2 Chronicles 15:2

And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
out	וַיֵּצֵא֮ vai.ye.Tze'	H3318	to go (causatively · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
meet	לִפְנֵ֣י lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Asa	אָסָא֒ 'a.Sa'	H609	Asa · proper noun, a man's name
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Hear	שְׁמָע֕וּנִי she.ma.'U.ni	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix
Asa	אָסָ֖א 'a.Sa'	H609	Asa · proper noun, a man's name
Judah	יְהוּדָ֣ה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
Benjamin	וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן u.vin.ya.Min	H1144	Binjamin · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
LORD	יְהוָ֤ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
seek	תִּדְרְשֻׁ֙הוּ֙ tid.re.Shu.hu	H1875	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
found	יִמָּצֵ֣א yi.ma.Tze'	H4672	properly · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
forsake	תַּעַזְבֻ֖הוּ ta.'az.Vu.hu	H5800	to loosen · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
forsake	יַעֲזֹ֥ב ya.'a.Zo	H5800	to loosen · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
2 Chronicles 24:20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God,…
2 Chronicles 15:4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searchet…
Jeremiah 29:12-14 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Hebrews 10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Isaiah 55:6-7 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
2 Chronicles 15:15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of the…

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 15:1-7

It was a great happiness to Israel that they had prophets among them; yet, while they were thus blessed, they were strangely addicted to idolatry, whereas, when the spirit of prophecy had ceased under the second temple, and the canon of the Old Temple was completed (which was constantly read in their synagogues), they were pure from idolatry; for the scriptures are of all other the most sure word of prophecy, and most effectual, and the church could not be so easily imposed upon by a counterfeit Bible as by a counterfeit prophet. Here was a prophet sent to Asa and his army, when they returned victorious from the war with the Ethiopians, not to compliment them and congratulate them on their s…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 15:2

The Lord is with you, while ye be with him--You have had, in your recent signal success, a remarkable proof that God's blessing is upon you; your victory has been the reward of your faith and piety. If you steadfastly adhere to the cause of God, you may expect a continuance of His favor; but if you abandon it, you will soon reap the bitter fruits of apostasy.

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 15:2

The Lord is with you, while ye be with him - This is the settled and eternal purpose of God; to them who seek him he will ever be found propitious, and them alone will he abandon who forsake him. In this verse the unconditional perseverance of the saints has no place: a doctrine which was first the ruin of the human race, Ye shall not die; and ever since the fall, has been the plague and disgrace of the Church of Christ. The Targum is curious: "Hearken to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Word of the Lord shall be your helper, while ye walk in his ways. If ye seek doctrine from his presence he will be found of you in times of trouble; but if you cast away his fear, he will abandon you…

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John Gill on 2 Chronicles 15:2

The Church Fathers

We must press on and persevere in faith and virtue and in completion of heavenly and spiritual grace, that we may attain to the palm and the crown. In the book of Chronicles [we read], "The Lord is with you so long as you also are with him; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you."
— Cyprian, Treatise XI. Exhortation to Martyrdom 8

When we have been baptized we are told, "Behold, you are made whole; sin no more lest a worse thing happen to you." And again, "Don't you know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone profanes the temple of God, God shall destroy him." And in another place, "The Lord is with you so long as you are with him: if you forsake him, he will also forsake you." Where is the person, do you suppose, in whom as in a shrine and sanctuary the purity of Christ is permanent and in whose case the serenity of the temple is saddened by no cloud of sin? We cannot always have the same countenance, though the philosophers falsely boast that this was the experience of Socrates; how much less can our minds be always the same! As people have many facial expressions, so also do the feelings of their hearts vary. If it were possible for us to be always immersed in the waters of baptism, sins would fly over our heads and leave us untouched. The Holy Spirit would protect us. But the enemy assails us, and when conquered he does not depart but is ever lying in ambush, that he may secretly shoot the upright in heart.
— Jerome, Against the Pelagians 3.1

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

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…
Backsliders · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Courage · Asa — Asa
Forsaking God · Provokes God to forsake men — Provokes God to forsake men
Preaching · .ByAzariah — .ByAzariah
Prophets · Were sent to: Exhort to faithfulness and constancy in God’s service — Were sent to: Exhort to faithfulness and constancy in God’s service
Revivals · .Asa — .Asa
Seekers · 16:11;22:19;28:9; — 16:11;22:19;28:9;
Simeon · the Pas — the Pas

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Chronicles 15:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 15:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 15:2

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 15:2

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 15:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 15:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 15:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 15:2

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 15:2

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 15:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 15:1-4

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 15:1-7