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2 Chronicles 15

2 Chronicles 15:9

Asa’s Reforms · 2 Chronicles 15:8–19
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Translations

Modern
And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
Traditional
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.
Literal
And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who dwelt with them from Ephraim and Manasseh and Simeon, for they fell on him from Israel in great numbers when they saw that YHWH his God was with him.
Latin
Congregavitque universum Judam et Benjamin, et advenas cum eis de Ephraim, et de Manasse, et de Simeon: plures enim ad eum confugerant ex Israël, videntes quod Dominus Deus illius esset cum eo.

Original

Hebrew
English
And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

Notes

2 Chronicles 15:9

  • those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh: The Chronicler always included the northern tribes in his accounts of spiritual reform (compare 2 Chronicles 30:1–11).

  • The territory of Simeon became part of Judah.

2 Chronicles 15:8–18

The Chronicler described Asa’s response using the prophet’s exact words, but Asa's actions exceeded the general advice. When Asa heard the prophecy, he bravely started a wide-ranging reform. He began by removing the offensive idols that had returned to the land (see 2 Chronicles 14:5). Complete trust in God had won the war against the Cushites, and fully renewing the covenant brought peace to the promised land (2 Chronicles 15:15).

Theme notes and profiles

Asa God’s Plan to Restore

Parallels

1 Kings 15:9–15

People

Benjamin: Youngest son of Jacob and Rachel Ephraim: Second son of Joseph, and a tribe of Israel Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province Manasseh: Firstborn son of Joseph, blessed by Jacob Simeon: Son of Jacob and Leah, one of the twelve tribes

Glossary

Azariah Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Simeon, Tribe of

Topics

Aliens: Numerous in Times of David and Solomon Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: some of Tribe Joined Judah Under Asa Iconoclasm: Destroyed by Asa Manasseh:: Incorporated Into Kingdom of Judah Prayer: Answered for God's Favor Under the Reproofs of Azariah Preaching: Effective by Azariah Repentance in the Time of Asa, by the Preaching of Azariah Revivals: Asa the Tribe of Manasseh: Returned to Their Allegiance to the House of David in Asa's the Tribe of Simeon: Part of, United with Judah Under Asa Tribe of Ephraim: Many of, Joined Judah Under Asa Tribe of Simeon: Joined with the People of Judah and Benjamin in the Renewal of the Passover