2 Chronicles 15:1

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.

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;

Good News Translation
The spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded,

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,

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

Contextual Overview

¹Then 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. ⁷ "But it's different with you: Be strong. Take heart. Payday is coming!"

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 all these things, this word of God came to Abram in a vision: "Don't be afraid, Abram. I'm your shield. Your reward will be grand!"

Genesis 15:2
Abram said, " God , Master, what use are your gifts as long as I'm childless and Eliezer of Damascus is going to inherit everything?" Abram continued, "See, you've given me no children, and now a mere house servant is going to get it all."

Genesis 15:4
Then God 's Message came: "Don't worry, he won't be your heir; a son from your body will be your heir."

Genesis 15:5
Then he took him outside and said, "Look at the sky. Count the stars. Can you do it? Count your descendants! You're going to have a big family, Abram!"

Genesis 15:6
And he believed! Believed God ! God declared him "Set-Right-with-God."

Genesis 15:10
He brought all these animals to him, split them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. But he didn't split the birds. Vultures swooped down on the carcasses, but Abram scared them off. As the sun went down a deep sleep overcame Abram and then a sense of dread, dark and heavy.

Genesis 15:17
When the sun was down and it was dark, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch moved between the split carcasses. That's when God made a covenant with Abram: "I'm giving this land to your children, from the Nile River in Egypt to the River Euphrates in Assyria—the country of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaim, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites."

Genesis 21:17
Meanwhile, God heard the boy crying. The angel of God called from Heaven to Hagar, "What's wrong, Hagar? Don't be afraid. God has heard the boy and knows the fix he's in. Up now; go get the boy. Hold him tight. I'm going to make of him a great nation."

Exodus 14:13
Moses spoke to the people: "Don't be afraid. Stand firm and watch God do his work of salvation for you today. Take a good look at the Egyptians today for you're never going to see them again.

Deuteronomy 31:6
"Be strong. Take courage. Don't be intimidated. Don't give them a second thought because God , your God, is striding ahead of you. He's right there with you. He won't let you down; he won't leave you."

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.