And the spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:
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Douay Rheims 1609
AD 1609
And the king gave silver and gold in Jerusalem (a) as stones, & cedar trees as sycamores, which grow in the champain in great multitude.
(a) It is the manner of holy Scripture to express things exceeding vulgar capacity by the figure Hyperbole.
(Haydock)
Taken: we do not read on what occasion, chap. xvii. 2. His father had seized upon Bethel, chap. xiii. 19. (Calmet)
Yet Asa waged war himself with the king of Israel.
Dedicated. Septuagint, "renewed "as the altar had been neglected, or injured by the continual fire; (Menochius) or this was the extraordinary (Haydock) altar, which Solomon had used at the dedication of the temple. The multitude of Asa's victims required more than one, ver. 11. It is not probable that God's worship had been neglected till the 15th year of this pious king, (ver. 9) since even his wicked father was punctual in this respect, chap. xiii. 11. Before, at the higher end of the priests' court, to the east of the altar of holocausts. (Calmet)
Azarias is called Oded in Hebrew, ver. 8. (Calmet)
But he was his son. (Haydock)
There was a high priest of the name of Azarias, about the same time. (Menochius)
