2 Chronicles 15:10

So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
together	וַיִּקָּבְצ֥וּ vai.yi.ka.ve.Tzu	H6908	to grasp · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name
third	הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑י ha.she.li.Shi	H7992	third · definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular absolute
month	בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ ba.Cho.desh	H2320	the new moon · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
fifteenth	חֲמֵשׁ cha.mesh-	H2568	five · noun, common both genders singular construct
year	לִשְׁנַ֥ת lish.Nat	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
reign	לְמַלְכ֥וּת le.mal.Khut	H4438	a rule · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Asa	אָסָֽא 'a.Sa'	H609	Asa · proper noun, a man's name

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Cross-references

Esther 8:9 Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and i…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 15:8–end

We are here told what good effect the foregoing sermon had upon Asa. I. He grew more bold for God than he had been. His victory would inspire him with some new degrees of resolution, but this message from God with much more. Now he took courage. he saw how necessary a further reformation was, and what assurance he had of God's presence with him in it; and this made him daring, and helped him over the difficulties which had before deterred him and driven him off from the undertaking. Now he ventured to destroy all the abominable idols (and all idolatries are abominable, Pe1 4:3) as far as ever his power went. Away with them all. He also renewed the altar of the Lord, which, it seems, had gone…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 15:10

the third month--when was held the feast of pentecost. On this occasion, it was celebrated at Jerusalem by an extraordinary sacrifice of seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep, the spoil of the Ethiopians being offered. The assembled worshippers entered with great and holy enthusiasm into a national covenant "to seek the Lord their God . . . with all their heart and with all their soul;" and, at the same time, to execute with rigor the laws which made idolatry punishable with death (Ch2 15:13; Deu 17:2-5; Heb 10:28). The people testified unbounded satisfaction with this important religious movement, and its moral influence was seen in the promotion of piety, order, and tranquillity thro…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 15:10

The third month - At the feast of pentecost which was held on the third month.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 15:10

So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem,.... By the order of Asa, 2 Chronicles 15:9, in the third month; of the ecclesiastical year, the month Sivan, in which month was the day of Pentecost; and that very probably was the time of their gathering: in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa; and which seems to be the year in which he fought the Ethiopians.

Dictionary and topics

Covenant — A contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word berith is always thus translated. Berith is derived from a root which means “to cut,” and hence a covenant is a…
Iconoclasm · .Asa — .Asa
Month · .Asa renews the covenant of himself and people in — .Asa renews the covenant of himself and people in
Preaching · .ByAzariah — .ByAzariah
Revivals · .Asa — .Asa
Simeon · the Pas — the Pas

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2 Chronicles 15:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 15:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 15:10

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 15:10

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 15:10

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2 Chronicles 15:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 15:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 15:10

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 15:10

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 15:10

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 15:10-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 15:10-15

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 15:7