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15:1 God’s <0430> Spirit <07307> came <01961> upon <05921> Azariah <05838> son <01121> of Oded <05752>. 15:2 He met <06440> <03318> Asa <0609> and told <0559> him, “Listen <08085> to me, Asa <0609> and all <03605> Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144>! The Lord <03068> is with <05973> you when you are <01961> loyal to <05973> him. If <0518> you seek <01875> him, he will respond <04672> to you, but if <0518> you reject <05800> him, he will reject <05800> you. 15:3 For a long <07227> time <03117> Israel <03478> had no <03808> true <0571> God <0430>, or <03808> priest <03548> to instruct <03384> them, or <03808> law <08451>. 15:4 Because of their distress <06862>, they turned back <07725> to <05921> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>. They sought <01245> him and he responded <04672> to them. 15:5 In those <01992> days no one <0369> could travel <0935> <03318> safely <07965>, for <03588> total <07227> chaos <04103> had overtaken <05921> all <03605> the people <03427> of the surrounding lands <0776>. 15:6 One nation <01471> was crushed <03807> by another <01471>, and one city <05892> by another <05892>, for <03588> God <0430> caused <02000> them to be in great turmoil <06869>. 15:7 But as for you <0859>, be strong <02388> and don’t <0408> get discouraged <07503>, for <03588> your work <06468> will be <03426> rewarded <07939>.” 15:8 When Asa <0609> heard <08085> these <0428> words <01697> and the prophecy <05016> of Oded <05752> the prophet <05030>, he was encouraged <02388>. He removed <05674> the detestable idols <08251> from the entire <03605> land <0776> of Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144> and from <04480> the cities <05892> he had <0834> seized <03920> in the Ephraimite <0669> hill country <02022>. He repaired <02318> the altar <04196> of the Lord <03068> in front of <06440> the porch <0197> of the Lord’s <03068> temple. 15:9 He <0853> assembled <06908> all <03605> Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144>, as well as the settlers <01481> from Ephraim <0669>, Manasseh <04519>, and Simeon <08095> who had come to live <05307> with <05921> them. Many people <07230> from Israel <03478> had come there to live when they saw <07200> that <03588> the Lord <03068> his God <0430> was with <05973> him. 15:10 They assembled <06908> in Jerusalem <03389> in the third <07992> month <02320> of the fifteenth <06240> <02568> year <08141> of Asa’s <0609> reign <04438>. 15:11 At that time <03117> they sacrificed <02076> to the Lord <03068> some of <04480> the plunder <07998> they had brought <0935> back, including 700 <03967> <07651> head of cattle <01241> and 7,000 <0505> <07651> sheep <06629>. 15:12 They solemnly agreed <01285> <0935> to seek <01875> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of their ancestors <01> with their whole <03605> heart <03824> and being <05315> <03605>.

• 2Ch 14:2--15:18 -- Asa's Religious and Military Accomplishments

• Temple, Solomon's

  [ebd] Before his death David had "with all his might" provided materials in great abundance for the building of the temple on the summit of Mount Moriah (1 Chr. 22:14; 29:4; 2 Chr. 3:1), on the east of the city, on the spot where ...
  

• Simeon

  [smith] (heard). The second of Jacob?s son by Leah. His birth is recorded in (Genesis 29:33) The first group of Jacob?s children consists, besides Simeon, of the three other sons of Leah --Reuben, Levi, Judah. Besides the massacre o...
  [nave] SIMEON 1. Son of Jacob, Gen. 29:33; 35:23; Ex. 1:1, 2; 1 Chr. 2:1. With Levi avenges upon the Shechemites the seduction of Dinah, Gen. 34; 49:5-7. Jacob's denunciation of, Gen. 34:30; 49:5-7. Goes down into Egypt to buy g...
  

• SIMEON (1)

  [isbe] SIMEON (1) - sim'-e-on (shim`on; Sumeon; the Hebrew root is from shama`, "to hear" (Gen 29:33); some modern scholars (Hitzig, W. R. Smith, Stade, etc.) derive it from Arabic sima`, "the offspring of the hyena and female wolf...
  

• SHEEP

  [isbe] SHEEP - shep: 1. Names: The usual Hebrew word is tso'n, which is often translated "flock," e.g. "Abel .... brought of the firstlings of his flock" (Gen 4:4); "butter of the herd, and milk of the flock" (Dt 32:14). The King J...
  

• Revivals

  [nave] REVIVALS. Religious Zech. 8:20-23. Prayer for, Hab. 3:2. Prophecies concerning, Isa. 32:15; Joel 2:28; Mic. 4:1-8; Hab. 3:2. Instances of Under Joshua, Josh. 5:2-9; Samuel, 1 Sam. 7:1-6; Elijah, 1 Kin. 18:17-40; Jehoas...
  

• Repentance

  [nave] REPENTANCE Attributed to God, Gen. 6:6, 7; Ex. 32:14; Deut. 32:36; Judg. 2:18; 1 Sam. 15:11, 29, 35; 2 Sam. 24:16; 1 Chr. 21:15; Psa. 106:45; 110:4; 135:14; Jer. 15:6; 18:8, 10; 26:3; 42:10; Joel 2:13; Amos 7:3, 6; Jonah 3:9...
  

• Religion

  [nave] RELIGION. False Deut. 32:31-33. See: Idolatry; Intolerance; Teachers, False. Family See: Family. National Supported by taxes, Ex. 30:11-16; 38:26. Priests supported by the State, 1 Kin. 18:19; 2 Chr. 11:13-15. Subve...
  

• RENEW

  [isbe] RENEW - re-nu': The word is used in various senses: (1) of material things, e.g. Ps 104:30; here it means to give a new appearance, to refresh, to restore the face of the earth; (2) in 1 Sam 11:14, to establish more firmly t...
  

• Preaching

  [nave] PREACHING, the act of exhorting, prophesying, reproving, teaching. Solomon called preacher, Eccl. 1:1, 12. Noah called preacher, 2 Pet. 2:5. Sitting while, Matt. 5:1; Luke 4:20; 5:3. Moses, slow of speech, Ex. 4:10-12. Re...
  

• Prayer

  [nave] PRAYER. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Answer to, Promised; Answered, Instances of Answered; Confession in; Importunity in, Instances of Importunity in; Intercessor...
  

• PROPHECY; PROPHETS, 2

  [isbe] PROPHECY; PROPHETS, 2 - II. Historical Development of the Prophetic Office. 1. Abraham: It is a characteristic peculiarity of the religion of the Old Testament that its very elementary beginnings are of a prophetical nature....
  

• PRIEST

  [smith] The English word is derived from the Greek presbyter , signifying an "elder" (Heb. cohen). Origin. --The idea of a priesthood connects itself in all its forms, pure or corrupted, with the consciousness, more or less distinct ...
  

• JUDAH, KINGDOM OF

  [smith] Extent. --When the disruption of Solomon?s kingdom took place at Shechem, B.C. 975, only the tribe of Judah followed David, but almost immediately afterward the larger part of Benjamin joined Judah. A part, if no all, of the ...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Iddo

  [ebd] (1.) Timely (1 Chr. 6:21). A Gershonite Levite. (2.) Lovely. The son of Zechariah (1 Chr. 27:21), the ruler of Manasseh in David's time. (3.) Timely. The father of Ahinadab, who was one of Solomon's purveyors (1 Kings 4:14)....
  

• FAMINE

  [isbe] FAMINE - fam'-in (ra`abh; limos): 1. Natural Causes 2. Famines Mentioned 3. Divine Relations 4. Figurative Uses The common Old Testament word for "famine" is ra`abh; re`abhon also occurs (Gen 42:19,33; Ps 37:19), and kaphan ...
  

• Courage

  [isbe] COURAGE - kur'-aj: Hebrew chazaq, "to show oneself strong" (Nu 13:20; 2 Sam 10:12; 1 Ch 19:13; 2 Ch 15:8; Ezr 10:4; Ps 27:14; 31:24; Isa 41:6); ruach, "spirit," "animus" (Josh 2:11 the King James Version); 'amats, "to be ale...
  [nave] COURAGE Enjoined upon Joshua, Deut. 31:7, 8, 22, 23; Josh. 1:1-9; the Israelites, Lev. 26:6-8; 2 Chr. 32:7, 8; Solomon, 1 Chr. 22:13; 28:20; Asa, 2 Chr. 15:1-7. Enjoined by Jehoshaphat upon the judicial and executive office...
  

• CATECHIST; CATECHUMEN

  [isbe] CATECHIST; CATECHUMEN - kat'-e-kist, kate-ku'-men (katechizein "to resound," "to teach," "to instruct"): A catechist is a teacher who instructs his pupils in the elements of his own religion. In the Old Testament he teaches ...
  

• Backsliders

  [nave] BACKSLIDERS. Lev. 26:14-42; Deut. 4:9; Deut. 8:11-14; Deut. 28:58, 59, 63 vs. 15-68;; 1 Kin. 9:6-9; Deut. 29:18 vs. 18-28.; Deut. 32:15-30; Josh. 24:27 vs. 20-27.; 2 Chr. 15:2-4; Ezra 8:22; Job 34:26, 27; Psa. 44:20, 21; Ps...
  

• Asa

  [smith] (physician , or cure). Son of Abijah and third king of Judah. (B.C. 956-916.) (His long reign of 41 years was peaceful in its earlier portion, and he undertook the reformation of all abuses, especially of idolatry. He burnt ...
  [nave] ASA 1. King of Judah, 1 Kin. 15:8-24; 1 Chr. 3:10; 2 Chr. 14; 15; 16; Matt. 1:7. 2. A Levite, 1 Chr. 9:16.
  

• Asa's Reform

  

• [2Ch 15:12] O Happy Day, That Fixed My Choice

  O happy day, that fixed my choice On Thee, my Savior and my God! Well may this glowing heart rejoice, And tell its raptures all abroad. Refrain Happy day, happy day, when Jesus washed my sins away! He taught me how to watch and pray, and live rejoicing every day Happy day, happy day, when Jesus washed my sins away. O happy bond, that seals my vows To Him Who merits all my love! Let cheerful anthems fill His house, While to that sacred shrine I move. Refrain ’Tis done: the great transaction’s done! I am the Lord’s and He is mine; He drew me, and I followed on; Charmed to confess the voice divine. Refrain Now rest, my long divided heart, Fixed on this blissful center, rest. Here have I found a nobler part; Here heavenly pleasures fill my breast. Refrain High heaven, that heard the solemn vow, That vow renewed shall daily hear, Till in life’s latest hour I bow And bless in death a bond so dear. Refrain

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• How did the Holy Spirit operate in the lives of OT saints?
  The indwelling of the Holy Spirit in Old Testament times was selective and temporary. He was nevertheless working in the lives of people to do much of the same type of thing as seen in John 16:8-11, though the object of faith...

Scriptural Illustrations of Revival

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