2 Chronicles 15

Verse 1

WEB The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded:

KJV And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:

TSK the Spirit: 2ch 20:14, 2ch 24:20, nu 24:2, jud 3:10, 2sa 23:2, 2pe 1:21

Verse 2

WEB and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

KJV And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

TSK Hear ye me: 2ch 13:4, 2ch 20:15,20, jud 9:7, ps 49:1,2, isa 7:13, mt 13:9, re 2:7,11,17, re 2:29, re 3:6,13,22; The Lord: 2ch 13:12, 2ch 32:8, de 20:1, jas 4:8; if ye seek him: 2ch 15:4,15, 2ch 33:12, isa 55:6,7, jer 29:12-14, mt 7:7,8; if ye forsake: 2ch 12:1-3, 2ch 24:20, 2ki 21:14, 1ch 28:9, ro 11:1,2, heb 10:38, heb 12:25

Verse 3

WEB Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

KJV Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

TSK a long: 1ki 12:28-33, ho 3:4; true God: jer 10:10, joh 17:3, 1th 1:9, 1jo 5:20; a teaching: 2ch 17:8,9, le 10:11, de 33:10, ne 8:9, eze 44:21-23, mic 3:11, mal 2:7, mt 2:4,5, 1ti 3:2; without law: ro 2:12, ro 7:8,9, 1co 9:21

Verse 4

WEB But when in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.

KJV But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

TSK in their trouble: de 4:29,30, jud 3:9,10, jud 10:10-16, ps 106:44, ho 6:1, ho 14:1-3; found of them: 2ch 15:15, isa 55:6, isa 65:1,2, ro 10:20

Verse 5

WEB In those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in; but great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.

KJV And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.

TSK no peace: jud 5:6, 1sa 13:6, ps 121:8; great vexations: mt 24:6,7, lu 21:25

Verse 6

WEB They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.

KJV And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.

TSK nation: 2ch 12:15, 2ch 13:17, mr 13:8, lu 21:9,10; God: 2ch 33:11, 2ch 36:17, jud 2:14, ps 106:41, isa 10:6, am 3:6, lu 21:22-24

Verse 7

WEB But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.”

KJV Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

TSK ye strong: jos 1:7,9, 1ch 28:20, ps 27:14, isa 35:3,4, da 10:19, 1co 16:13, eph 6:10; your work: ge 15:1, ru 2:12, ps 19:11, ps 58:11, mt 5:12,46, mt 6:1,4,6,18, mt 10:41,42, lu 6:35, ro 4:4,5, 1co 3:8,14, 1co 9:17,18, 1co 15:58, col 3:24, heb 6:10, heb 10:35, 2jo 1:8

Verse 8

WEB When Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of Yahweh, that was before the porch of Yahweh.

KJV 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.

TSK took courage: 2ch 19:11, isa 44:14, ac 28:15; abominable idols: le 18:30, de 27:15, 1ki 11:5,7, 2ki 23:13, isa 65:4, jer 16:18, eze 8:10, 1pe 4:3, re 17:4,5; the cities: 2ch 13:19; the altar of the Lord: 2ch 4:1, 2ch 8:12, 2ch 29:18, 2ki 16:14, 2ki 18:22

Verse 9

WEB He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who lived 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 Yahweh his God was with him.

KJV 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.

TSK the strangers: 2ch 11:16, 2ch 30:1-11,25; they fell: 1ki 12:19, 1ch 12:19; they saw: ge 39:3, 1sa 18:28, 1ki 3:28, zec 8:21-23, ac 7:9,10, ac 9:31

Verse 10

WEB So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

KJV So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

TSK the third month: es 8:9

Verse 11

WEB They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep.

KJV And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

TSK offered: 2ch 14:13-15, nu 31:28,29,50, 1sa 15:15,21, 1ch 26:26,27; seven hundred: 2ch 1:6, 2ch 7:5

Verse 12

WEB They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;

KJV And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

TSK they entered: 2ch 23:16, 2ch 29:10, 2ch 34:31,32, de 29:1,12, 2ki 23:3, ne 9:38, ne 10:29, jer 50:5, 2co 8:5; seek: 2ch 15:4, de 4:29, de 10:12, 1ki 8:48, jer 29:12,13, ac 24:14

Verse 13

WEB and that whoever would not seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

KJV That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

TSK whosoever: ex 22:20, de 13:5-15, de 17:2-5, 1ki 18:40; whether small: ge 19:11, ex 12:29, de 29:18, job 3:19, job 34:19, ps 115:13, ac 26:22, re 6:15, re 20:12

Verse 14

WEB They swore to Yahweh with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

KJV And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

TSK sware: ne 5:13, ne 10:29; trumpets: ps 81:1-4

Verse 15

WEB All Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and Yahweh gave them rest all around.

KJV 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 found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.

TSK rejoiced: 2ch 23:16-21, 2ch 29:10,36, de 26:11, ne 8:9, ps 32:11, ps 119:111, pr 3:17, 2co 1:12; sworn: ps 119:106; sought him: 2ch 15:2,4,12, isa 26:8, isa 45:19, php 1:23; the Lord: 2ch 15:6, jos 23:1, job 34:29

Verse 16

WEB Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

KJV And also concerning Maachah the 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.

TSK Maachah: 1ki 15:13-24; the mother: 1ki 15:2,10; he removed: 2ch 14:3-5, ex 32:27,28, de 13:6-8, de 33:9, zec 13:3, mr 3:21,31-35, 2co 5:16; cut down: 2ch 14:3-5, 2ch 34:7, ex 32:20, le 26:30, de 7:5,25,26, de 9:21, 1ki 15:14-24, 2ki 23:6,12,15

Verse 17

WEB But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

KJV But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

TSK the high places: 2ch 14:3-5, de 12:13,14, 1ki 3:2-4, 1ki 22:43, 2ki 12:3, 2ki 14:4; the heart of Asa: 2ch 16:7-12, 1ki 11:4

Verse 18

WEB He brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

KJV And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

TSK brought: 1ki 7:51, 1ki 15:14,15, 1ch 26:20-26

Verse 19

WEB There was no more war to the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

KJV And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

TSK A. M. 3063-3073. B.C. 941-931. five and thirtieth: 2ch 16:1, 1ki 15:16,17,31,33