2 Chronicles 15:9

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Summary

And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

The strangers

2 Chronicles 11:16

2 Chronicles 30:1

They fell

1 Kings 12:19

1 Chronicles 12:19

They saw

Bible References

The strangers

Those from all the tribes of Israel who set their hearts on seeking the Lord God of Israel followed them to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to the Lord God of their fathers.

Now Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover to the Lord God of Israel.

They fell

So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.

From Manasseh also some defected to David when he was about to go to battle with the Philistines against Saul. But they did not help them, for the lords of the Philistines after consultation sent him away, saying, “At the cost of our heads he may defect to his master Saul.”

They saw

Now his master saw that the Lord was with him and how the Lord

caused all that he did to prosper in his hand.

When Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him,

When all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had handed down, they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

The inhabitants of one will go to another, saying, “Let us go at once to entreat the favor of the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts; I will also go.”

“The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him,

So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace, being built up; and going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase.