And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
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Gill's Exposition
And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet,.... Some think that besides the above words of Azariah the son of Oded, a prophecy of Oded his father was related by him, though…
Barnes' Notes
Some versions have “the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded,” which is perhaps the true reading.
Adam Clarke
Renewed the altar - Dedicated it afresh, or perhaps enlarged it, that more sacrifices might be offered on it than ever before; for it cannot be supposed that this altar had no victims offered on it…
We are here told what good effect the foregoing sermon had upon Asa.
I. He grew more bold for God than he had been. His victory would inspire him with some new degrees of resolution, but this message…
Cambridge Bible
and the prophecyof Oded the prophet Some words have fallen out of the text. Read, Even the prophecy which Azariah the son of Oded prophesied.
the abominable idols R.V. the abominations; cp. 1Ki…
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