Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 15:13

That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

13. should be put to death ] According to the Law; Deu 17:2-7.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Whosoever should obstinately refuse to pay unto God that solemn worship which he required at his temple in Jerusalem, or should disown God, or serve other gods,

should be put to death, by virtue of all those laws which command that such persons should be cut off, and in pursuance of that law, Deu 17:2. Compare Heb 10:28.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death,…. That obstinately refused to worship him, and served other gods, which by the law was deserving of death, De 17:2,

whether small or great, whether man or woman; without any regard to rank or dignity, age or sex.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

To attest the sincerity of their return to the Lord, they determined at the same time to punish defection from Jahve on the part of any one, without respect to age or sex, with death, according to the command in Deu 17:2-6. , not to worship Jahve, is substantially the same as to serve other gods, Deu 17:3. This they swore aloud and solemnly, , with joyful shouting and the sound of trumpets and horns.

Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament

(13) That.And.

Whosoever would not seek the Lord God . . .Part of the solemn oath of the king and people; a sanction prescribed by the law of Deu. 13:6, sqq., Deu. 17:2-6.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

13. Whosoever would not seek the Lord should be put to death The stern requirement of the ancient law. See at Exo 22:20; Deu 13:6-17; Deu 17:2-7.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2Ch 15:13 That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

Ver. 13. That whosoever would not seek the Lord, ] i.e., Be subject to the Lord, but seek to other gods.

Should be put to death. ] According to the law. Deu 13:9 Say not, This is Old Testament, we find no such thing in gospel. See Zec 13:3 ; Zec 12:10 ; Rom 13:4 ; 1Pe 2:13-14 ; and distinguish not where the Scripture doth not distingnish. See 2Ch 34:33 Ezr 7:26 Dan 3:29 . Heathen magistrates are commended for interesting themselves in matters of religion. Good kings, as here, and 2Ch 34:33 , are commended for putting upon their people wholesome laws and strait, binding them to the purity of religion and power of godliness. Neither is this any impeachment to their Christian liberty, – as Anabaptists hold, and the Donatists afore them, asking malapertly, Quid imperatori cum ecclesia? What hath the civil magistrate to do with the Church? – it is rather an ornament to their beauty, &c.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

should be put to death. Compare Deu 17:2-6.

Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics

whosoever: Exo 22:20, Deu 13:5-15, Deu 17:2-5, 1Ki 18:40

whether small: Gen 19:11, Exo 12:29, Deu 29:18, Job 3:19, Job 34:19, Psa 115:13, Act 26:22, Rev 6:15, Rev 20:12

Reciprocal: 2Ki 23:2 – both small and great 2Ch 18:30 – small or great 2Ch 29:10 – to make a covenant 2Ch 34:30 – great and small Neh 5:12 – I called Neh 9:38 – we make Neh 10:29 – entered Psa 119:106 – sworn Rev 13:16 – both

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2Ch 15:13. That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel Would either worship other gods, or refuse to join with them in the worship of the true God; that was either an obstinate idolater, or an obstinate atheist, should be put to death Which was not a new law of their own making, but an order to put in execution the law of God to this purpose, contained Deu 18:2, &c., which, if it had been duly executed in former times, would have kept the land clear of those many abominable idols which were found in and brought Gods wrath upon it: compare Heb 10:28. But though they might do well in executing the sentence of the law upon idolaters, this ought not to be pleaded by any persons professing Christianity as a precedent for persecuting any of their fellow-Christians, much less for putting them to death who may happen to differ from them in any point of doctrine, or mode of worship; because all Christians, as such, however they may disagree as to some lesser points, yet worship one and the same living and true God; and, added to this, the spirit of the gospel is very different from that of the Jewish law: see Luk 9:55. Nor may we, under our mild dispensation, attempt to compel by force any man to become religious. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal.

Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

15:13 That {g} whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

(g) These were the words of their covenant, which commanded all idolaters be put to death, according to the law of God, De 13:5,9,15.

Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes