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Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Chronicles 15:11

Taken from Zerah and his accomplices, 2 Chronicles 14:13, &c. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Chronicles 15:1-19

CRITICAL NOTES.] A prophetic warning (2 Chronicles 15:1-7). Asa’s reforms (2 Chronicles 15:8-11); renewal of covenant (2 Chronicles 15:12-19), and deposes Maachah.2 Chronicles 15:1-7.—Azariah warns Asa. Spirit upon A. (cf. Numbers 24:2). Oded, by some Iddo, prophet and historian of two preceding reigns. Names differ very slightly in Heb. Seek him (cf. 1 Chronicles 28:9; Jeremiah 29:13), as they had done in battle (2 Chronicles 15:3-6). A future condition predicted according to some. “Israel... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 15:8-9

2 Chronicles 15:8-9 , 2 Chronicles 15:12-15 I. We see here that the heart of a revival lies in a renewal of the covenant of the Church with God. A dead Church holds back from God the dead world. An awakened Church is the pioneer of an awakened world. II. A second feature in this ancient revival of religion was a public proclamation of a revived faith before the world. Religious men are too much in earnest to be still about it. They are moved by a great power. It will express itself as becomes... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Chronicles 15:7-8

DISCOURSE: 405ENCOURAGEMENT TO EXERTION2 Chronicles 15:7-8. Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded. And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage.THERE are two extremes to which mankind are prone—presumption, and despondency. To the former the ungodly are inclined; to the latter, the righteous. King Asa was a man who “did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God [Note: 2 Chronicles... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - 2 Chronicles 15:8

when Asa Chapter 14 describes the outward prosperity of the kingdom, and Asa's superficial reformation; chapter 15 the true reformation. read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 15:1-19

Chapter 15And as they were returning now with all the spoils of war, the victory of God,The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: and he went out to meet Asa, and he said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you ( 2 Chronicles 15:1-2 ).Now the prophet meets him, Azariah meets him and lays out just a plain statement of truth, "The Lord... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 15:1-19

2 Chronicles 15:1 . Azariah the son of Oded; whose father is named, to distinguish him from the highpriest of that name. 2 Chronicles 15:3 . For a long season, Israel, the ten revolted tribes, had been without the true God, and without a teaching priest to read and expound the law. What in such dark times could be expected but national ruin? 2 Chronicles 15:16 . She had made an idol in a grove. Maachah, queen dowager, as we now say, still enjoyed the גבירה Gebireh, or chief... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 15:8

2Ch 15:8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that [was] before the porch of the LORD. Ver. 8. And when Asa heard these words. ] He was zealous for God before, but now his heart, was all on a light flame for God. "Did not our hearts burn within us, whilst he opened unto us... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 15:9

2Ch 15:9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God [was] with him. Ver. 9. And the strangers with them, &c. ] Strangers they had made themselves by their revolt with the rest, but now they repented and returned, being looked upon by their "brethren in iniquity" as apostates, like as was Luther by the Papists. An apostate he confessed... read more

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