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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: 2 Chronicles 15

Chapter 15

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

the Spirit

20:14 24:20 Numbers 24:2 Judges 3:10 2 Samuel 23:2 2 Peter 1:21

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.

to meet Asa

Heb. before Asa. Hear ye me.

13:4 20:15,20 Judges 9:7 Psalms 49:1,2 Isaiah 7:13 Matthew 13:9 Revelation 2:7,11,17 Revelation 2:29 3:6,13,22

The Lord

13:12 32:8 Deuteronomy 20:1 James 4:8

if ye seek him

4,15 33:12 Isaiah 55:6,7 Jeremiah 29:12-14 Matthew 7:7,8

if ye forsake

12:1-3 24:20 2 Kings 21:14 1 Chronicles 28:9 Romans 11:1,2 Hebrews 10:38 12:25

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

a long

1 Kings 12:28-33 Hosea 3:4

true God

Jeremiah 10:10 John 17:3 1 Thessalonians 1:9 1 John 5:20

a teaching

17:8,9 Leviticus 10:11 Deuteronomy 33:10 Nehemiah 8:9 Ezekiel 44:21-23 Micah 3:11 Malachi 2:7 Matthew 2:4,5 1 Timothy 3:2

without law

Romans 2:12 7:8,9 1 Corinthians 9:21

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

in their trouble

Deuteronomy 4:29,30 Judges 3:9,10 10:10-16 Psalms 106:44 Hosea 6:1 14:1-3

found of them

15 Isaiah 55:6 65:1,2 Romans 10:20

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.

no peace

Judges 5:6 1 Samuel 13:6 Psalms 121:8

great vexations

Matthew 24:6,7 Luke 21:25

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

nation

12:15 13:17 Mark 13:8 Luke 21:9,10

destroyed

Heb. beaten in pieces. God.

33:11 36:17 Judges 2:14 Psalms 106:41 Isaiah 10:6 Amos 3:6 Luke 21:22-24

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

ye strong

Joshua 1:7,9 1 Chronicles 28:20 Psalms 27:14 Isaiah 35:3,4 Daniel 10:19 1 Corinthians 16:13 Ephesians 6:10

your work

Genesis 15:1 Ruth 2:12 Psalms 19:11 58:11 Matthew 5:12,46 6:1,4,6,18 10:41,42 Luke 6:35 Romans 4:4,5 1 Corinthians 3:8,14 9:17,18 15:58 Colossians 3:24 Hebrews 6:10 Hebrews 10:35 2 John 1:8

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.

Oded

took courage

19:11 Isaiah 44:14 *margins; Acts 28:15

abominable idols

Heb. abominations.

Leviticus 18:30 Deuteronomy 27:15 1 Kings 11:5,7 2 Kings 23:13 Isaiah 65:4 Jeremiah 16:18 Ezekiel 8:10 1 Peter 4:3 Revelation 17:4,5

the cities

13:19

the altar of the Lord

4:1 8:12 29:18 2 Kings 16:14 18:22

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.

the strangers

11:16 30:1-11,25

they fell

1 Kings 12:19 1 Chronicles 12:19

they saw

Genesis 39:3 1 Samuel 18:28 1 Kings 3:28 Zechariah 8:21-23 Acts 7:9,10 9:31

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

the third month

Esther 8:9

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

offered

14:13-15 Numbers 31:28,29,50 1 Samuel 15:15,21 1 Chronicles 26:26,27

the same time

Heb. in that day. seven hundred.

1:6 7:5

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

they entered

23:16 29:10 34:31,32 Deuteronomy 29:1,12 2 Kings 23:3 Nehemiah 9:38 10:29 Jeremiah 50:5 2 Corinthians 8:5

seek

4 Deuteronomy 4:29 10:12 1 Kings 8:48 Jeremiah 29:12,13 Acts 24:14

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

whosoever

Exodus 22:20 Deuteronomy 13:5-15 17:2-5 1 Kings 18:40

whether small

Genesis 19:11 Exodus 12:29 Deuteronomy 29:18 Job 3:19 34:19 Psalms 115:13 Acts 26:22 Revelation 6:15 20:12

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

sware

Nehemiah 5:13 10:29

trumpets

Psalms 81:1-4

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.

rejoiced

23:16-21 29:10,36 Deuteronomy 26:11 Nehemiah 8:9 Psalms 32:11 119:111 Proverbs 3:17 2 Corinthians 1:12

sworn

Psalms 119:106

sought him

2,4,12 Isaiah 26:8 45:19 Philippians 1:23

and he was

the Lord

6 Joshua 23:1 Job 34:29

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.

Maachah

1 Kings 15:13-24

the mother

that is, grandmother.

1 Kings 15:2,10

he removed

14:3-5 Exodus 32:27,28 Deuteronomy 13:6-8 33:9 Zechariah 13:3 Mark 3:21,31-35 2 Corinthians 5:16

idol

Heb. horror. cut down.

14:3-5 34:7 Exodus 32:20 Leviticus 26:30 Deuteronomy 7:5,25,26 9:21 1 Kings 15:14-24 2 Kings 23:6,12,15

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

the high places

14:3-5 Deuteronomy 12:13,14 1 Kings 3:2-4 22:43 2 Kings 12:3 14:4

the heart of Asa

16:7-12 1 Kings 11:4

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.

brought

1 Kings 7:51 15:14,15 1 Chronicles 26:20-26

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

A. M. 3063-3073. B.C. 941-931. five and thirtieth

16:1 1 Kings 15:16,17,31,33