2Ch 15:1
15:1 And the Spirit of God came upon {a} Azariah the son of
     Oded:

     (a) Who was called Obed as his father was, @2Ch 15:8.

2Ch 15:3
15:3 Now for a long season Israel [hath been] without the {b}
     true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

     (b) For the space of twelve years under Rehoboam, and three
         years under Abijah, religion was neglected, and
         idolatry planted.

2Ch 15:4
15:4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God
     of Israel, and sought him, he {c} was found of them.

     (c) He shows that despite the wickedness of tyrants and
         their rage, yet God has his whom he hears in their
         tribulation as he delivered his from Zerah king of the
         Ethiopians, @2Ch 14:9,12 and out of all other
         dangers, when they called upon the Lord.

2Ch 15:7
15:7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for
     your {d} work shall be rewarded.

     (d) Your confidence and trust in God will not be
         frustrated.

2Ch 15:10
15:10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the
      {e} third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of
      Asa.

      (e) Called Shiuam, containing part of May and part of
          June.

2Ch 15:11
15:11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the {f}
      spoil [which] they had brought, seven hundred oxen and
      seven thousand sheep.

      (f) Which they had taken of the Ethiopians.

2Ch 15:13
15:13 That {g} whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel
      should be put to death, whether small or great, whether
      man or woman.

      (g) These were the words of their covenant, which
          commanded all idolaters be put to death, according to
          the law of God, @De 13:5,9,15.

2Ch 15:15
15:15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn
      with all their heart, and sought him with their whole
      desire; and he was {h} found of them: and the LORD gave
      them rest round about.

      (h) As long as they served him correctly, so long did he
          preserve and prosper them.

2Ch 15:16
15:16 And also [concerning] Maachah the {i} mother of Asa the
      king, he removed her from [being] queen, because she had
      made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and
      stamped [it], and burnt [it] at the brook Kidron.

      (i) Or grandmother, and in this he showed that he lacked
          zeal, for she should have died both by the covenant,
          as @2Ch 15:13 and by the law of God, but he gave
          place to foolish pity and would also seem after a sort
          to satisfy the law.

2Ch 15:17
15:17 But the high places were not {k} taken away out of {l}
      Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was {m} perfect all
      his days.

      (k) Which was partly because of lack of zeal on his part,
          partly through the negligence of his officers and
          partly by the superstition of the people that all were
          not taken away.
      (l) Because God was called the God of Israel, by reason of
          his promise to Jacob, therefore Israel is sometimes
          taken for Judah, because Judah was his chief people.
      (m) In respect to his predecessors.



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