Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - 2 Chronicles 15:15 - 15:15

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Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - 2 Chronicles 15:15 - 15:15


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This return to the Lord brought joy to all Judah, i.e., to the whole kingdom, because they had sworn with all their heart, and sought the Lord בְכָל־רְצֹונָם, with perfect willingness and alacrity. Therefore Jahve was found of them, and gave them rest round about. - In 2Ch 15:16-18, in conclusion, everything which still remained to be said of Asa's efforts to promote the Jahve-worship is gathered up. Even the queen-mother Maachah was deposed by him from the dignity of ruler because she had made herself an image of Asherah; yet he did not succeed in wholly removing the altars on the high places from the land, etc. These statements are also to be found in 1Ki 15:13-16, and are commented upon at that place. Only in the Chronicle we have אָסָא אֵם instead of אִמֹּו (Kings), because there Maachah had just been named (2Ch 15:10); and to the statement as to the abolition of idolatry, יָרֶק, crushed, is added, and in 2Ch 15:17 מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל; while, on the other hand, after שָׁלֵם, יהוה עִם is omitted, as not being necessary to the expression of the meaning.