2 Chronicles 15:6

“And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city, etc.] Or one tribe of another; as the Ephraimites by the Gileadites, and the tribe of Benjamin by the other tribes; and Shechem by Abimelech, (<070945>Judges 9:45 12:6 20:21,24,44-48), for God did vex them with all adversity; both with foreign enemies and civil wars; and now it is intimated that this would be their case again, should they not keep close to the Lord their God.”

“The allusion is probably to the destructions recorded in Judges 9:45; Judges 20:33-48. return to 'Top of Page'”

“And nation, &c. - One part of the people of Israel destroyed the other by civil wars. As all Israel are called a nation, so the several tribes of them are sometimes called nations. 2 Chronicles 15:7”

“nation: Ch2 12:15, Ch2 13:17; Mar 13:8; Luk 21:9, Luk 21:10 destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces God: Ch2 33:11, Ch2 36:17; Jdg 2:14; Psa 106:41; Isa 10:6; Amo 3:6; Luk 21:22-24 2 Chronicles 15:7”

“"And one people is dashed in pieces by the other, and one city by the other; for God confounds them by all manner of adversity." המם denotes confusion, which God brings about in order to destroy His enemies ( Exo 14:24; Jos 10:10; Jdg 4:15). Days when they were without the true God, without teaching prophets, and without law, Israel had already experienced in the times of defection after Joshua (cf. Jdg 2:11.), but will experience them in the future still oftener and more enduringly under the idolatrous kings in the Assyrian and Babylonian exile, and still even now in its dispersion among all nations. That this saying refers to the future is also suggested by the fact that Hosea ( Hos 3:4)…”