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Problems troubled the people of every land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/15.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />In those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/15.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And in those times <i>there was</i> no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations <i>were</i> upon all the inhabitants of the countries.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/15.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And in those times <i>there was</i> no peace to the one who went out, nor to the one who came in, but great turmoil <i>was</i> on all the inhabitants of the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />In those times there was no peace for him who went out or him who came in, because many disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/15.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220In those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for many disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And in those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for many disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now in those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for much confusion was upon all the inhabitants of the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />In those times there was no peace for him who went out or for him who came in, for great suffering came on all the inhabitants of the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In those times there was no peace for those who went about their daily activities because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In those times there was no peace for those who went about their daily activities because the residents of the lands had many conflicts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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 lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_chronicles/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />There was so much confusion in those days that it wasn't safe to go anywhere in Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/15.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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 lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />At those times no one could come and go in peace, because everyone living in the land had a lot of turmoil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/15.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />In those days no one could come and go in safety, because there was trouble and disorder in every land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/15.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"During those days, it wasn't safe for anyone to come and go, because many civil disturbances afflicted everyone who lived in the territories. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/15.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />In those days no one could travel safely, for total chaos had overtaken all the people of the surrounding lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />In those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in; but great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />In those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in; but great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and in those times there is no peace for him who is going out, and for him who is coming in, for many troubles [are] on all the inhabitants of the lands,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and in those times there is no peace to him who is going out, and to him who is coming in, for many troubles are on all the inhabitants of the lands,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And in these times no peace to him going out, and to him coming in, for much consternation upon all inhabiting the lands.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />At that time there shall be no peace to him that goeth out and cometh in, but terrors on every side among all the inhabitants of the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />In that time, there will be no peace for those who depart and those who enter. Instead, there will be terror on every side, among all the inhabitants of the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/15.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />At that time there was no peace for anyone to go or come; rather, there were many terrors upon the inhabitants of the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />In those times it was not safe for anyone to go or come, for great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And in those early times when we did not worship our God, there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in. because of great misfortune that came upon all the inhabitants of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And in these former times when we were not in awe of our God, there was no peace to him who went out neither to him who came in, because great evil had come on all the inhabitants of the land.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great discomfitures were upon all the inhabitants of the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And in that time there is no peace to one going out, or to one coming in, for the terror of the Lord is upon all that inhabit the lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/15-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=3469" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/15.htm">The Prophecy of Azariah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hā·hêm (Art:: Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">In those</a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: ū·ḇā·‘it·tîm (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-cp) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc.">days</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">there was no</a> <a href="/hebrew/7965.htm" title="7965: šā·lō·wm (N-ms) -- Or shalom; from shalam; safe, i.e. well, happy, friendly; also welfare, i.e. Health, prosperity, peace.">safety</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: lay·yō·w·ṣê (Prep-l, Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">for travelers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: wə·lab·bā (Conj-w, Prep-l, Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·wō·šə·ḇê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">the residents</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the lands</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">had</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: rab·bō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">many</a> <a href="/hebrew/4103.htm" title="4103: mə·hū·mōṯ (N-fp) -- Tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture. From huwm; confusion or uproar.">conflicts.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/21-25.htm">Judges 21:25</a></span><br />In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-5.htm">Isaiah 3:5</a></span><br />The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-6.htm">Matthew 24:6-7</a></span><br />You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come. / Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-9.htm">Luke 21:9-11</a></span><br />When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.” / Then He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. / There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-25.htm">Ezekiel 7:25-27</a></span><br />Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none. / Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders. / The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Jeremiah 4:20</a></span><br />Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-25.htm">Jeremiah 6:25</a></span><br />Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/8-15.htm">Jeremiah 8:15-16</a></span><br />We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror. / The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-2.htm">Micah 7:2-6</a></span><br />The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net. / Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together. / The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/8-10.htm">Zechariah 8:10</a></span><br />For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-19.htm">Deuteronomy 28:19-20</a></span><br />You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out. / The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-2.htm">Isaiah 19:2</a></span><br />“So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-1.htm">Hosea 4:1-3</a></span><br />Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! / Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another. / Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-16.htm">Romans 3:16-17</a></span><br />ruin and misery lie in their wake, / and the way of peace they have not known.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-7.htm">Mark 13:7-8</a></span><br />When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come. / Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were on all the inhabitants of the countries.</p><p class="hdg">no peace</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/5-6.htm">Judges 5:6</a></b></br> In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/13-6.htm">1 Samuel 13:6</a></b></br> When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/121-8.htm">Psalm 121:8</a></b></br> The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.</p><p class="hdg">great vexations</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/24-6.htm">Matthew 24:6,7</a></b></br> And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all <i>these things</i> must come to pass, but the end is not yet… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/21-25.htm">Luke 21:25</a></b></br> And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/6-26.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/12-8.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">Disturbances</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/14-15.htm">Great</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-18.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/11-23.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/14-6.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/14-2.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/8-13.htm">Times</a> <a href="/judges/5-10.htm">Travel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-4.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/1_samuel/26-24.htm">Troubles</a> <a href="/acts/24-18.htm">Turmoil</a> <a href="/psalms/141-5.htm">Vexations</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/16-12.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-29.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/luke/21-9.htm">Disturbances</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-9.htm">Great</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-8.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-10.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-16.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-24.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-15.htm">Times</a> <a href="/job/6-18.htm">Travel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-6.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/job/5-19.htm">Troubles</a> <a href="/job/3-17.htm">Turmoil</a> <a href="/psalms/141-5.htm">Vexations</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 15</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-1.htm">Asa, with Judah and many of Israel, moved by the prophecy of Azariah, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-12.htm">make a solemn covenant with God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-16.htm">He puts down Maachah his grandmother for idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-18.htm">He brings dedicated things into the house of God, and enjoys a long peace.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Asa's reign is noted for his efforts to rid Judah of idolatry and to restore the worship of Yahweh. The historical context is crucial, as it was a time when the kingdom was divided into Israel and Judah, with frequent conflicts and instability.<p><b>there was no safety for travelers</b><br>Travel during this period was perilous due to the lack of centralized control and the presence of hostile forces. The roads were often unsafe, reflecting the broader social and political instability. This lack of safety can be compared to the period of the Judges, where "everyone did what was right in his own eyes" (<a href="/judges/21-25.htm">Judges 21:25</a>), leading to lawlessness and danger.<p><b>because the residents of the lands</b><br>The "residents of the lands" refers to the people living in the territories surrounding Judah, including the Northern Kingdom of Israel and neighboring nations. These groups often had conflicting interests and engaged in skirmishes, contributing to the overall insecurity. The geopolitical landscape was complex, with various tribes and nations vying for power and territory.<p><b>had many conflicts</b><br>The conflicts mentioned were likely both internal and external. Internally, there were struggles for power and influence within the divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Externally, there were threats from surrounding nations such as the Philistines, Moabites, and Edomites. These conflicts can be seen as a consequence of the people's departure from God's commandments, as outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where disobedience leads to turmoil and strife. The turmoil of the time underscores the need for divine intervention and foreshadows the peace that Christ, the Prince of Peace, would ultimately bring.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/asa.htm">Asa</a></b><br>King of Judah during the time of this prophecy. He was known for his religious reforms and efforts to return Judah to the worship of Yahweh.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/azariah_son_of_oded.htm">Azariah son of Oded</a></b><br>The prophet who delivered God's message to Asa, encouraging him to seek the Lord and warning of the consequences of forsaking Him.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, ruled by Asa, which experienced both peace and turmoil depending on their faithfulness to God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The northern kingdom, often in conflict with Judah and experiencing its own share of turmoil due to idolatry and disobedience.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lands.htm">The Lands</a></b><br>Refers to the broader region surrounding Judah and Israel, indicating widespread unrest and instability during this period.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_forsaking_god.htm">The Consequences of Forsaking God</a></b><br>When people turn away from God, chaos and unrest often follow. This is a reminder of the importance of staying faithful to God's commandments.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_seeking_god.htm">The Importance of Seeking God</a></b><br>Asa's reforms and the subsequent peace in Judah highlight the blessings that come from earnestly seeking God and aligning with His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Prophets like Azariah play a crucial role in guiding and warning God's people. We should be attentive to godly counsel and correction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/peace_as_a_result_of_obedience.htm">Peace as a Result of Obedience</a></b><br>True peace is a result of obedience to God. This peace is not just the absence of conflict but a deep, abiding sense of well-being and order.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_leadership.htm">The Impact of Leadership</a></b><br>Asa's leadership and response to Azariah's prophecy show how leaders can influence the spiritual direction and peace of a nation.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 15</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_2_chr_15_5_show_turmoil_unrecorded.htm">Why does 2 Chronicles 15:5 portray widespread turmoil when outside historical records from that period don’t mention such chaos? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_michal's_view_of_david_differ_in_2_samuel.htm">In 1 Chronicles 15:29, Michal criticizes David's dance--does this episode conflict with the portrayal of Michal in 2 Samuel, creating an inconsistency in her character and motives?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_2_chronicles_15_15_peace.htm">What evidence, if any, supports the sudden peace and prosperity described in 2 Chronicles 15:15, given the frequent conflicts in the region at that time?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_elhanan_kill_goliath's_brother.htm">1 Chronicles 20:5: Why does this text say Elhanan killed Goliath's brother, whereas 2 Samuel 21:19 seems to conflict about who killed Goliath?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">And in those times.</span>--The "many days" cf. <a href="/2_chronicles/15-3.htm" title="Now for a long season Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.">2Chronicles 15:3</a>; the times of national unfaithfulness.<p><span class= "bld">There was no peace . . . came in.</span>--(See <a href="/judges/5-6.htm" title="In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through byways.">Judges 5:6</a>; <a href="/judges/5-11.htm" title="They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.">Judges 5:11</a>; <a href="/judges/6-11.htm" title="And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the wine press, to hide it from the Midianites.">Judges 6:11</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">But great vexations.</span>--<span class= "ital">For great confusions</span> (<span class= "ital">meh-moth</span>)<span class= "ital">.</span> (See <a href="/deuteronomy/28-20.htm" title="The LORD shall send on you cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that you set your hand to for to do, until you be destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the wickedness of your doings, whereby you have forsaken me.">Deuteronomy 28:20</a>, where <span class= "ital">meh-mah,</span> "confusion" or "discomfiture," is foretold as a punishment of apostacy. Here the meaning seems to be <span class= "ital">tumults,</span> as in <a href="/amos/3-9.htm" title="Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the middle thereof, and the oppressed in the middle thereof.">Amos 3:9</a>. "The countries" are the territories or provinces of Israel, as in <a href="/2_chronicles/34-33.htm" title="And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.">2Chronicles 34:33</a>. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/15-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">In those</span><br /><span class="heb">הָהֵ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·hêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> </span><span class="str2">They</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבָעִתִּ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇā·‘it·tîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6251.htm">Strong's 6251: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps young</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there was no</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֥ין</span> <span class="translit">(’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">safety</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁל֖וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(šā·lō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7965.htm">Strong's 7965: </a> </span><span class="str2">Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for travelers,</span><br /><span class="heb">לַיּוֹצֵ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lay·yō·w·ṣê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֚י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the residents</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹשְׁבֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wō·šə·ḇê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the lands</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">many</span><br /><span class="heb">רַבּ֔וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(rab·bō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many, great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">conflicts.</span><br /><span class="heb">מְהוּמֹ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(mə·hū·mōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4103.htm">Strong's 4103: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/15-5.htm">2 Chronicles 15:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/15-5.htm">2 Chronicles 15:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/15-5.htm">2 Chronicles 15:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/15-5.htm">2 Chronicles 15:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/15-5.htm">2 Chronicles 15:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/15-5.htm">2 Chronicles 15:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/15-5.htm">2 Chronicles 15:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/15-5.htm">2 Chronicles 15:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/15-5.htm">2 Chronicles 15:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/15-5.htm">2 Chronicles 15:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/15-5.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 15:5 In those times there was no peace (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 15:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 15:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 15:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 15:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>