Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Chronicles 15:12
They entered into a covenant; they engaged themselves by a serious and solemn covenant before the Lord and this great assembly.
They entered into a covenant; they engaged themselves by a serious and solemn covenant before the Lord and this great assembly.
Verse 2 Chronicles 15:12. _THEY ENTERED INTO A COVENANT_] The covenant consisted of _two_ parts: 1. We will seek the God of our fathers with all our heart, and with all our soul. 2. Whosoever, great...
Solemn renewals of the original covenant which God made with their fathers in the wilderness Exodus 24:3 occur from time to time in the history of the Jews, following upon intervals of apostasy. This...
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...
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...
SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
_they entered into a covenant_ Cp. 2Ch 29:10; 2 Kings 23:3....
DISCOURSE: 406 ASA’S COVENANT WITH GOD 2 Chronicles 15:12. And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; that whosoever would not...
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...
_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....
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...
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
AND THEY ENTERED INTO A (THE) COVENANT. — Jeremiah 34:10. The phrase means that they bound themselves by an oath (2 Chronicles 15:14). Comp. Nehemiah 10:30. To seek the Lord... with all their heart...
וַ יָּבֹ֣אוּ בַ † בְּרִ֔ית לִ דְרֹ֕ושׁ...
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
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...
_He went. Hebrew and Septuagint, "They proceeded, according to the covenant, to seek." (Haydock) --- They swore upon the altar, or passed between the divided victims, Genesis xv. 9, 17. (Calmet) --- T...
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...
_COVENANT GOD—COVENANT PEOPLE_ ‘And (Oded) said, … The Lord is with you.… They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God.’ 2 Chronicles 15:2; 2 Chronicles 15:12 I would be an encourager, like Az...
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...
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:...
And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; Ver. 12. _And they entered into a covenant._] As well knowing the fickleness of th...
_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...
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...
And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul, to be united with Him in the bonds of the closest love and service and loyalty,...
THE TRUE WORSHIP RESTORED...
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...
2 Chronicles 15:12 entered H935 (H8799) covenant H1285 seek H1875 (H8800) LORD H3068 God H430 fathers H1 hea
2 Chronicles 15:8 , 2 CHRONICLES 15:12 I. We see here that the heart of a revival lies in a renewal of the covenant of the Church with God. A dead Church holds back from God the dead world. An awaken...
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...
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...
_And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers._ THE COVENANT RENEWED “Entering into a covenant” is what we name “a revival”; they made it a national act, we separate it ent...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 15:12 This was essentially a renewal of the Sinai covenant (Exodus 19:1; Exodus 24:1
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....
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...
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,...
1 Kings 8:48; 2 Chronicles 15:4; 2 Chronicles 23:16; 2 Chronicles 29:10;...
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...
Into covenant — The matter of this covenant was nothing but what they were before obliged to. And tho' no promise could lay any higher obligation upon them, than they were already under, yet it would...