2 Chronicles 15:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

Hear ye me

If ye seek him

Matthew 7:7

If ye forsake

Hebrews 12:25

Bible References

Hear ye me

The armies met in the hill country of Ephraim. King Abijah went up Mount Zemaraim and called out to Jeroboam and the Israelites: Listen to me! He shouted.

Jahaziel said: Pay attention to me, everyone from Judah, everyone living in Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat. This is what Jehovah says to you: 'Do not be frightened or terrified by this large crowd. The battle is not yours. It is God's.

Jotham heard about this. He stood on top of Mount Gerizim and shouted out to them: Men of Shechem, listen to me and God may listen to you!

([Sons of Korah]) Listen to this, all you people. Open your ears, all who live in the world.

Isaiah said: Hear this you house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God also?

He that has ears let him hear.

He who can hear should listen to what the Spirit says to the congregations! To him who overcomes I will give the right to eat the fruit of the tree of life that grows in the (Paradise) Garden of God.'

He who can hear let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations.'

If ye seek him

When they were in trouble they turned to Jehovah the God of Israel. When they searched for him, he let them find him.

When he experienced distress, he begged Jehovah his God to be kind and humbled himself in front of the God of his ancestors.

Seek Jehovah while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.

Then you will call to me. You will come and pray to me and I will hear you.

Ask and it will be given you. Seek and you will find. Knock and it will be opened for you.

If ye forsake

Rehoboam established his kingdom and made himself strong. He and all Israel abandoned Jehovah's teachings.

God's Spirit spoke to Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. Zechariah told everyone that God was saying: Why are you disobeying me and my Laws? This will only bring punishment! You have deserted me, so now I will desert you.

I will discard the rest of my heritage. I will give them into the hands of their enemies. They will take their property and their goods for themselves.

You my son Solomon, learn to know your father's God. Serve Jehovah wholeheartedly and willingly because he searches every heart and understands every thought we have. If you dedicate your life to serving him, he will accept you. On the other hand if you abandon him, he will reject you from then on.

I ask has God rejected his people? Certainly not! I also am an Israelite, a descendant of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

My righteous people will live by faith. If any of them turn back, I will not be pleased with them.

Be careful, then, and do not refuse to hear him who speaks. Those who refused to hear the one who gave the divine message on earth did not escape. How much less shall we escape then, if we turn away from the one who speaks from heaven!