2 Chronicles 15:1,2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Spirit of God came upon Azariah Both to instruct him what to say, and to enable him to say it plainly and boldly. And he went out to meet Asa Now returning victorious, with his army, from the war with the Ethiopians. And he said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa and all Judah, &c. He does not come out to meet them in order to compliment them, or congratulate their success, but to excite them to their duty: which is the proper business of God's ministers, even with princes and the greatest men. The Lord is with you To defend you against all your enemies, as ye now have seen, and may hereafter expect; while ye be with him While ye persist in that good course upon which you have entered. For the continuance of his presence with you depends upon your perseverance in the way of your duty. If you seek him he will be found of you If you sincerely desire his favour, and seek it in the way he hath appointed, especially by prayer and supplication, and complying with his will in all things, you shall obtain it: but if you forsake him And his commandments and ordinances of worship; he will forsake you And then you will be undone, and will find that your present triumphs were no security to you. Let not this victory, then, make you presumptuous, or self- confident: for you are upon your good behaviour; and if you leave God, he will leave and destroy you, after he has done you all this good.