2 Chronicles 15:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

2 Chronicles 15:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Solemn renewals of the original covenant which God made with their fathers in the wilderness Exodus 24:3-8 occur from time to time in the history of the Jews, following upon intervals of apostasy...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The words of Azariah the son of Oded (not mentioned elsewhere) form a kind of introduction to the account of Asa's religious reforms; if the words in 2 Chronicles 15:3-6 refer to any definite perio...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
2 Chronicles 15:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 406 ASA’S COVENANT WITH GOD 2 Chronicles 15:12-15 . And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; that whosoever...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 into a covenant - The covenant consisted of two parts: 1. We will se...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. No JFB commentary on these verses.
2 Chronicles 15:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Reign of Asa (continued) An account of how Asa, moved by the prophet Azariah, made a covenant to seek.the Lord. This chapter is almost entirely supplementary to what is recorded of Asa in 1 Ki...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And they entered into a (the) covenant. — Jeremiah 34:10 . The phrase means that they bound themselves by an oath ( 2 Chronicles 15:14 ). Comp. Nehemiah 10:30 . To seek the Lord... with all the...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ASA: DIVINE RETRIBUTION 2 Chronicles 14:1-15 ; 2 Chronicles 15:1-19 ; 2 Chronicles 16:1-14 ABIJAH, dying, as far as we can gather from Chronicles, in the odor of sanctity, was succeeded by hi...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter chronicles with greater detail the occasion and value of the reform wrought in Judah during Asa's reign. Here appears a man mentioned nowhere else. His name was Azariah. Suddenly anointe...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This convening of the people was a very proper thing after so glorious an instance of the divine mercy; in order that all the people, because all were interested in the deliverance, might send up the...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

COVENANT GOD—COVENANT PEOPLE ‘And (Oded) said, … The Lord is with you.… They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God.’ 2 Chronicles 15:2 ; 2 Chronicles 15:12 I would be an encourager,...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they entered into a covenant ,.... Asa and all his people; that is, as Piscator remarks, they went between the pieces of the calf cut asunder, for the confirmation of the covenant, see Jeremiah...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; Ver. 12. And they entered into a covenant. ] As well knowing the fickleness of...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They offered of the spoil which they had brought Taken from Zerah, and his army and allies. They entered into a covenant , &c. Repenting that they had violated their engagements to God, and re...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A MESSAGE FROM GOD (vv.1-7) As Asa returned from his victory, the Lord sent a prophet, Azariah, son of Oded, to meet him with encouraging words, telling Asa, "The Lord is with you while you are...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Asa Reforms His Kingdom. B. C. 940. 8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They entered into a covenant; they engaged themselves by a serious and solemn covenant before the Lord and this great assembly.
2 Chronicles 15:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] A prophetic warning ( 2 Chronicles 15:1-7 ). Asa’s reforms ( 2 Chronicles 15:8-11 ); renewal of covenant ( 2 Chronicles 15:12-19 ), and deposes Maachah. 2 Chronicles 15:1-7 .— Az...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 15:8-9 , 2 Chronicles 15:12-15 I. We see here that the heart of a revival lies in a renewal of the covenant of the Church with God. A dead Church holds back from God the dead worl...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 15:1 . Azariah the son of Oded; whose father is named, to distinguish him from the highpriest of that name. 2 Chronicles 15:3 . For a long season, Israel, the ten revolted tribes,...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers. The covenant renewed “Entering into a covenant” is what we name “a revival”; they made it a national act, we separate it...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter is something like an oasis in our history, and was perhaps such in the real life of Asa also. Presumably it covers a period of some twenty years. Reading between the line...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The True Worship Restored
2 Chronicles 15:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 8:48 ; 2 Chronicles 15:4 ; 2 Chronicles 23:16 ; 2 Chronicles 29:10 ; 2 Chronicles 34:31 ; 2 Chronicles 34:32 ; 2 Corinthians 8:5 ; 2 Kings 23:3 ; Acts 24:14 ; Deuteronomy 10:12 ; D...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Lessons from the Life of Asa 2 Chronicles 15:1-19 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We wish to present to you "The life of rest," from certain verses found in chapter 14. These verses are really introductory...
2 Chronicles 15:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Into covenant — The matter of this covenant was nothing but what they were before obliged to. And tho' no promise could lay any higher obligation upon them, than they were already under, yet it wou...

2 Chronicles 15:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 15:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 15:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Chronicles 15:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Chronicles 15:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 15:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 15:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 15:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 15:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Chronicles 15:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 15:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Chronicles 15:12 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Chronicles 15:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Chronicles 15:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Chronicles 15:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 15:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 15:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 15:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Chronicles 15:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Chronicles 15:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 15:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 15:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Chronicles 15:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Chronicles 15:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Chronicles 15:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 15:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

2 Chronicles 15:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes