2 Chronicles 15:10-19

10 So they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth * year of Asa's reign.

11 ¹They sacrificed to the LORD that day 700 * oxen and 7,000 * sheep from the spoil they had brought.

12 ²They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and soul;

13 and whoever * would not seek the LORD God of Israel ³should be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.

14 Moreover, they made an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets and with horns.

15 All Judah rejoiced concerning the oath, for they had sworn with their whole heart and had sought Him earnestly *, and He let them find Him. So ⁴the LORD gave them rest on every side.

16 ⁵He also removed Maacah, the mother of King Asa, from the position of queen mother, because she had made a horrid image as ⁶an Asherah, and ⁷Asa cut down her horrid image, crushed it and burned it at the brook Kidron.

17 But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa's heart was blameless all his days.

18 He brought into the house of God the dedicated things of his father and his own dedicated things: silver and gold and utensils.

19 And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth * year of Asa's reign.

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2 Chronicles 15:10-19 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 7

1. 2 Chronicles 14:13-15
2. 2 Chronicles 23:16
3. Exodus 22:20; Deuteronomy 13:6-9
4. 2 Chronicles 14:7
5. 1 Kings 15:13-15
6. Exodus 34:13
7. 2 Chronicles 14:2-5

Footnotes 2

[a]. Lit "with their whole desire"
[b]. Or for "Asherah"