2 Chronicles 15:3 KJV — MannaFest

2 Chronicles 15:3

Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

KJV

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ASV

Now for a long season Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law:

WEB

For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.

YLT

and many days are to Israel without a true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law,

DBT

Now for a long while Israel [was] without the trueGod, and without a teaching priest, and without law;

About this book

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2 Chronicles — Solomon to the exile — retold through the southern kings only. A priestly history that keeps its lens on the temple, on reform kings, and on the repentance formula (7:14) that will be quoted in a thousand sermons.

Author: The Chronicler (traditional — Ezra)
Date: Post-exilic, c. 450–400 BC

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25 verses on the floor

Amos 8:11
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
Ephesians 4:11
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Nehemiah 8:9
And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
2 Chronicles 17:8–9
And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob–adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, &c.--Some think that Azariah was referring to the sad and disastrous condition to which superstition and idolatry had brought the neighboring kingdom of Israel.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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H338480× in canon H571127× in canon H8451219× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

2CH 15:3MIC 3:11 JER 6:13
2CH 15:3JER 10:10 DEU 32:4
2CH 15:3JER 10:10 ISA 57:15
2CH 15:3MIC 3:11 ISA 1:23
2CH 15:3LEV 10:11 NEH 8:2
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2CH 15:3MIC 3:11 MIC 3:5
2CH 15:3JER 10:10 NAH 1:6
2CH 15:3JER 10:10 PSA 76:7

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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