2 Chronicles 15:11
New International Version
At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep and goats from the plunder they had brought back.

New Living Translation
On that day they sacrificed to the LORD 700 cattle and 7,000 sheep and goats from the plunder they had taken in the battle.

English Standard Version
They sacrificed to the LORD on that day from the spoil that they had brought 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep.

Berean Standard Bible
At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from all the plunder they had brought back.

King James Bible
And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

New King James Version
And they offered to the LORD at that time seven hundred bulls and seven thousand sheep from the spoil they had brought.

New American Standard Bible
They sacrificed to the LORD on that day seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from the spoils they had brought.

NASB 1995
They sacrificed to the LORD that day 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep from the spoil they had brought.

NASB 1977
And they sacrificed to the LORD that day 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep from the spoil they had brought.

Legacy Standard Bible
And they sacrificed to Yahweh that day 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep from the spoil they had brought.

Amplified Bible
They sacrificed to the LORD on that day from the spoil they had brought—700 oxen and 7,000 sheep.

Christian Standard Bible
At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred cattle and seven thousand sheep and goats from all the plunder they had brought.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At that time they sacrificed to the LORD 700 cattle and 7,000 sheep from all the plunder they had brought.

American Standard Version
And they sacrificed unto Jehovah in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

Contemporary English Version
That same day, they took 700 bulls and 7,000 sheep and goats from what they had brought back from Gerar and sacrificed them as offerings to the LORD.

English Revised Version
And they sacrificed unto the LORD in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
On that day they sacrificed to the LORD a part of the loot they had brought with them: 700 cattle and 7,000 sheep.

Good News Translation
On that day they offered sacrifices to the LORD from the loot they had brought back: seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep.

International Standard Version
They sacrificed to the LORD that day 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep from the spoil that they had brought with them.

Majority Standard Bible
At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from all the plunder they had brought back.

NET Bible
At that time they sacrificed to the LORD some of the plunder they had brought back, including 700 head of cattle and 7,000 sheep.

New Heart English Bible
They sacrificed to the LORD in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they offered to the LORD at the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

World English Bible
They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day, of the plunder which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and sacrifice to YHWH on that day from the spoil they have brought in—seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep,

Young's Literal Translation
and sacrifice to Jehovah on that day from the spoil they have brought in -- oxen seven hundred, and sheep seven thousand,

Smith's Literal Translation
And they will sacrifice to Jehovah in that day from the spoil they brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Catholic Public Domain Version
they immolated to the Lord on that day, from the best of the spoils and from the plunder that they had brought: seven hundred oxen and seven thousand rams.

New American Bible
and sacrificed to the LORD on that day seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from the spoils they had brought.

New Revised Standard Version
They sacrificed to the LORD on that day, from the booty that they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the same day they offered to the LORD of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and six thousand sheep.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they sacrificed to LORD JEHOVAH sacrifices on that day which they brought from the loot: seven hundred bulls and six thousand sheep.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And they sacrificed unto the LORD in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils which they brought, seven hundred calves and seven thousand sheep.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Asa's Reforms
10So they gathered together in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign. 11At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from all the plunder they had brought back. 12Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.…

Cross References
1 Kings 8:63
And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 29:31-36
Then Hezekiah said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings. / The number of burnt offerings the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD. / And the consecrated offerings were six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep. ...

2 Chronicles 30:24
For Hezekiah king of Judah contributed a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the assembly, and the officials contributed a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep for the assembly, and a great number of priests consecrated themselves.

2 Chronicles 31:6
And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps.

2 Chronicles 35:7-9
From his own flocks and herds Josiah contributed 30,000 lambs and goats plus 3,000 bulls for the Passover offerings for all the people who were present. / His officials also contributed willingly to the people and priests and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the chief officials of the house of God, gave the priests 2,600 Passover offerings and 300 bulls. / Additionally, Conaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, as well as Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, officers of the Levites, contributed to the Levites 5,000 Passover offerings and 500 bulls.

Leviticus 1:2-3
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or the flock. / If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.

Leviticus 22:18-21
“Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, / must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf. / You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf. ...

Numbers 15:3-5
and you present a food offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to produce a pleasing aroma to the LORD—either a burnt offering or a sacrifice, for a special vow or freewill offering or appointed feast— / then the one presenting his offering to the LORD shall also present a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter hin of olive oil. / With the burnt offering or sacrifice of each lamb, you are to prepare a quarter hin of wine as a drink offering.

Deuteronomy 12:5-6
Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go. / To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks.

Deuteronomy 12:11
then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.

Deuteronomy 12:17
Within your gates you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts.

Deuteronomy 16:10
And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you,

1 Samuel 1:24
Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.

1 Chronicles 29:21
The next day they offered sacrifices and presented burnt offerings to the LORD: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, along with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.

Ezekiel 45:17
And it shall be the prince’s part to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings for the feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—for all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel. He will provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.


Treasury of Scripture

And they offered to the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

offered

2 Chronicles 14:13-15
And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil…

Numbers 31:28,29,50
And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep: …

1 Samuel 15:15,21
And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed…

the same time [heb] in that day

2 Chronicles 1:6
And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.

2 Chronicles 7:5
And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

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2 Chronicles 15
1. Asa, with Judah and many of Israel, moved by the prophecy of Azariah,
12. make a solemn covenant with God
16. He puts down Maachah his grandmother for idolatry
18. He brings dedicated things into the house of God, and enjoys a long peace.














At that time
This phrase situates the events within a specific historical context, during the reign of King Asa of Judah. Asa's reign was marked by religious reforms and a return to the worship of Yahweh. The phrase underscores a pivotal moment of spiritual renewal and national rededication to God. Historically, this was a time when the kingdom was experiencing peace and prosperity, allowing them to focus on spiritual matters.

they sacrificed
The act of sacrifice was central to Israelite worship, symbolizing atonement, thanksgiving, and dedication to God. The Hebrew root for "sacrifice" is "זָבַח" (zabach), which conveys the idea of offering something valuable to God. Sacrifices were a tangible expression of faith and obedience, reflecting the people's desire to honor God and seek His favor.

to the LORD
The use of "LORD" in all capital letters indicates the translation of the Tetragrammaton, YHWH, the covenant name of God. This highlights the personal and relational aspect of Israel's worship. It was not just a ritualistic act but a covenantal interaction with the God who had chosen and redeemed them. The sacrifices were directed to Yahweh, affirming their allegiance and devotion to Him alone.

seven hundred oxen
The number seven often symbolizes completeness or perfection in the Bible. Offering seven hundred oxen signifies a complete and wholehearted dedication to God. Oxen were valuable assets, used for plowing and as a source of wealth, indicating the people's willingness to give generously from their resources.

and seven thousand sheep
Similarly, the number seven thousand amplifies the sense of abundance and totality in their offering. Sheep were commonly used in sacrifices, and such a large number reflects the magnitude of their gratitude and commitment. This act of giving from the plunder suggests a recognition that all blessings come from God and a desire to honor Him with the firstfruits of their victory.

from the plunder they had brought back
This phrase indicates that the sacrifices were made from the spoils of a recent victory, likely over the Cushites as described earlier in 2 Chronicles 14. It highlights the principle of dedicating a portion of one's gains to God, acknowledging His role in their success. The act of offering from the plunder demonstrates a heart of gratitude and a recognition of God's sovereignty in their triumphs.

(11) The same time.--On that day; viz., the day appointed for the festival, in the third month, i.e., Sivan, corresponding to part of May and June.

Of the spoil which they had brought.--The spoil of Zerah, the cities round Gerar, and the nomadic tribes (2Chronicles 14:13-15).

Verse 11. - These offerings were probably chiefly of the nature of peace offerings (Leviticus 7:11-21). In the mention of the "spoil" (2 Chronicles 14:13, 15) nothing is said of oxen. Seven hundred... seven thousand. The number seven is common when the sacrifices were in units (as e.g. Numbers 29:32; 1 Chronicles 15:26, etc.), but uncommon in hundreds and thousands, for see 1 Kings 8:63; 2 Chronicles 35:7-9, comparing, however, 2 Chronicles 30:24.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
At that
הַה֔וּא (ha·hū)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

time
בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

they sacrificed
וַיִּזְבְּח֤וּ (way·yiz·bə·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2076: To slaughter for sacrifice

to the LORD
לַיהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

seven
שְׁבַ֣ע (šə·ḇa‘)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

hundred
מֵא֔וֹת (mê·’ō·wṯ)
Number - feminine plural
Strong's 3967: A hundred

oxen
בָּקָר֙ (bā·qār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herd

and seven
שִׁבְעַ֥ת (šiḇ·‘aṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

thousand
אֲלָפִֽים׃ (’ă·lā·p̄îm)
Number - masculine plural
Strong's 505: A thousand

sheep
וְצֹ֖אן (wə·ṣōn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular
Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

all the plunder
הַשָּׁלָ֖ל (haš·šā·lāl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7998: A prey, spoil, plunder, booty

they had brought back.
הֵבִ֑יאוּ (hê·ḇî·’ū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go


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