2 Chronicles 15:1

New American Standard Bible (1995)

Now the Spirit of God came on Azariah the 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;

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,

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.

Contextual Overview

¹ Now the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded,² and he 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. And if you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you. ³ "For many days Israel was without the true God and without a teaching priest and without law. ⁴ "But in their distress they turned to the LORD God of Israel, and they sought Him, and He let them find Him. ⁵ "In those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for many disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands. ⁶ "Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress. ⁷ "But you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work."

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 these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great."

Genesis 15:2
Abram said, "O Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"

Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, "Since You have given no offspring to me, one born in my house is my heir."

Genesis 15:4
Then behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir; but one who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir."

Genesis 15:5
And He took him outside and said, "Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be."

Genesis 15:6
Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.

Genesis 15:10
Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds.

Genesis 15:14
"But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with many possessions.

Genesis 15:16
"Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete."

Genesis 15:17
It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces.

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.