2 Chronicles 15:3

The Reforms of Asa

1 Now ^athe Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.

2 And he went out¹ to meet Asa, and said to him: “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. ^aThe Lord is with you while you are with Him. ^bIf you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if ^cyou forsake Him, He will forsake you.

3 ^aFor a long time Israel has been without the true God, without a ^bteaching priest, and without ^claw;

4 but ^awhen in their trouble they turned to the Lord God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found by them.

5 And in those times there was no peace to the one who went out, nor to the one who came in, but great turmoil was on all the inhabitants of the lands.

6 ^aSo nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every adversity.

7 But you, be strong and do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded!”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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2 Chronicles 15:3

Now for a long season Israel - "Israel hath followed Jeroboam, and they have not worshipped the true God. They have burnt incense to their golden calves; their priestlings [ cumeraiya , their black, sooty sacrificers] have burnt perfumes with a strange worship, and have not exercised themselves in the law." - Targum. These priests could not teach, because they had not learnt; and as they had abandoned the law of the Lord, consequently they had no proper matter for instruction.

There is a great diversity of opinions concerning the meaning of this text. Some consider it a prophecy relative to the future state of this people, and the final destruction of the Jews as to their political existence: others consider it as referring to the state of the people under the reigns of Rehoboam and Abijah, which were happily changed under that of Asa; and this appears to me to be the most natural sense of the words.

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