2 Chronicles 15:9

2 Chronicles 15:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
• New International Version (NIV)Then he assembled all Judah and Benjamin and the people from Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who had settled among them, for large numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were residing with them, for great numbers had deserted to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who dwelt with them from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon, for they came over to him in great numbers from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

Context of 2 Chronicles 15:9

7But as for you, be strong; don’t give up, for your work has a reward.” 8When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the abhorrent idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He renovated the altar of the Lord that was in front of the portico of the Lord’s temple. Then he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, as well as those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were residing among them, for they had defected to him from Israel in great numbers when they saw that the Lord his God was with him. 10They were gathered in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign. 11At that time they sacrificed to the Lord seven hundred cattle and seven thousand sheep and goats from all the plunder they had brought.

2 Chronicles 15:9 word by word

וַיִּקְבֹּ֗ץ אֶת־כָּל־יְהוּדָה֙ וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן וְהַגָּרִים֙ עִמָּהֶ֔ם מֵאֶפְרַ֥יִם וּמְנַשֶּׁ֖ה וּמִשִּׁמְע֑וֹן כִּֽי־נָפְל֨וּ עָלָ֤יו מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל֙ לָרֹ֔ב בִּרְאֹתָ֕ם כִּֽי־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָ֖יו עִמּֽוֹ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he gatheredקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• all Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• and Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyâmîyn · BenjaminH1144
• and the strangersגּוּרgûr · to sojournH1481
• with them out of Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• and Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashsheh · ManassehH4519
• and out of Simeonשִׁמְעוֹןshim‛ôn · SimeonH8095
• for they fellנָפַלnâphal · to fall: desertingH5307
• to him out of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• in abundanceרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
• when they sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• that the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• his Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 15:9

• 2 Chronicles 11:16Those from every tribe of Israel who had determined in their hearts to seek the Lord their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
• 2 Chronicles 30:1Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh to come to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem to observe the Passover of the Lord, the God of Israel.
• 1 Kings 12:19Israel is still in rebellion against the house of David today.
• 1 Chronicles 12:19Some Manassites defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. However, they did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers sent David away after a discussion. They said, “It will be our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”
• Genesis 39:3When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made everything he did successful,
• 1 Samuel 18:28Saul realized that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved him,
• 1 Kings 3:28All Israel heard about the judgment the king had given, and they stood in awe of the king because they saw that God’s wisdom was in him to carry out justice.
• Zechariah 8:21the residents of one city will go to another, saying: Let’s go at once to plead for the Lord’s favor and to seek the Lord of Armies. I am also going.
• Acts 7:9“The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt, but God was with him
• Acts 9:31So the church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 15:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9And the strangers - Many out of the different tribes, particularly out of Simeon, Ephraim, and Manasseh, having reflected that the Divine blessing was promised to the house of David, and finding the government of Jeroboam founded in idolatry, would naturally, through a spirit of piety, leave their own country, and go where they might enjoy the worship of the true God.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Strangers … - i. e. “Israelites of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.” The separation of the two kingdoms had made their Israelite brethren “strangers,” or “foreigners,” to Judah.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh: The Chronicler always included the northern tribes in his accounts of spiritual reform (compare 2 Chronicles 30:1–11). The territory of Simeon became part of Judah.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-159-15. he gathered all Judah and Benjamin--Not satisfied with these minor measures of purification and improvement, Asa meditated a grand scheme which was to pledge his whole kingdom to complete the work of reformation, and with this in view he waited for a general assembly of the people. and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh--The population of Asa's kingdom had been vastly increased by the continued influx of strangers, who, prompted by…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