2 Chronicles 15:1
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 15
Asa returning from the battle, and with the spoil of the enemy, was met by a prophet of the Lord, who encouraged him to go on with the work of reformation, promising the presence and help of God with him, 2Ch 15:1, which inspired him with fresh courage, and he went about the work with great alacrity; and having offered sacrifices, he and his people entered into a solemn covenant with the Lord, to serve him, 2Ch 15:8 upon which he destroyed his mother's idol, brought the dedicated things into the house of God, and the effect of this was peace for a long time, 2Ch 15:16.
Ver. 1. 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 2Ch 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.