Albert Barnes Commentary 2 Chronicles 15
Albert Barnes Commentary
2 Chronicles 15
Albert Barnes Commentary
2 Chronicles 15
"And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:" — 2 Chronicles 15:1 (ASV)
Some identify Oded with Iddo, who was the prophet and historian of the two preceding reigns. In Hebrew, the two names differ very slightly.
"Now for a long season Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law:" — 2 Chronicles 15:3 (ASV)
The name “Israel” here is used generally for the whole people of God. The reference is especially to the many apostasies during the time of the Judges, which were followed by repentance and deliverance.
"And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity." — 2 Chronicles 15:6 (ASV)
The allusion is probably to the destructions recorded in Judges 9:45 and Judges 20:33-48.
"And 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 Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah." — 2 Chronicles 15:8 (ASV)
Some versions have “the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded,” which is perhaps the correct reading.
"And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and them that sojourned 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 Jehovah his God was with him." — 2 Chronicles 15:9 (ASV)
Strangers... that is, “Israelites of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.” The separation of the two kingdoms had made their Israelite brethren “strangers,” or “foreigners,” to Judah.
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