2 Chronicles 15:10

2 Chronicles 15:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
• New International Version (NIV)They assembled at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So they gathered together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The people gathered at Jerusalem in late spring, during the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.

Context of 2 Chronicles 15:10

8As soon as Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, he took courage and put away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of the Lord that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the Lord. 9And 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. They were gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 11They sacrificed to the Lord on that day from the spoil that they had brought 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep. 12And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul,

2 Chronicles 15:10 word by word

וַיִּקָּבְצ֥וּ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑י לִשְׁנַ֥ת חֲמֵשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה לְמַלְכ֥וּת אָסָֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So they gathered themselves togetherקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• at Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• in the thirdשְׁלִישִׁיshelîyshîy · thirdH7992
• monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• in the fifteenthעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• in the fifteenthחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of the reignמַלְכוּתmalkûth malkûth malkûyâh · royaltyH4438
• of Asaאָסָא'âsâ' · AsaH609

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 15:10

• Esther 8:9The king's scribes were summoned at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day. And an edict was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded concerning the Jews, to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, 127 provinces, to each province in its own script and to each people in its own language, and also to the Jews in their script and their language.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 15:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10The third month - At the feast of pentecost which was held on the third month.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10In the third month - i. e. the month Sivan Esther 8:9, corresponding with our June.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-15The covenant renewal ceremony in the third month likely took place during the Festival of Harvest, also known as Pentecost. This major festival attracted large crowds to the temple from nearby areas. Disloyalty to the covenant was seen as treason and was punishable by death (Deuteronomy 17:2–7). The sacrifices were offerings dedicated from the victory over Zerah (2 Chronicles 14:15).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

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 15:10

• Iconoclasm
• Month
• Prayer
• Preaching
• Repentance
• Revivals
• Simeon

In the dictionaries

• Asa
• Jerusalem
• Covenant
• Renew
• Oded
• cow, bull, calf, cattle, heifer, ox

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