Christian Standard Bible
2 Chronicles 15:3
3For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without instruction,
2 Chronicles 15:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
- New International Version (NIV)For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach and without the law.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without law,
- New King James Version (NKJV)For a long time Israel has been without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law;
Context of 2 Chronicles 15:3
1The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded. 2So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Asa and all Judah and Benjamin, hear me. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you. For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without instruction, 4but when they turned to the Lord God of Israel in their distress and sought him, he was found by them. 5In those times there was no peace for those who went about their daily activities because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 152 Chronicles 15:3 word by word
וְיָמִ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לְלֹ֣א׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֱמֶ֗ת וּלְלֹ֛א כֹּהֵ֥ן מוֹרֶ֖ה וּלְלֹ֥א תוֹרָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Now for a longרַבrab · manyH7227
- seasonיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- withoutלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- the trueאֱמֶת'emeth · truth: trueH571
- Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- and without a teachingיָרָהyârâh yârâ' · to showH3384
- priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
- and without lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 15:3
- 1 Kings 12:28So the king sought advice. Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, “Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
- Hosea 3:4For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or household idols.
- Jeremiah 10:10But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at his wrath, and the nations cannot endure his fury.
- John 17:3This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent — Jesus Christ.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:9for they themselves report what kind of reception we had from you: how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
- 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true one. We are in the true one — that is, in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
- 2 Chronicles 17:8The Levites with them were Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah; the priests, Elishama and Jehoram, were with these Levites.
- Leviticus 10:11and teach the Israelites all the statutes that the Lord has given to them through Moses.”
- Deuteronomy 33:10They will teach your ordinances to Jacob and your instruction to Israel; they will set incense before you and whole burnt offerings on your altar.
- Nehemiah 8:9Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the law.
- Ezekiel 44:21No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.
- Micah 3:11Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe, her priests teach for payment, and her prophets practice divination for silver. Yet they lean on the Lord, saying, “Isn’t the Lord among us? No disaster will overtake us.”
- Malachi 2:7For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should desire instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Armies.
- Matthew 2:4So he assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Messiah would be born.
- 1 Timothy 3:2An overseer, therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
- Romans 2:12For all who sin without the law will also perish without the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 15:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Now for a long season Israel - "Israel hath followed Jeroboam, and they have not worshipped the true God. They have burnt incense to their golden calves; their priestlings [כומריא cumeraiya, their black, sooty sacrificers] have burnt perfumes with a strange worship, and have not exercised themselves in the law." - Targum. These priests could not teach, because they had not learnt; and as they had abandoned the law of the Lord, consequently they had no…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3“Israel” here is used generally for the whole people of God; and the reference is especially to the many apostasies in the days of the Judges, which were followed by repentance and deliverance.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-6The dark times, caused by not knowing God (see Hosea 3:4–5), likely refer to the period of the judges.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-63-6. Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, &c.--Some think that Azariah was referring to the sad and disastrous condition to which superstition and idolatry had brought the neighboring kingdom of Israel. His words should rather be taken in a wider sense, for it seems manifest that the prophet had his eye upon many periods in the national history, when the people were in the state described--a state of spiritual destitution and…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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