And they entered into a covenant ,.... Asa and all his people; that is, as Piscator remarks, they went between the pieces of the calf cut asunder, for the confirmation of the covenant, see Jeremiah 34:18 , to seek the Lord God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul ; to serve and worship him most truly, sincerely, and cordially. read more
That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death ,.... That obstinately refused to worship him, and served other gods, which by the law was deserving of death, Deuteronomy 17:2 , whether small or great, whether man or woman ; without any regard to rank or dignity, age or sex. read more
And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice ,.... As not being ashamed of the oath they took, and that there might be witnesses of it, and that it might be clear they did not equivocate in but expressed themselves in plain words: and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets ; showing that the oath was not extorted from them unwillingly, but that they took it with the utmost cheerfulness, and with all the demonstrations of joy and gladness imaginable. read more
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath ,.... The greater part of them; for some there might be who were dissemblers: for they had sworn with all their heart ; in the sincerity and uprightness of their souls: and sought him with their whole desire ; none being more or so desirable as he: and he was found of them : and favoured them with his presence: and the Lord gave them rest round about ; from all their enemies. read more
They entered into a covenant - The covenant consisted of two parts: We will seek the God of our fathers with all our heart, and with all our soul. 2. Whosoever, great or small, man or woman, will not worship the true God, and serve him alone, shall be put to death. Thus no toleration was given to idolatry, so that it must be rooted out: and that this covenant might be properly binding, they confirmed it with an oath; and God accepted them and their services. read more
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
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
They entered into a covenant. For the original, see Exodus 24:6-8 ; Deuteronomy 4:29 ; for two other solemn renewals of it, see 2 Kings 23:1-3 ; 2 Chronicles 34:29-33 ; where, however, the stringent engagement of the following verse, though sufficiently to be inferred, is not notified. To seek ; Hebrew, לִדְרוֹשׁ . (for similar use of לְ , with infinitive after, etc; see Nehemiah 10:30 ; Jeremiah 34:10 ). read more
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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