2 Chronicles 15:4

4 But when, in their distress, they turned to ADONAI the God of Isra'el and sought him, they found him.

2 Chronicles 15:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 15:4

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.

2 Chronicles 15:4 In-Context

2 he went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Listen to me, Asa, and all Y'hudah and Binyamin! ADONAI is with you, as long as you are with him; if you seek him, you will find him; but if you abandon him, he will abandon you!

3 For a long time Isra'el was without the true God, without a cohen who could teach, and without Torah.

4 But when, in their distress, they turned to ADONAI the God of Isra'el and sought him, they found him.

5 In those times people going about their business were insecure, and great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands;

6 so that they were shattered to pieces, nation against nation and city against city, as God troubled them with every kind of distress.