2 Chronicles 15:4

2 Chronicles 15:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
• New International Version (NIV)But in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found by them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)but when in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)but when in their trouble they turned to the Lord God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found by them.

Context of 2 Chronicles 15:4

2He met Asa and told him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are loyal to him. If you seek him, he will respond to you, but if you reject him, he will reject you. 3For a long time Israel had no true God, or priest to instruct them, or law. Because of their distress, they turned back to the Lord God of Israel. They sought him and he responded to them. 5In those days no one could travel safely, for total chaos had overtaken all the people of the surrounding lands. 6One nation was crushed by another, and one city by another, for God caused them to be in great turmoil.

2 Chronicles 15:4 word by word

וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ בַּצַּר־ל֔וֹ עַל־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיְבַקְשֻׁ֖הוּ וַיִּמָּצֵ֥א לָהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But when they in their troubleצַרtsar tsâr · distressH6862
• did turnשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• and soughtבָּקַשׁbâqash · to seekH1245
• him, he was foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 15:4

• Deuteronomy 4:29But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.
• Jeremiah 3:9Because she took her prostitution so lightly, she defiled the land through her adulterous worship of gods made of wood and stone.
• Jeremiah 10:10The Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. When he shows his anger the earth shakes. None of the nations can stand up to his fury.
• Psalms 106:44Yet he took notice of their distress, when he heard their cry for help.
• Hosea 6:1“Come on! Let’s return to the Lord! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds!
• Hosea 14:1Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sin has been your downfall!
• 2 Chronicles 15:15All Judah was happy about the oath, because they made the vow with their whole heart. They willingly sought the Lord and he responded to them. He made them secure on every side.
• Isaiah 55:6Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!
• Isaiah 65:1“I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; I appeared to those who did not look for me. I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’ to a nation that did not invoke my name.
• Romans 10:20And Isaiah is even bold enough to say, “I was found by those who did not seek me; I became well known to those who did not ask for me.”

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 15:4

• 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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• God
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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