2 Chronicles 15:9

9 Then he gathered all of the people of Judah and Benjamin together. He also gathered together the people from Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who had settled among them. Large numbers of people had come over to him from Israel. They came because they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

2 Chronicles 15:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 15:9

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.''

2 Chronicles 15:9 In-Context

7 "But be strong. Don't give up. God will reward you for your work."

8 Asa heard that prophecy. He paid attention to the words of the prophet Azariah, the son of Oded. So Asa became bolder than ever. He removed the statues of gods from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin. He also removed them from the towns he had captured in the hills of Ephraim. He did it because he hated those gods. He repaired the altar of the Lord. It was in front of the porch of the LORD's temple.

9 Then he gathered all of the people of Judah and Benjamin together. He also gathered together the people from Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who had settled among them. Large numbers of people had come over to him from Israel. They came because they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

10 They gathered in Jerusalem. It was the third month of the 15th year of Asa's rule.

11 At that time they sacrificed to the LORD 700 head of cattle and 7,000 sheep and goats. The animals were among the things they had taken after the battle.