2 Chronicles 15:1

Good News Translation

The spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded.

Hebrew Names Version
The Spirit of God came on `Azaryah the son of `Oded:

King James Version
And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:

English Standard Version
The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded,

New Century Version
The Spirit of God entered Azariah son of Oded.

New English Translation
God's Spirit came upon Azariah son of Oded.

Amplified Bible
Now the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded,

New American Standard Bible
Now the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded,

World English Bible
The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the Spirite of God came vpon Azariah the sonne of Obed.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded,

Berean Standard Bible
Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.

Contemporary English Version
Some time later, God spoke to Azariah son of Oded.

Complete Jewish Bible
The Spirit of God came on ‘Azaryah the son of ‘Oded;

Darby Translation
And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Spirit of God came on Azariah, who was Obed's son.

George Lamsa Translation
AND the Spirit of the LORD came upon Azariah the son of Azor;

Lexham English Bible
Now Azariah the son of Oded—the Spirit of God came upon him.

Literal Translation
And the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the sprete of God came vpo Asarias the sonne of Obed,

American Standard Version
And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:

Bible in Basic English
And the spirit of God came on Azariah, the son of Oded;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the spirite of God came on Azaria the sonne of Obed,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded;

King James Version (1611)
And the Spirit of God came vpon Azariah the sonne of Oded.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Azarias the son of Oded—upon him came the Spirit of the Lord,

English Revised Version
And the spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Azarie, the sone of Obeth, whanne the spirit of the Lord was comyn in to hym,

Update Bible Version
And the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded:

Webster's Bible Translation
And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:

New King James Version
Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.

New Living Translation
Then the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded,

New Life Bible
The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.

New Revised Standard
The spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, as for Azariah son of Oded, there came upon him, the spirit of God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the spirit of God came upon Azarias the son of Oded,

Revised Standard Version
The Spirit of God came upon Azari'ah the son of Oded,

Young's Literal Translation
And upon Azariah son of Oded hath been the Spirit of God,

THE MESSAGE
Then Azariah son of Obed, moved by the Spirit of God, went out to meet Asa. He said, "Listen carefully, Asa, and listen Judah and Benjamin: God will stick with you as long as you stick with him. If you look for him he will let himself be found; but if you leave him he'll leave you. For a long time Israel didn't have the real God, nor did they have the help of priest or teacher or book. But when they were in trouble and got serious, and decided to seek God , the God of Israel, God let himself be found. At that time it was a dog-eat-dog world; life was constantly up for grabs—no one, regardless of country, knew what the next day might bring. Nation battered nation, city pummeled city. God let loose every kind of trouble among them.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded,

Contextual Overview

¹ The spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded, ² and he went to meet King Asa. He called out, "Listen to me, King Asa, and all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you as long as you are with him. If you look for him, he will let you find him, but if you turn away, he will abandon you. ³ For a long time Israel lived without the true God, without priests to teach them, and without a law. ⁴ But when trouble came, they turned to the Lord , the God of Israel. They searched for him and found him. ⁵ In those days no one could come and go in safety, because there was trouble and disorder in every land. ⁶ One nation oppressed another nation, and one city oppressed another city, because God was bringing trouble and distress on them. ⁷ But you must be strong and not be discouraged. The work that you do will be rewarded."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Spirit: 2 Chronicles 20:14, 2 Chronicles 24:20, Numbers 24:2, Judges 3:10, 2 Samuel 23:2, 2 Peter 1:21

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 15:8 - Oded

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
After this, Abram had a vision and heard the Lord say to him, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I will shield you from danger and give you a great reward."

Genesis 15:2
But Abram answered, "Sovereign Lord , what good will your reward do me, since I have no children? My only heir is Eliezer of Damascus.

Genesis 15:3
You have given me no children, and one of my slaves will inherit my property."

Genesis 15:4
Then he heard the Lord speaking to him again: "This slave Eliezer will not inherit your property; your own son will be your heir."

Genesis 15:5
The Lord took him outside and said, "Look at the sky and try to count the stars; you will have as many descendants as that."

Genesis 15:6
Abram put his trust in the Lord , and because of this the Lord was pleased with him and accepted him.

Genesis 15:10
Abram brought the animals to God, cut them in half, and placed the halves opposite each other in two rows; but he did not cut up the birds.

Genesis 15:14
But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and when they leave that foreign land, they will take great wealth with them.

Genesis 15:16
It will be four generations before your descendants come back here, because I will not drive out the Amorites until they become so wicked that they must be punished."

Genesis 15:17
When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch suddenly appeared and passed between the pieces of the animals.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded,.... The same with Iddo, as Hillerus h thinks; and some suppose this to be the name of the son as well as the father, but called Azariah, to distinguish him from him, see 2 Chronicles 15:8 on whom came, as the Targum, the spirit of prophecy, instructing him what to say to Asa; and the Jews say i he is the same with Iddo, and he the same that was sent to Jeroboam, to reprove him for the altar he built.

h Onomastic, Sacr. p. 458. i In Hieron. Trad. Heb. in Paralipom. fol. 84. L. & 85. A.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Oded is by some identified with Iddo, the prophet and historian of the two preceding reigns. In the Hebrew the two names differ very slightly.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XV

Azariah's prophecy concerning Israel, and his exhortation to

Asa, 1-7.

Asa completes the reformation which he had begun, his kingdom

is greatly strengthened, and all to people make a solemn

covenant with the Lord, 8-15.

His treatment of his mother Maachah, 16.

He brings into the house of God the things that has father had

dedicated, 17, 18.

And he has no war till the thirty-fifth year of his reign, 19.

NOTES ON CHAP. XV

Verse 2 Chronicles 15:1. Azariah the son of Oded — We know nothing of this prophet but what is related of him here.