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Douay-Rheims Bible

2 Chronicles 15:1

And the spirit of God came upon Azarias the son of Oded,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Azariah;   Courage;   Holy Spirit;   Oded;   Prayer;   Preaching;   Prophets;   Repentance;   Revivals;   Simeon;   Thompson Chain Reference - Azariah;   Holy Spirit;   Power;   Spirit;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Artaxerxes;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Holy Spirit;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Preaching;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Azariah;   Iddo;   Oded;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Azariah;   Iddo;   Oded;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Azariah;   Oded;   Preaching in the Bible;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Azariah;   Chronicles, I;   Oded;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Azariah ;   Oded ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Oded;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Azari'ah;   O'ded;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Preaching;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Azariah;   Oded;   Prophecy;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Asa;   Azariah;  

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.
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 And the spirit of God came upon Azarias the son of Oded, 2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him: Hear ye me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin: The Lord is with you, because you have been with him. If you seek him, you shall find: but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. 3 And many days shall pass in Israel, without the true God, and without a priest a teacher, and without the law. 4 And when in their distress they shall return to the Lord the God of Israel, and shall seek him, they shall find him. 5 At that time there shall be no peace to him that goeth out and cometh in, but terrors on every side among all the inhabitants of the earth. 6 For nation shall fight against nation, and city against city, for the Lord will trouble them with all distress. 7 Do you therefore take courage, and let not your hands be weakened: for there shall be a 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
Now when these things were done, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: Fear not, Abram, I am thy protector, and thy reward exceeding great.
Genesis 15:2
And Abram said: Lord God, what wilt thou give me? I shall go without children: and the son of the steward of my house is this Damascus Eliezer.
Genesis 15:3
And Abram added: But to me thou hast not given seed: and lo my servant born in my house, shall be my heir.
Genesis 15:4
And immediately the word of the Lord came to him, saying:He shall not be thy heir: but he that shall come out of thy bowels, him shalt thou have for thy heir.
Genesis 15:5
And he brought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven and number the stars if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be.
Genesis 15:6
Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.
Genesis 15:10
And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the two pieces of each one against the other: but the birds he divided not.
Genesis 15:14
But I will judge the nation which they shall serve, and after this they shall come out with great substance.
Genesis 15:16
But in the fourth generation they shall return hither: for as yet the iniquities of the Amorrhites are not at the full until this present time.
Genesis 15:17
And when the sun was set, there arose a dark mist, and there appeared a smoking furnace, and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions.

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.


 
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