THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
Asa, uniting the people along with the two tribes, held a triumphant celebration and presented numerous offerings to the Lord.
2 Chronicles 15:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
They sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils, and of the prey, that they had brought, seven hundred oxen, and seven thousand rams.
וַיִּזְבְּח֤וּ לַיהוָה֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא מִן־הַשָּׁלָ֖ל הֵבִ֑יאוּ בָּקָר֙ שְׁבַ֣ע מֵא֔וֹת וְצֹ֖אן שִׁבְעַ֥ת אֲלָפִֽים׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 2 Chr 14:13And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them to Gerara: and the Ethiopians fell even to utter destruction, for the Lord slew them, and his army fought against them, and they were destroyed. And they took abundance of spoils,
- 2 Chr 14:15And they destroyed the sheepcotes, and took an infinite number of cattle, and of camels: and returned to Jerusalem.
- 1 Sam 15:15And Saul said: They have brought them from Amalec: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the herds, that they might be sacrificed to the Lord thy God, but the rest we have slain.
- 2 Chr 7:5And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen, and one hundred and twenty thousand rams: and the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
- Num 31:28And thou shalt separate a portion to the Lord from them that fought and were in the battle, one soul of five hundred as well of persons as of oxen and asses and sheep.
- Num 31:29And thou shalt give it to Eleazar the priest, because they are the firstfruits of the Lord.
- 2 Chr 1:6And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar, before the tabernacle of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up on it a thousand victims.
- 1 Sam 15:21But the people took of the spoils, sheep and oxen, as the firstfruits of those things that were slain, to offer sacrifice to the Lord their God in Galgal.