text.
Of the countries Heb. of these countries , i.e. the divers parts of the land of Israel, both within and without Jordan.
Poole: 2Ch 15:6 - Nation was destroyed of nation Nation was destroyed of nation i.e. one part of the people of Israel destroyed the other by civil wars; of which see instances, Jud 9:23 , &c.; Jud 1...
Nation was destroyed of nation i.e. one part of the people of Israel destroyed the other by civil wars; of which see instances, Jud 9:23 , &c.; Jud 12:1 , &c. As all the people of Israel are called a nation, so the several tribes and families of them are sometimes called nations, as Gen 17:4 Eze 2:3 Act 4:27 , compared with Psa 2:1 .
Poole: 2Ch 15:7 - Be ye strong therefore // Let not your hands be weak // Your work shall be rewarded Be ye strong therefore go on therefore courageously and resolutely to maintain God’ s worship, and to root out idolatry, as you have begun to do...
Be ye strong therefore go on therefore courageously and resolutely to maintain God’ s worship, and to root out idolatry, as you have begun to do; for this is the only right method of preserving yourselves from such calamities as your predecessors have felt.
Let not your hands be weak be not discouraged with the opposition which you may possibly meet with.
Your work shall be rewarded what you do for God and for his honour and service shall not go unrequited.
Poole: 2Ch 15:8 - Of Oded the prophet // when Asa heard these words, even the prophecy of the son of Oded the prophet // He took courage // The cities which he had taken // Renewed the altar of the Lord Of Oded the prophet to wit, of Azariah , 2Ch 15:1 , who was also called by his father’ s name Oded . Or Oded may be here put patronymically ...
Of Oded the prophet to wit, of Azariah , 2Ch 15:1 , who was also called by his father’ s name Oded . Or Oded may be here put patronymically for the son of Oded ; as David is put for Christ the Son of David , Jer 30:9 , and elsewhere; and Moses for the sons of Moses , Psa 90:1 . Or here is an ellipsis of the relative word, of which there are many instances both in sacred and profane authors; as 2Sa 21:19 , the brother of Goliath ; Mat 4:21 , James the son of Zebedee ; Luk 24:10 , Mary the mother of James , by comparing Mar 15:40 Joh 19:25 , Mary the wife of Cleophas , and many other places. And so this place may be thus read,
when Asa heard these words, even the prophecy of the son of Oded the prophet And this ellipsis is the more easy and tolerable, because this defect might be well enough understood and supplied out of 2Ch 15:1 . Though some understand this to be another prophecy of Oded the father, which is not here expressed, which Azariah his son repeated to them for the confirmation of his own prophecy.
He took courage for it required great courage to put away all the idols, to which so great a number of his people were to this day addicted, and, among others, Maachah the queen , his mother , whom for this reason he deposed, 1Ki 15:13 .
The cities which he had taken to wit, Abijah his father; which was easily understood from 2Ch 13:19 . Or, which had been taken ; the active word being oft so used impersonally for the passive, as Hebricians know.
Renewed the altar of the Lord which had been either decayed through age and long use of it, or broken by his idolatrous mother’ s means. Or, he consecrated or dedicated the altar , &c.; which possibly had been polluted by idolaters, and now needed some purification.
Poole: 2Ch 15:9 - Out of Simeon // They fell to him Out of Simeon which tribe, though they had their inheritance out of the portion of Judah, did for the generality of them revolt to Jeroboam with the ...
Out of Simeon which tribe, though they had their inheritance out of the portion of Judah, did for the generality of them revolt to Jeroboam with the other tribes, as appears from many passages of Scripture; which they might conveniently do, because their portion bordered, as on one side upon that of Judah, so on the other side upon that of Dan; and therefore might indifferently join with the one or other, as they saw fit.
They fell to him to wit, from the king of Israel.
Poole: 2Ch 15:10 - In the third month // In the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa In the third month to wit, of the sacred year, in which the feast of weeks or of pentecost fell; of which see Exo 23:16 Deu 16:9 .
In the fifteenth ...
In the third month to wit, of the sacred year, in which the feast of weeks or of pentecost fell; of which see Exo 23:16 Deu 16:9 .
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa Asa had peace but ten years, 2Ch 14:1 ; after which probably there were some bickerings and skirmishes, which seem to have been composed; and after that Zerah comes against him, and is discomfited. Upon this great success many of the Israelites fall to him, and in his fifteenth year he calls this assembly.
Taken from Zerah and his accomplices, 2Ch 14:13 , &c.
Poole: 2Ch 15:12 - They entered into a covenant They entered into a covenant they engaged themselves by a serious and solemn covenant before the Lord and this great assembly.
They entered into a covenant they engaged themselves by a serious and solemn covenant before the Lord and this great assembly.
Poole: 2Ch 15:13 - -- Whosoever should obstinately refuse to pay unto God that solemn worship which he required at his temple in Jerusalem, or should disown God, or serve...
Whosoever should obstinately refuse to pay unto God that solemn worship which he required at his temple in Jerusalem, or should disown God, or serve other gods,
should be put to death by virtue of all those laws which command that such persons should be cut off , and in pursuance of that law, Deu 17:2 . Compare Heb 10:28 .
Poole: 2Ch 15:15 - All Judah rejoiced All Judah rejoiced i.e. a great number of the people, as such general expressions are frequently understood; for none doubt but there were many disse...
All Judah rejoiced i.e. a great number of the people, as such general expressions are frequently understood; for none doubt but there were many dissemblers and ungodly men at this time among them.
Poole: 2Ch 15:16 - -- Of this and the following verses, See Poole "1Ki 15:2" , See Poole "1Ki 15:10" , See Poole "1Ki 15:14" , See Poole "1Ki 15:15" .
Poole: 2Ch 15:19 - -- For though there were continual skirmishes between Asa and Baasha and their people all their days , 1Ki 15:16 , yet it did not break forth into an ...
Haydock: 2Ch 15:1 - Curse Curse. Hebrew, "oath." (Menochius) ---
Septuagint, "all Juda rejoiced on account of the oath." (Haydock)
Curse. Hebrew, "oath." (Menochius) ---
Septuagint, "all Juda rejoiced on account of the oath." (Haydock)
Haydock: 2Ch 15:1 - Azarias Azarias is called Oded in Hebrew, ver. 8. (Calmet) ---
But he was his son. (Haydock) ---
There was a high priest of the name of Azarias, about ...
Azarias is called Oded in Hebrew, ver. 8. (Calmet) ---
But he was his son. (Haydock) ---
There was a high priest of the name of Azarias, about the same time. (Menochius)
Haydock: 2Ch 15:2 - With him With him. He will continue thus to protect you, if you prove faithful. The Pelagians hence inferred, that man was to prepare his own heart for the ...
With him. He will continue thus to protect you, if you prove faithful. The Pelagians hence inferred, that man was to prepare his own heart for the reception of grace. But the text only speaks of external aid; and though it were understood of internal grace, (Calmet) we may merit an increase of grace, by a faithful co-operation (Worthington) with that which God has presented us. (Estius) (Calmet)
Haydock: 2Ch 15:3 - Shall pass Shall pass, is not found in Hebrew, &c., and many supply, "had been." (Du Hamel) ---
The Jews, and some interpreters, would explain all this of wh...
Shall pass, is not found in Hebrew, &c., and many supply, "had been." (Du Hamel) ---
The Jews, and some interpreters, would explain all this of what had passed already; (Calmet) and this is the idea of the Protestants, "Now, for a long season, Israel hath been without," &c. (Haydock) ---
But the conclusion convinces us that this is a prediction; (ver. 7) take courage. You shall not be involved in these miseries. Some explain the whole of the kingdom of Israel, which, from its commencement till after its final ruin, persevered in its rebellion against the true God. (Sanctius) ---
Others think the kingdom of Juda was also concerned, and its state of captivity at Babylon foretold. (Lyranus) ---
But its full completion includes the latter ages, particularly after the murder of the Messias, (Tirinus) and seems of the same nature as the prophecy of Osee, (iii. 4.) as our Saviour himself insinuates, Matthew xxiv. 6, 9, 13. (Calmet)
Haydock: 2Ch 15:4 - And when And when. Septuagint, "and he shall convert them to the Lord,...and shall be found by them." (Haydock) ---
This will be verified in the last days,...
And when. Septuagint, "and he shall convert them to the Lord,...and shall be found by them." (Haydock) ---
This will be verified in the last days, Romans xi. 26. (Menochius)
Cometh in, in public or private transactions. See Leviticus xxvi. 36.
Haydock: 2Ch 15:6 - Nation // Distress Nation, both in the times of Baasa, who fought against Asa, and afterwards. For the same prophecy may be literally explained of more thing than one....
Nation, both in the times of Baasa, who fought against Asa, and afterwards. For the same prophecy may be literally explained of more thing than one. (Menochius) ---
Distress. Our Saviour says, Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, &c. But he that shall persevere to the end, shall be saved. [Matthew xxiv. 9-13.]
Haydock: 2Ch 15:8 - Azarias, the son // Taken // Dedicated Azarias, the son, is omitted in Hebrew and the Vatican Septuagint, which reads Adad, (Haydock) but it is supplied in the other editions, and in the S...
Azarias, the son, is omitted in Hebrew and the Vatican Septuagint, which reads Adad, (Haydock) but it is supplied in the other editions, and in the Syriac, (Calmet) as [in] ver. 1. (Haydock) ---
Taken: we do not read on what occasion, chap. xvii. 2. His father had seized upon Bethel, &c., chap. xiii. 19. (Calmet) ---
Yet Asa waged war himself with the king of Israel. ---
Dedicated. Septuagint, "renewed," as the altar had been neglected, or injured by the continual fire; (Menochius) or this was the extraordinary (Haydock) altar, which Solomon had used at the dedication of the temple. The multitude of Asa's victims required more than one, ver. 11. It is not probable that God's worship had been neglected till the 15th year of this pious king, (ver. 9) since even his wicked father was punctual in this respect, chap. xiii. 11. Before, at the higher end of the priests' court, to the east of the altar of holocausts. (Calmet)
Haydock: 2Ch 15:9 - Simeon Simeon. This tribe was intimately connected with that of Juda, though many had revolted. Some afterwards returned, as they did from other parts, ac...
Simeon. This tribe was intimately connected with that of Juda, though many had revolted. Some afterwards returned, as they did from other parts, actuated either by motives of interest or of religion, chap. xxxiv. 6., and 3 Kings xi. 13. (Calmet)
Month, Sivan, or May, when the feast of Pentecost occurs. (Menochius)
Haydock: 2Ch 15:11 - Spoils // Rams Spoils, which they had sold, and now testified their gratitude. (Tirinus) ---
Rams. Protestants, "sheep."
Spoils, which they had sold, and now testified their gratitude. (Tirinus) ---
Rams. Protestants, "sheep."
Haydock: 2Ch 15:12 - He went He went. Hebrew and Septuagint, "They proceeded, according to the covenant, to seek." (Haydock) ---
They swore upon the altar, or passed between t...
He went. Hebrew and Septuagint, "They proceeded, according to the covenant, to seek." (Haydock) ---
They swore upon the altar, or passed between the divided victims, Genesis xv. 9, 17. (Calmet) ---
This solemn act was usual, and more necessary in times of trouble. (Menochius)
Haydock: 2Ch 15:13 - Said he // Die Said he, is not in Hebrew, &c. (Haydock) ---
Die, according to Deuteronomy xvii. 7.
Said he, is not in Hebrew, &c. (Haydock) ---
Die, according to Deuteronomy xvii. 7.
Haydock: 2Ch 15:16 - Mother // Deposed // Priapus Mother, or grandmother. (Calmet) ---
There were perhaps two of the name, and Abia had married one as well as Roboam. (Menochius) ---
Deposed, &c...
Mother, or grandmother. (Calmet) ---
There were perhaps two of the name, and Abia had married one as well as Roboam. (Menochius) ---
Deposed, &c. Hebrew, "from being queen." Septuagint, "he removed Maacha,...that she should not minister to Astarte; and he cut the idol in pieces, and burnt it," &c. (Haydock) ---
Syriac, "because she had celebrated a feast to idols." But it seems she had set up a stone, which Asa burnt. See 3 Kings xv. 13. (Calmet) ---
Priapus is added by the Vulgate to explain [the] Hebrew, "the idol of, or in the grove," (Haydock) Asera or Astarte. (Calmet)
Haydock: 2Ch 15:17 - Israel // Perfect Israel, to the honour only of the true God, chap. xiv. 2., and 3 Kings xv. 14. (Haydock) ---
Perfect, with respect to the external worship, (Tirin...
Israel, to the honour only of the true God, chap. xiv. 2., and 3 Kings xv. 14. (Haydock) ---
Perfect, with respect to the external worship, (Tirinus) or hitherto, (Haydock) though he offended afterwards, chap. xvi. 7, 12. T. ---
Other altars, besides that at Jerusalem, might be dispensed with, (Worthington) by God's authority. (Haydock)
Haydock: 2Ch 15:18 - Vowed Vowed, in the wars against Jeroboam and Zara. See 1 Paralipomenon xxvi. 27.
Vowed, in the wars against Jeroboam and Zara. See 1 Paralipomenon xxvi. 27.
Haydock: 2Ch 15:19 - Year Year. Usher dates from the separation of the two kingdoms; and this year corresponds with the 15th of Asa, ver. 10. See 3 Kings xv. 16. (Calmet) ...
Year. Usher dates from the separation of the two kingdoms; and this year corresponds with the 15th of Asa, ver. 10. See 3 Kings xv. 16. (Calmet) (Torniel, the year of the world 3094.)
Gill: 2Ch 15:1 - And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded,.... The same with Iddo, as Hillerus h thinks; and some suppose this to be the name of the son...
And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded,.... The same with Iddo, as Hillerus h thinks; and some suppose this to be the name of the son as well as the father, but called Azariah, to distinguish him from him, see 2Ch 15:8 on whom came, as the Targum, the spirit of prophecy, instructing him what to say to Asa; and the Jews say i he is the same with Iddo, and he the same that was sent to Jeroboam, to reprove him for the altar he built.
Gill: 2Ch 15:2 - And he went out to meet Asa // and said unto him, hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin // the Lord is with you, while ye be with him // and if ye seek him, he will be found of you // but if ye forsake him // he will forsake you And he went out to meet Asa,.... From Jerusalem, as Asa was coming to it:
and said unto him, hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; the princ...
And he went out to meet Asa,.... From Jerusalem, as Asa was coming to it:
and said unto him, hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; the principal inhabitants of which tribes had been collected, and went to this war, and were now returning:
the Lord is with you, while ye be with him; it was a clear case he had been with them, in giving them the victory over the Ethiopians; and as long as they continued in the service of God, and abode by his pure worship, they might expect he would yet be with them, otherwise not:
and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; you will see his face, and enjoy his favour, and have his presence, and help from him in every time of need, when they sought him by prayer and supplication, as Asa had, and attended his worship and ordinances:
but if ye forsake him; his laws and his service:
he will forsake you; and leave you to fall into the hands of your enemies.
Gill: 2Ch 15:3 - Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God // and without a teaching priest // and without law Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God,.... The fear, worship, and service of him being greatly neglected by them for a long tim...
Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God,.... The fear, worship, and service of him being greatly neglected by them for a long time; what period of time is referred to is not expressed, whether past, present, or to come, but left to be supplied; the Targum refers this to the time of the separation of the ten tribes, and the days of Jeroboam, when the calves were worshipped, and not the true God, and the teaching priests of the Lord were cast out, and the law of the Lord, especially with respect to worship, was not regarded, in which it is followed by many interpreters; others think it refers to time to come, and to what would be the case, should they forsake the Lord; and was fulfilled in the Babylonish captivity, see Hos 3:4 and the Jews k say, that"Oded prophesied that the days should come, when Israel would be "without the true God", since judgment should not be done in the world: and "without a teaching priest"; since the high priesthood should cease, (see Heb 7:12) "and without the law"; since the sanhedrim should cease;''but according to our supplement, and which seems most correct, it refers to time past; not to the case of the ten tribes from the times of Jeroboam; nor to the case of Judah from the times of Rehoboam; but to times more remote, even the times of the judges, when they worshipped Baal and Ashtaroth, and not the true God, Jdg 2:10, yet at the same time suggesting, that should the present inhabitants of Judah go into the same practices, their case would be like theirs, described in the following verses:
and without a teaching priest: as they were under the judges, from the times of Phinehas to those of Eli, which was a long space of time:
and without law; every man doing as he pleased, there being no king in Israel, nor any regard paid to the law of God, moral or ceremonial, Jdg 17:6.
Gill: 2Ch 15:4 - But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel // and sought him // he was found of them But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel,.... When being carried captive by neighbouring nations, and oppressed; and they c...
But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel,.... When being carried captive by neighbouring nations, and oppressed; and they cried unto the Lord, and repented of their sins, and turned from them to him:
and sought him; by prayer and supplication:
he was found of them; and appeared for their help and deliverance, of which there are many instances in the book of Judges.
Gill: 2Ch 15:5 - And in those times there was no peace to him that went out nor to him that came in // but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries And in those times there was no peace to him that went out nor to him that came in,.... There was no safety in going abroad for travellers from one pa...
And in those times there was no peace to him that went out nor to him that came in,.... There was no safety in going abroad for travellers from one part to another on account of trade and business, the highways being infested with thieves and robbers:
but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries; of the country villages, which were deserted, because of the plunders and depredations of them, Jdg 5:6.
Gill: 2Ch 15:6 - And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city // for God did vex them with all adversity And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city,.... Or one tribe of another; as the Ephraimites by the Gileadites, and the tribe of Benjamin by ...
And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city,.... Or one tribe of another; as the Ephraimites by the Gileadites, and the tribe of Benjamin by the other tribes; and Shechem by Abimelech, Jdg 9:45,
for God did vex them with all adversity; both with foreign enemies and civil wars; and now it is intimated that this would be their case again, should they not keep close to the Lord their God.
Gill: 2Ch 15:7 - Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak // for your work shall be rewarded Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak,.... Be hearty, earnest, and vigorous, and not languid and remiss in reforming the worship of G...
Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak,.... Be hearty, earnest, and vigorous, and not languid and remiss in reforming the worship of God, which Asa had begun:
for your work shall be rewarded; with peace and prosperity at home, and success against enemies abroad, of which they had had a recent instance.
Gill: 2Ch 15:8 - And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet // he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin // and out of the cities which he had taken from Mount Ephraim // and renewed the altar of the Lord before the porch of the Lord And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet,.... Some think that besides the above words of Azariah the son of Oded, a prophe...
And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet,.... Some think that besides the above words of Azariah the son of Oded, a prophecy of Oded his father was related by him, though not recorded; but rather Oded here is the same with the son of Oded; and so the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions read Azariah the son of Oded; and so does the Alexandrian copy of the Septuagint version:
he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin; which were abominable to God, and all good men; besides the images and statues he had broken before, he removed other idols that remained, being animated and emboldened by the speech of the prophet:
and out of the cities which he had taken from Mount Ephraim: the same which his father Abijah had taken from Jeroboam, 2Ch 13:19 and which perhaps, upon the approach of the Ethiopians, revolted from Asa, or were restored by them to Jeroboam, and Which Asa retook upon his conquest of them:
and renewed the altar of the Lord before the porch of the Lord; the altar of burnt offering, which had never been repaired since it was made by Solomon; perhaps he anew overlaid it with brass that being worn out, or become very thin in some places.
Gill: 2Ch 15:9 - And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them // out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon // for they fell to him out of Israel abundance, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them,.... The proselytes of the gate:
out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon...
And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them,.... The proselytes of the gate:
out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: out of all the places in those tribes that had come off to him, or had been taken by him; for otherwise these belonged to the ten tribes under the government of Jeroboam, and his successors, and the next clause explains it:
for they fell to him out of Israel abundance, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him; as was clear by the victory he gave him over the Ethiopians; after that time many in the above tribes came over to him; the Targum is,"when they saw the Word of the Lord his God was his help.''
Gill: 2Ch 15:10 - So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem // in the third month // in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem,.... By the order of Asa, 2Ch 15:9,
in the third month; of the ecclesiastical year, the month Siv...
So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem,.... By the order of Asa, 2Ch 15:9,
in the third month; of the ecclesiastical year, the month Sivan, in which month was the day of Pentecost; and that very probably was the time of their gathering:
in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa; and which seems to be the year in which he fought the Ethiopians.
Gill: 2Ch 15:11 - And they offered unto the Lord the same time // seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep And they offered unto the Lord the same time,.... The Targum adds, on the feast of weeks, or Pentecost: of the spoil which they had brought; from the ...
And they offered unto the Lord the same time,.... The Targum adds, on the feast of weeks, or Pentecost: of the spoil which they had brought; from the camp of the Ethiopians, and the cities of the Philistines:
seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep; partly for burnt offerings, and partly for peace offerings, by way of thankfulness to the Lord for the victory he had given them, and for a feast at the making of the following covenant with him.
Gill: 2Ch 15:12 - And they entered into a covenant // to seek the Lord God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul And they entered into a covenant,.... Asa and all his people; that is, as Piscator remarks, they went between the pieces of the calf cut asunder, for ...
And they entered into a covenant,.... Asa and all his people; that is, as Piscator remarks, they went between the pieces of the calf cut asunder, for the confirmation of the covenant, see Jer 34:18,
to seek the Lord God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul; to serve and worship him most truly, sincerely, and cordially.
Gill: 2Ch 15:13 - That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death // whether small or great, whether man or woman That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death,.... That obstinately refused to worship him, and served other gods, which...
That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death,.... That obstinately refused to worship him, and served other gods, which by the law was deserving of death, Deu 17:2,
whether small or great, whether man or woman; without any regard to rank or dignity, age or sex.
Gill: 2Ch 15:14 - And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice // and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice,.... As not being ashamed of the oath they took, and that there might be witnesses of it, and that it m...
And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice,.... As not being ashamed of the oath they took, and that there might be witnesses of it, and that it might be clear they did not equivocate in but expressed themselves in plain words:
and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets; showing that the oath was not extorted from them unwillingly, but that they took it with the utmost cheerfulness, and with all the demonstrations of joy and gladness imaginable.
Gill: 2Ch 15:15 - And all Judah rejoiced at the oath // for they had sworn with all their heart // and sought him with their whole desire // and he was found of them // and the Lord gave them rest round about And all Judah rejoiced at the oath,.... The greater part of them; for some there might be who were dissemblers:
for they had sworn with all their h...
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath,.... The greater part of them; for some there might be who were dissemblers:
for they had sworn with all their heart; in the sincerity and uprightness of their souls:
and sought him with their whole desire; none being more or so desirable as he:
and he was found of them: and favoured them with his presence:
and the Lord gave them rest round about; from all their enemies.
Gill: 2Ch 15:16-18 - And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king // he removed her from being queen And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king,.... Or rather his grandmother, 1Ki 15:10,
he removed her from being queen; the Septuagint v...
And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king,.... Or rather his grandmother, 1Ki 15:10,
he removed her from being queen; the Septuagint version is, "that she should not minister to Astarte"; which was the goddess of the Zidonians; of this and the two next verses; see Gill on 1Ki 15:13, 1Ki 15:14, 1Ki 15:15.
Gill: 2Ch 15:19 - And there was no more war unto the thirty fifth year of the reign of Asa. And there was no more war unto the thirty fifth year of the reign of Asa. That is, from the Ethiopian war to that time; after that there was no war wi...
And there was no more war unto the thirty fifth year of the reign of Asa. That is, from the Ethiopian war to that time; after that there was no war with any foreign enemy; there were animosities and discords, bickerings and hostilities of some sort continually between Asa and Baasha king of Israel, as long as he lived, see 1Ki 15:16.