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Verse 2 Chronicles 15:11. _THE SPOIL WHICH THEY HAD BROUGHT_] The
spoil which they had taken from Zerah and his auxiliaries, 2
Chronicles 14:14; 2 Chronicles 14:15....
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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The prevalence of the number “seven” in the religious system of
the Jews has been noticed often. Seven bullocks and seven rams were a
common offering Numbers 29:32; 1Ch 15:26; 2 Chronicles 29:21;...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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CHAPTER 15 THE REIGN OF ASA, WARNING AND REFORMATION
_ 1. The warning message of Azariah (2 Chronicles 15:1)_
2. Asa's response and reformation (2 Chronicles 15:8)
But the Lord knew the danger which...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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The words of Azariah the son of Oded (not mentioned elsewhere) form a
kind of introduction to the account of Asa's religious reforms; if the
words in 2 Chronicles 15:3 refer to any definite period, it...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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OFFERED. sacrificed. Hebrew. _zabach._ App-43.
THE SPOIL. Taken from the Ethiopians, &c. (2 Chronicles 14:13)....
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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_the same time_ R.V. IN THAT DAY.
_the spoil_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 14:13-15....
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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4. THE REIGN OF ASA (14-16)
TEXT
2 Chronicles 14:1. So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried
him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his
days the land was quiet te...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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_AND THEY OFFERED UNTO THE LORD THE SAME TIME, OF THE SPOIL WHICH THEY
HAD BROUGHT, SEVEN HUNDRED OXEN AND SEVEN THOUSAND SHEEP._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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REIGN OF ASA (CONTINUED)
An account of how Asa, moved by the prophet Azariah, made a covenant
to seek.the LORD.
This chapter is almost entirely supplementary to what is recorded of
Asa in 1 Kings 15...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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THE SPOIL] i.e. the spoil taken from the Ethiopians: 2 Chronicles
14:13....
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE 
The *Kingdom called Judah
 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 15
ASA OBEYS THE *PROPHET – 2 CHRONICLES 15:1-8
 V1 The Sp
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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THE SAME TIME. — _On that day;_ viz., the day appointed for the
festival, in the third month, _i.e.,_ Sivan, corresponding to part of
May and June.
OF THE SPOIL WHICH THEY HAD BROUGHT. — The spoil of...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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וַ יִּזְבְּח֤וּ לַ יהוָה֙ בַּ †
יֹּ֣ום...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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ASA: DIVINE RETRIBUTION
2 Chronicles 14:1; 2 Chronicles 15:1; 2 Chronicles 16:1
ABIJAH, dying, as far as we can gather from Chronicles, in the odor of
sanctity, was succeeded by his so
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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This chapter chronicles with greater detail the occasion and value of
the reform wrought in Judah during Asa's reign. Here appears a man
mentioned nowhere else. His name was Azariah. Suddenly anointed...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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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....
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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_Spoils, which they had sold, and now testified their gratitude.
(Tirinus) --- Rams. Protestants, "sheep."_...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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This convening of the people was a very proper thing after so glorious
an instance of the divine mercy; in order that all the people, because
all were interested in the deliverance, might send up thei...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 THROUGH 16.
In his wars with Jeroboam, Abijah stands entirely upon this ground,
and he is blessed.
Asa follows his steps; and, whether at peace, or while...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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AND THEY OFFERED UNTO THE LORD THE SAME TIME,.... The Targum adds, on
the feast of weeks, or Pentecost: of the spoil which they had brought;
from the camp of the Ethiopians, and the cities of the Phil...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil [which]
they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
Ver. 11. _And they offered of the spoil._] Heathens also did so,
ascr...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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_They offered of the spoil which they had brought_ Taken from Zerah,
and his army and allies. _They entered into a covenant_, &c. Repenting
that they had violated their engagements to God, and resolvi...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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1 Asa with Iudah and many of Israel, moued by the prophesie of Azariah
the sonne of Oded, make a solemne couenant with God.
16 He putteth downe Maachah his mother, for her idolatry.
18 He bringeth d...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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A MESSAGE FROM GOD 
(vv.1-7)
As Asa returned from his victory, the Lord sent a prophet, Azariah,
son of Oded, to meet him with encouraging words, telling Asa, "The
Lord is with you while you are wit...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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THE SAME TIME:
_ Heb._ in that day...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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Taken from Zerah and his accomplices, 2 CHRONICLES 14:13, &c....
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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2 Chronicles 15:11 offered H2076 (H8799) LORD H3068 time H3117 seven
H7651 hundred H3967 bulls H1241 seven...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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CONTENTS: Warnings of Azariah. Reform under Asa.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Azariah, Asa, Oded, Maachah.
CONCLUSION: If we turn aside from God and His ordinances, He is not
tied to us, but will c...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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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 b...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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CRITICAL NOTES.] A prophetic warning (2 Chronicles 15:1). Asa’s
reforms (2 Chronicles 15:8); renewal of covenant (2 Chronicles 15:12),
and deposes Maachah....
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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EXPOSITION
This chapter is something like an oasis in our history, and was
perhaps such in the real life of Asa also. Presumably it covers a
period of some twenty years. Reading between the lines, and...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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And 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,...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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1 Chronicles 26:26; 1 Chronicles 26:27; 1 Samuel 15:15; 1 Samuel
15:21;...
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OF ASA
2 Chronicles 15:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We wish to present to you "The life of rest," from certain verses
found in chapter 14. These verses are really introductory to the...