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2 Chronicles 15:4
4But in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found by them.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But whenever they were in trouble and turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him out, they found him.
Context of 2 Chronicles 15:4
2He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. 3For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach and without the law. But in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found by them. 5In those days it was not safe to travel about, for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil. 6One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another, because God was troubling them with every kind of distress.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 152 Chronicles 15:4 word by word
וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ בַּצַּר־ל֔וֹ עַל־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיְבַקְשֻׁ֖הוּ וַיִּמָּצֵ֥א לָהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 15:4
- Deuteronomy 4:29But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Jeremiah 3:9Because Israel’s immorality mattered so little to her, she defiled the land and committed adultery with stone and wood.
- Jeremiah 10:10But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God, the eternal King. When he is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure his wrath.
- Psalms 106:44Yet he took note of their distress when he heard their cry;
- Hosea 6:1“Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.
- Hosea 14:1Return, Israel, to the Lord your God. Your sins have been your downfall!
- 2 Chronicles 15:15All Judah rejoiced about the oath because they had sworn it wholeheartedly. They sought God eagerly, and he was found by them. So the Lord gave them rest on every side.
- Isaiah 55:6Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.
- Isaiah 65:1“I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’
- Romans 10:20And Isaiah boldly says, “I was found by those who did not seek me; I revealed myself 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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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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