Глава 15

1–7. Azariah's prophetic teaching to Asa and the people about the dependence of the welfare of the kingdom of Judah on the devotion of the Jews to Jehovah. 8–19. Asa's pious zeal for the improvement of the cult of Jehovah. 2 Chronicles 15:1. Then the Spirit of God descended on Azariah, son of Oded, 2 Chronicles 15:2. and he went out to meet Asa and said to him: Hear me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you as you are with Him; and if you seek Him, He will be found by you; if you leave Him, He will leave you. 2 Chronicles 15:3. For many days Israel will be without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without the law. 2 Chronicles 15:4. But when he turns in his distress to the Lord God of Israel and seeks Him, He will allow them to find Himself. 2 Chronicles 15:5. In those times there will be no peace for those who go out or those who enter, for there will be great unrest among all the inhabitants of the lands; 2 Chronicles 15:6. nation will fight against nation, and city against city, because God will throw them into confusion with all sorts of disasters. 2 Chronicles 15:7. But be strong, and let not your hands become weak, for there is recompense for your deeds. The Prophet Azariah, in addition to this chapter, is also called in (2 Chronicles 23:1), embraced by the Spirit of God, turns to the people and King Asa - under the fresh impression of the miraculous victory (14) - with an exhortation to loyalty to Jehovah and with a warning against deviations from Him; Art. Z-6 depict the state of confusion of the kingdom of Judah during the invasion of Zarai, and the picture of God’s abandonment of His people and the latter’s spiritual deprivation closely resembles the prophetic images of the state of Israel’s rejection (cf. v. 3 and (Hos. 3:4; Am.8:11)). 2 Chronicles 15:8. When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of [Azariah], the son of Oded the prophet, he was encouraged and cast out the abominations of the pagans from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities that he took on Mount Ephraim, and he renovated the altar of the Lord, which was before the porch of the Lord. 2 Chronicles 15:9. And he gathered together all Judah and Benjamin, and the exiles living with them from Ephraim and Manasseh and Simeon; for many from Israel went over to him when they saw that the Lord his God was with him. 2 Chronicles 15:10. And they gathered together to Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa; 2 Chronicles 15:11. And on that day they offered a sacrifice to the Lord from the spoil that they had brought, seven hundred of the herds and seven thousand of the flocks. 2 Chronicles 15:12. and they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 2 Chronicles 15:13. and whoever does not seek the Lord God of Israel must die, whether he is small or great, man or woman. 2 Chronicles 15:14. And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice and with shouting and with the sound of trumpets and horns. 2 Chronicles 15:15. And all the Jews rejoiced at this oath, because they swore with all their hearts and with all their zeal they sought Him, and He allowed them to find Himself. And the Lord gave them peace on all sides. 2 Chronicles 15:16. And King Asa deprived Maakhu his mother of his royal dignity because she made an idol for the oak grove. And Asa overthrew her image, and cut her into pieces, and burned her in the Kidron Valley. 2 Chronicles 15:17. Although the high places were not taken away from Israel, Asa's heart was completely devoted to the Lord all his days. 2 Chronicles 15:18. And he brought what his father had dedicated and his own dedication into the house of God, silver and gold and vessels. 2 Chronicles 15:19. And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa. The prophetic speech encouraged Asa and moved him to zeal for the glory of Jehovah, to the renewal of the nation-wide covenant with Jehovah and the destruction of the paraphernalia of idolatry that had been preserved from previous kings. In Art. 8 EUR Masor. the text reads: “Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded,” LXX” Αδάδ, so some believe that the mentioned impression was made on Asa by the prophecy not of Azariah, but of Oded (v. 1), his father: “one can assume,” says Prof. Gulyaev (“Historical Books of the Holy Scriptures of the Old Testament”, p. 530), - that here, in addition to the word of Azariah, there is, of course, some other, once known, prophecy of his father Goded.” But it is much more natural to see here an indication of the prophecy just stated (vv. 1-7) of Azariah, the son of Oded. Many codes LXX, such as: XI, 52, 55, 60, 64, 71, 119, 121, 158, 243 (Golmes), indeed, insert into Art. 8 the name of Azariah; so – the Syriac translation and the vulgate: prophetiam Azariae, filii Oded propheti (compare the Slavic-Russian text). The double victory of the Jews: under Abijah over the Israelites, and under Asa over the Egyptians, attracted many Israelis to live in Judea (v. 9). The internal consequence of the prophetic preaching was all the activities of Asa in renovating the altar (v. 8), in restoring the covenant of allegiance to Jehovah with the obligation to impose herem or theocratic execution on apostates ((vv. 12-14); cf. (Deut. 13)), in organizing magnificent sacrifices (see 11) and solemn religious festivals (vv. 14-15). This is not something that 1 Kings tells us directly. Art. 16–18, on the contrary, repeat (1 Kings 15:13–15). For the heights canceled and not canceled by Asa, see comments on (2 Chron. 14:2); Wed "Explanatory Bible", vol. II, countries. 439. You might be interested in: