2 Chronicles 15:11
in 2 Chronicles 15At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from all the plunder they had brought back.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they sacrificed unto Jehovah in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
KJV
And they offered unto the Lord the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 15
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd they offered unto the Lord the same time,.... The Targum adds, on the feast of weeks, or Pentecost: of the spoil which they had brought; from the camp of the Ethiopians, and the cities of the Philistines: seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep; partly for burnt offerings, and partly for peace offerings, by way of thankfulness to the Lord for the victory he had given them, and for a feast at the making of the following covenant with him.
This site's exposition
the strangers with them out of Ephraim
on 2 Chronicles 15:9-11
Asa gathers Judah and Benjamin and calls in strangers from Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon, northern Israelites who cross into Judah because they see that the Lord his God was with him, a detail with no parallel in Kings and one the Chronicler keeps because a remnant assembly drawing outsiders in is exactly his subject. The gathering falls in the third month of Asa's fifteenth year, the season of Pentecost by the Jewish calendar, and the offering is drawn from the very spoil of the Ethiopian war, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. Barnes notes the number seven is the common pattern for Israel's larger sacrifices. The northern strangers turn a national reform into an all-Israel one before a single word of covenant is spoken.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
5 ), which was owing to the diminution either of their zeal or of their wealth, or of both. These sacrifices were intended by way of thanksgiving for the favours they had received, and supplication for further favours. Prayers and praises are now our spiritual sacrifices.
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The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The prevalence of the number “seven” in the religious system of the Jews has been noticed often. Seven bullocks and seven rams were a common offering Num 29:32; 1Ch 15:26; 2Ch 29:21; Job 42:8; Eze 14:23. At the larger sacrifices, however, it is seldom that we find the number seven at all prominent (compare 2Ch 30:24; 2Ch 35:7-9; 1Ki 8:63).
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the third month--when was held the feast of pentecost. On this occasion, it was celebrated at Jerusalem by an extraordinary sacrifice of seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep, the spoil of the Ethiopians being offered.
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The spoil which they had brought - The spoil which they had taken from Zerah and his auxiliaries, 2Ch 14:14, 2Ch 14:15.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּזְבְּח֤וּ | vaiyizbechu | and they sacrificed | H2076 → | 134 times |
| לַיהוָה֙ | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בַּיּ֣וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַה֔וּא | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| מִן־ | min- | some of | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַשָּׁלָ֖ל | hashalal | the booty | H7998 → | 73 times |
| הֵבִ֑יאוּ | heviu | [which] they had brought | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בָּקָר֙ | bakar | ox[en] | H1241 → | 183 times |
| שְׁבַ֣ע | sheva' | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| מֵא֔וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| וְצֹ֖אן | vetzon | and sheep | H6629 → | 274 times |
| שִׁבְעַ֥ת | shivat | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| אֲלָפִֽים׃ | ʾalafim | thousand<s> | H505 → | 505 times |
וַיִּזְבְּח֤וּand they sacrificed
vaiyizbechuH2076 →134 times
לַיהוָה֙to Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
בַּיּ֣וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַה֔וּא<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
מִן־some of
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַשָּׁלָ֖לthe booty
hashalalH7998 →73 times
הֵבִ֑יאוּ[which] they had brought
heviuH935 →2568 times
בָּקָר֙ox[en]
bakarH1241 →183 times
שְׁבַ֣עseven
sheva'H7651 →394 times
מֵא֔וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
וְצֹ֖אןand sheep
vetzonH6629 →274 times
שִׁבְעַ֥תseven
shivatH7651 →394 times
אֲלָפִֽים׃thousand<s>
ʾalafimH505 →505 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Chronicles 7:5And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
it leads to
- John 10:22
At that time the Feast of Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,
- 2 Chronicles 30:24
For Hezekiah king of Judah contributed a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the assembly, and the officials contributed a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep for the assembly, and a great number…
- John 10:22
Through
2 Chronicles 1:6Solomon offered sacrifices there before the LORD on the bronze altar in the Tent of Meeting, where he offered a thousand burnt offerings.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 3:4
Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
- 1 Kings 3:4
Through
1 Samuel 15:15Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:21
The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”
- 1 Samuel 15:9
Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they…
- Exodus 32:22–23
“Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.
- 1 Samuel 15:21
Through
Numbers 31:50So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
it leads to
- Exodus 30:12
“When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when…
- Exodus 30:15–16
In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.
- Exodus 30:12
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.