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2 Chronicles 15:4-14

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4 1but when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.
5 In those times there was no peace 2to him who went out or to him who came in, for great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands.
6 They were broken in pieces. Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress.
7 3But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, 4for your work shall be rewarded."
8 As soon as Asa heard these words, 5the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, he took courage and put away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from 6the cities that he had taken in 7the hill country of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of the LORD 8 that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the LORD.[a]
9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, 9and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were residing with them, for great numbers had deserted to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
10 They were gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
11 They sacrificed to the LORD on that day 10from the spoil that they had brought 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep.
12 11And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul,
13 but that whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, 12should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
14 They swore an oath to the LORD with a loud voice and with shouting and with trumpets and with horns.
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2 Chronicles 15:4-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 15

Asa returning from the battle, and with the spoil of the enemy, was met by a prophet of the Lord, who encouraged him to go on with the work of reformation, promising the presence and help of God with him, 2Ch 15:1-7, which inspired him with fresh courage, and he went about the work with great alacrity; and having offered sacrifices, he and his people entered into a solemn covenant with the Lord, to serve him, 2Ch 15:8-15 upon which he destroyed his mother's idol, brought the dedicated things into the house of God, and the effect of this was peace for a long time, 2Ch 15:16-19.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 12

  • 1. Deuteronomy 4:30, 31
  • 2. Judges 5:6
  • 3. Josh. 1:6, 7, 9
  • 4. Genesis 15:1; [Psalms 62:12]
  • 5. [ver. 1]
  • 6. 2 Chronicles 17:2; [2 Chronicles 13:19]
  • 7. See Joshua 24:33
  • 8. 2 Chronicles 8:12
  • 9. 2 Chronicles 11:16
  • 10. See 2 Chronicles 14:13-15
  • 11. 2 Chronicles 29:10; 2 Chronicles 34:31; 2 Kings 23:3; Nehemiah 10:29
  • 12. See Deuteronomy 13:6-9

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Hebrew the vestibule of the Lord
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.