2 Chronicles 15:6

6 Nation was crushed by nation, and city [was] against city, for God threw them into confusion by all [sorts of] trouble.

2 Chronicles 15:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 15:6

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, ( Judges 9:45 ) ( 12:6 ) ( Judges 20:21 Judges 20:24 Judges 20:44-48 ) ,

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.

2 Chronicles 15:6 In-Context

4 but at its trouble he returned to Yahweh, the God of Israel. They sought him, and he was found by them.
5 And in those times there was no peace for the one going out and the one coming in, for great tumults [were] upon all the inhabitants of the lands.
6 Nation was crushed by nation, and city [was] against city, for God threw them into confusion by all [sorts of] trouble.
7 But as for you, be strong and let not your hands be weak, for there is reward for your labor."
8 And when Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the vile idols from all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, and from the cities that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of Yahweh that was in front of the portico of Yahweh.
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