John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 15:16-18
And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king ,.... Or rather his grandmother, 1 Kings 15:10 , he removed her from being queen ; the Septuagint version is, "that she should not minister to Astarte"; which was the goddess of the Zidonians; of this and the two next verses; see Gill on 1 Kings 15:13 , 1 Kings 15:14 , 1 Kings 15:15 . read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 15:8-19
We are here told what good effect the foregoing sermon had upon Asa. I. He grew more bold for God than he had been. His victory would inspire him with some new degrees of resolution, but this message from God with much more. Now he took courage. he saw how necessary a further reformation was, and what assurance he had of God's presence with him in it; and this made him daring, and helped him over the difficulties which had before deterred him and driven him off from the undertaking. Now he... read more