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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 15:1-19

The hour of happiness improved. Perhaps we are not warranted to say that it was immediately after Asa's victory over Zerah, or able to say how soon it was after it, that Azariah the son of Oded came with his message to him and "all Judah and Benjamin," under that direct and ever-typical leading of "the Spirit." Nor does the parallel enlighten us on this point. The history, however, here follows on with the account of Azariah's appearance to Asa, and gives us the impression that it was at... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 15:8

These words and the prophecy. In addition to what is said under 2 Chronicles 15:1 on the question of the occurrence here of the name Oded, where we should have looked for the name Azariah, it may be noted that it is open to possibility that "these words" certainly referring to the language of Azariah, the "prophecy" may have in view some quotation more or less well known from Oded, satisfied by the latter part of verse 2 or By verse 7. This is not very likely; still, the conjunction... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 15:8-19

Ancient covenanters. I. SERIOUS PREPARATIONS . ( 2 Chronicles 15:8-11 .) 1 . The purgation of the land from idols. Encouraged by the words of the son of Oded—not Oded, as in the text—Asa, on reaching his capital, determined to convene a national assembly, and enter into a solemn league and covenant to carry out the work of reformation so auspiciously begun ( 2 Chronicles 14:2-5 ), and so manifestly owned of Jehovah in the splendid victory he had granted over the Cushite... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 15:9

He gathered . As the following verses go on to show, Ass wisely gathered all beneath his sway, with a view to sacrifice and to record anew hallowed resolve as a nation. The strangers . It is a significant comment on the estranging effect of religious schism (for the schism was religious even beyond what it was national ) that so comparatively soon these of the tribes of Israel should have become called "strangers" by the side of Judah and Benjamin. They fell to him … in abundance .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 15:10

In the third month . The "Feast of Weeks" began about the sixth of this third month Sivan. In the fifteenth year. It has been conjectured from 2 Chronicles 14:1 that Zerah the Ethiopian, or Cushite, invaded Judah in Asa's eleventh year. The present sacrificial festival, in his fifteenth year, evidently was held very shortly after the close of Asa's victory over Zerah This infers a rather longer duration of the war than is otherwise to be gathered from the face of the history. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 15:11

These offerings were probably chiefly of the nature of peace offerings (Le 2 Chronicles 7:11-21 ). In the mention of the "spoil" ( 2 Chronicles 14:13 , 2 Chronicles 14:15 ) nothing is said of oxen. Seven hundred … seven thousand. The number seven is common when the sacrifices were in units (as e.g. Numbers 29:32 ; 1 Chronicles 15:26 , etc.), but uncommon in hundreds and thousands, for see 1 Kings 8:63 ; 2 Chronicles 35:7-9 , comparing, however, 2 Chronicles 30:24 . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 15:8

Some versions have “the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded,” which is perhaps the true reading. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 15:9

Strangers ... - i. e. “Israelites of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.” The separation of the two kingdoms had made their Israelite brethren “strangers,” or “foreigners,” to Judah. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 15:10

In the third month - i. e. the month Sivan Esther 8:9, corresponding with our June. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 15:11

The prevalence of the number “seven” in the religious system of the Jews has been noticed often. Seven bullocks and seven rams were a common offering Numbers 29:32; 1Ch 15:26; 2 Chronicles 29:21; Job 42:8; Ezekiel 14:23. At the larger sacrifices, however, it is seldom that we find the number seven at all prominent (compare 2 Chronicles 30:24; 2 Chronicles 35:7-9; 1 Kings 8:63). read more

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