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Young's Literal Translation

2 Chronicles 15:1

And upon Azariah son of Oded hath been the Spirit of God,

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.
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,
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 upon Azariah son of Oded hath been the Spirit of God, 2 and he goeth out before Asa, and saith to him, `Hear, me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; Jehovah [is] with you -- in your being with Him, and if ye seek Him, He is found of you, and if ye forsake Him, He forsaketh you; 3 and many days [are] to Israel without a true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law, 4 and it turneth back in its distress unto Jehovah, God of Israel, and they seek Him, and He is found of them, 5 and in those times there is no peace to him who is going out, and to him who is coming in, for many troubles [are] on all the inhabitants of the lands, 6 and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God hath troubled them with every adversity; 7 and ye, be ye strong, and let not your hands be feeble, for there is 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
After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, `Fear not, Abram, I [am] a shield to thee, thy reward [is] exceeding great.'
Genesis 15:2
And Abram saith, `Lord Jehovah, what dost Thou give to me, and I am going childless? and an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.'
Genesis 15:3
And Abram saith, `Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.'
Genesis 15:4
And lo, the word of Jehovah [is] unto him, saying, `This [one] doth not heir thee; but he who cometh out from thy bowels, he doth heir thee;'
Genesis 15:5
and He bringeth him out without, and saith, `Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, `Thus is thy seed.'
Genesis 15:6
And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him -- righteousness.
Genesis 15:10
and he taketh to him all these, and separateth them in the midst, and putteth each piece over against its fellow, but the bird he hath not divided;
Genesis 15:14
and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance;
Genesis 15:16
and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'
Genesis 15:17
And it cometh to pass -- the sun hath gone in, and thick darkness hath been -- and lo, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which hath passed over between those 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.


 
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