15 He brought into the house of Yahweh the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
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Abijam's dedications were made after his victory over Jeroboam, and probably consisted of a portion of the spoils which were the fruit of the battle 2-Chronicles 13:16-19.
Asa's dedications may have been made from the spoils of Zerah the Ethiopian, who attacked him in his eleventh year (2-Chronicles 14:9, etc.). They were not deposited in the temple until his fifteenth year 2-Chronicles 15:10, 2-Chronicles 15:18.
Which his father had dedicated - On what account he and his father dedicated the things mentioned below, we know not; but it appears that Asa thought himself bound by the vow of his father.
And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated,.... The spoils he had taken in war from Jeroboam, and which he had devoted to religious uses, but lived not to perform his vows, which his son now did for him; so that it seems, notwithstanding the sins he fell into, he had some regard to God and his worship, see 2-Chronicles 13:19.
and the things which himself had dedicated; out of the spoils taken from the Ethiopians, 2-Chronicles 14:13, these he brought into the house of the Lord, silver, and gold, and vessels; of various sorts.
he brought in the things which his father had dedicated--Probably the spoils which Abijam had taken from the vanquished army of Jeroboam (see 2-Chronicles 13:16).
and the things which himself had dedicated--after his own victory over the Cushites (2-Chronicles 14:12).
He brought the sacred offerings of his father and his own sacred offerings into the house of Jehovah; probably the booty, in silver, gold, and vessels, which his father Abijam had gathered in the war with Jeroboam (2-Chronicles 13:16-17), and he himself on the conquest of the Cushites (2-Chronicles 14:12-13). The Keri וקדשׁי is a bad emendation of the correct reading in the Chethb קדשׁו, i.e., קדשׁו (קדשׁיו); for יהוה בּית is an accusative, and is to be connected with ויּבא.
His father - Abijam, when he was in distress, and going to fight with Jeroboam, 2-Chronicles 13:1-3, though afterwards he did not perform his vows, nor bring in what he had devoted; probably he was prevented by death.
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