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The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded. See also: 2 Chronicles 24:202 Chronicles 20:14Numbers 24:2He went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. See also: James 4:82 Chronicles 24:202 Chronicles 15:4Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law. See also: Nehemiah 8:92 Chronicles 17:8-9Leviticus 10:11But when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them. See also: Isaiah 55:6Deuteronomy 4:29-302 Chronicles 15:15In those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in; but great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands. See also: Judges 5:6Psalms 121:8Matthew 24:6-7They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity. See also: Luke 21:22-242 Chronicles 13:17Judges 2:14But you be strong! Don’t let your hands be slack, for your work will be rewarded.” See also: 1 Corinthians 15:58Joshua 1:7Hebrews 10:35When 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 LORD’s altar that was before the LORD’s porch. See also: 2 Chronicles 13:192 Chronicles 8:122 Chronicles 4:1He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who lived with them out of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon; for they came to him out of Israel in abundance when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. See also: 2 Chronicles 11:16Acts 9:31Zechariah 8:21-23So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign. See also: Esther 8:9They sacrificed to the LORD in that day, from the plunder which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep. See also: 2 Chronicles 14:13-15Numbers 31:28-291 Samuel 15:15They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul; See also: Acts 24:142 Chronicles 23:16Deuteronomy 10:12and that whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. See also: Exodus 22:20Deuteronomy 29:181 Kings 18:40They swore to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets, and with cornets. See also: Nehemiah 10:29Nehemiah 5:13Psalms 81:1-4All Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found by them. Then the LORD gave them rest all around. See also: 2 Chronicles 14:72 Chronicles 15:12Isaiah 26:8Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen mother, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; so Asa cut down her image, ground it into dust, and burned it at the brook Kidron. See also: 1 Kings 15:13-241 Kings 15:10Exodus 34:13But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. See also: 1 Kings 22:431 Kings 11:42 Chronicles 14:3-5He brought the things that his father had dedicated and that he himself had dedicated, silver, gold, and vessels into God’s house. See also: 1 Kings 15:14-151 Kings 7:511 Chronicles 26:20-26There was no more war to the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign. See also: 2 Chronicles 16:11 Kings 15:331 Kings 15:31
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Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
2 Chronicles 15:1
Ver. 1. Azarias is called Oded in Heb. v. 8. C. --- But he was his son. H. --- There was a high priest of the name of Azarias, about the same time. M.
↑ 12 Chronicles 15:2
Ver. 2. With him. He will continue thus to protect you, if you prove faithful. The Pelagians hence inferred, that man was to prepare his own heart for the reception of grace. But the text only speaks of external aid; and though it were understood of internal grace, (C.) we may merit an increase of grace, by a faithful co-operation (W.) with that which God has presented us. E. C.
↑ 22 Chronicles 15:3
Ver. 3. Shall pass, is not found in Heb. &c. and many supply, "had been." D. ---
The Jews, and some interpreters, would explain all this of what had passed already; (C.) and this is the idea of the Prot. "Now, for a long season, Israel hath been without," &c. H. --- But the conclusion convinces us that this is a prediction; (v. 7) take courage. You shall not be involved in these miseries.
Some explain the whole of the kingdom of Israel, which, from its commencement till after its final ruin, persevered in its rebellion against the true God. Sanctius. --- Others think the kingdom of Juda was also concerned, and its state of captivity at Babylon foretold. Lyran. --- But its full completion includes the latter ages, particularly after the murder of the Messias, (T.) and seems of the same nature as the prophecy of Osee, (iii. 4.) as our Saviour himself insinuates.
Mat. xxiv. 6. 9. 13. C.
↑ 32 Chronicles 15:4
Ver. 4. And when. Sept. "and he shall convert them to the Lord,...and shall be found by them."
H. --- This will be verified in the last days. Rom. xi. 26. M.
↑ 42 Chronicles 15:5
Ver. 5. Cometh in, in public or private transactions. See Lev. xxvi. 36.
↑ 52 Chronicles 15:6
Ver. 6. Nation, both in the times of Baasa, who fought against Asa, and afterwards. For the same prophecy may be literally explained of more thing than one. M. --- Distress. Our Saviour says, Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, &c. But he that shall persevere to the end, shall be saved.
↑ 62 Chronicles 15:8
Ver. 8. Azarias, the son, is omitted in Heb. and the Vat. Sept. which reads Adad, (H.) but it is supplied in the other editions, and in the Syriac, (C.) as v. 1. H. ---
Taken: we do not read on what occasion. C. xvii. 2. His father had seized upon Bethel, &c. C. xiii. 19. C. --- Yet Asa waged war himself with the king of Israel.
--- Dedicated. Sept. "renewed," as the altar had been neglected, or injured by the continual fire; (M.) or this was the extraordinary (H.) altar, which Solomon had used at the dedication of the temple. The multitude of Asa's victims required more than one, v. 11. It is not probable that God's worship had been neglected till the 15th year of this pious king, (v. 9) since even his wicked father was punctual in this respect. C. xiii. 11. Before, at the higher end of the priests' court, to the east of the altar of holocausts. C.
↑ 82 Chronicles 15:9
Ver. 9. Simeon. This tribe was intimately connected with that of Juda, though many had revolted. Some afterwards returned, as they did from other parts, actuated either by motives of interest or of religion. C. xxxiv. 6. 3 K. xi. 13. C.
↑ 92 Chronicles 15:10
Ver. 10. Month, Sivan, or May, when the feast of Pentecost occurs. M.
↑ 102 Chronicles 15:11
Ver. 11. Spoils, which they had sold, and now testified their gratitude. T. ---
Rams. Prot.
"sheep."
↑ 112 Chronicles 15:12
Ver. 12. He went. Heb. and Sept. "They proceeded, according to the covenant, to seek." H. ---
They swore upon the altar, or passed between the divided victims. Gen. xv. 9.
17. C. --- This solemn act was usual, and more necessary in times of trouble.
M.
↑ 122 Chronicles 15:13
Ver. 13. Said he, is not in Heb. &c. H. --- Die, according to Deut. xvii. 7.
↑ 132 Chronicles 15:15
Ver. 15. Curse. Heb. "oath." M. --- Sept. "all Juda rejoiced on account of the oath." H.
↑ 152 Chronicles 15:16
Ver. 16. Mother, or grandmother. C. --- There were perhaps two of the name, and Abia had married one as well as Roboam. M. --- Deposed, &c. Heb. "from being queen." Sept. "he removed Maacha,...that she should not minister to Astarte; and he cut the idol in pieces, and burnt it," &c. H. --- Syr. "because she had celebrated a feast to idols." But it seems she had set up a stone, which Asa burnt. See 3 K. xv. 13. C. --- Priapus is added by the Vulg. to explain Heb.
"the idol of, or in the grove," (H.) Asera or Astarte. C.
↑ 162 Chronicles 15:17
Ver. 17. Israel, to the honour only of the true God. C. xiv. 2. and 3 K. xv. 14. H.
--- Perfect, with respect to the external worship, (T.) or hitherto, (H.) though he offended afterwards. C. xvi.
7. 12. T. --- Other altars, besides that at Jerusalem, might be dispensed with, (W.) by God's authority. H.
↑ 172 Chronicles 15:18
Ver. 18. Vowed, in the wars against Jeroboam and Zara. See 1 Par. xxvi. 27.
↑ 182 Chronicles 15:19
Ver. 19. Year. Usher dates from the separation of the two kingdoms; and this year corresponds with the 15th of Asa, v. 10. See 3 K. xv. 16. C. Torniel, A.
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↑ 19License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses