2 Chronicles 15:19
in 2 Chronicles 15And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.
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And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
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And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 15
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd there was no more war unto the thirty fifth year of the reign of Asa. That is, from the Ethiopian war to that time; after that there was no war with any foreign enemy; there were animosities and discords, bickerings and hostilities of some sort continually between Asa and Baasha king of Israel, as long as he lived, see 1Ki 15:16.
This site's exposition
the things that his father had dedicated
on 2 Chronicles 15:18-19
The silver, gold and vessels Asa and his father before him had dedicated finally reach the house of God, restoring a treasury Chronicles will later show him emptying to buy off a foreign king in chapter 16. The chapter closes on peace, no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, a date Barnes flags as difficult to square with the war Baasha brings in chapter 16's own thirty sixth year; some read a scribal error in one of the two figures, others count the years from the division of the kingdom rather than from Asa's own accession. The positions are named without a verdict, and either reading leaves the same historical shape: a long peace before the Baasha war breaks it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the L ORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. 5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. 6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
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Of Oded - Of Azariah, ver. 1, who was also called by his father's name Oded. Into covenant - The matter of this covenant was nothing but what they were before obliged to. And tho' no promise could lay any higher obligation upon them, than they were already under, yet it would help to increase their sense of the obligation, and to arm them against temptations.
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National piety procures national blessings. They did, on the whole, well for him. They carried on the reformation so far that Maachah the queen-mother was deposed for idolatry and her idol destroyed,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa - This cannot be reconciled with the chronqlogy of Kings 1Ki 16:8: and the suggestion in the marg. implies the adoption of a mode of marking time unknown either to himself or any other Scriptural writer. It is supposed that the figures here and in 2Ch 16:1 are corrupt, and that in both verses “twentieth” should replace “thirtieth.” The attack of Baasha would then have been made in the last year of Asa’s reign; and ten years of peace would have followed Asa’s victory over Zerah.
The five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa - Archbishop Usher thinks that this should be counted from the separation of the kingdom, and that this fell on the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign. To settle in every respect these chronologies is a most difficult undertaking; and the difficulty does not belong to the sacred books alone, all other chronological tables of all the nations in the world, are in the same predicament. With those of our own history I have often been puzzled, even while I had access to all the archives of the nation. Probably we should read here the five and twentieth year. See the note on 1Ki 15:16.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And there was no war, etc. We learned in Seder Olam (ch. 16): “In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s kingdom, Baasha, the king of Israel, advanced.” Is it possible to say so?
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִלְחָמָ֖ה | umilchamah | and war | H4421 → | 320 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הָיָ֑תָה | hayatah | it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| עַ֛ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| שְׁנַת־ | shenat- | year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים | sheloshim | thirty | H7970 → | 172 times |
| וְחָמֵ֖שׁ | vechamesh | and five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| לְמַלְכ֥וּת | lemalkhut | of [the] reign of | H4438 → | 91 times |
| אָסָֽא׃ ס | ʾasa' | Asa | H609 → | 57 times |
וּמִלְחָמָ֖הand war
umilchamahH4421 →320 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
הָיָ֑תָהit was
hayatahH1961 →3559 times
עַ֛דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
שְׁנַת־year
shenat-H8141 →877 times
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםthirty
sheloshimH7970 →172 times
וְחָמֵ֖שׁand five
vechameshH2568 →343 times
לְמַלְכ֥וּתof [the] reign of
lemalkhutH4438 →91 times
אָסָֽא׃ סAsa
ʾasa'H609 →57 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 16:1In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 15:9
And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when…
- 1 Kings 12:27
If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return…
- 1 Kings 15:16–22
Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their days.
- 2 Chronicles 15:9
Through
1 Kings 15:31As for the rest of the acts of Nadab, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
it leads to
- 1 Kings 14:19
As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he waged war and how he reigned, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
- 1 Kings 16:14
As for the rest of the acts of Elah, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
- 1 Kings 16:5
As for the rest of the acts of Baasha, along with his accomplishments and might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
- 1 Kings 16:20
As for the rest of the acts of Zimri and the treason he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
- 1 Kings 14:19
Through
1 Kings 15:33In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 16:8
In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.
- 1 Kings 16:8
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); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.