2 Chronicles 15:9

“And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them, etc.] The proselytes of the gate: out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: out of all the places in those tribes that had come off to him, or had been taken by him; for otherwise these belonged to the ten tribes under the government of Jeroboam, and his successors, and the next clause explains it: for they fell to him out of Israel abundance, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him; as was clear by the victory he gave him over the Ethiopians; after that time many in the above tribes came over to him; the Targum is, “when they saw the Word of the Lord his God was his help.””

“he gathered all Judah and Benjamin--Not satisfied with these minor measures of purification and improvement, Asa meditated a grand scheme which was to pledge his whole kingdom to complete the work of reformation, and with this in view he waited for a general assembly of the people. and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh--The population of Asa's kingdom had been vastly increased by the continued influx of strangers, who, prompted by motives either of interest or of piety, sought in his dominions that security and freedom which they could not enjoy amid the complicated troubles which distracted Israel. and out of Simeon--Although a portion of that tribe, located within the…”

“Strangers ... - i. e. “Israelites of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.” The separation of the two kingdoms had made their Israelite brethren “strangers,” or “foreigners,” to Judah. return to 'Top of Page'”

“15:9 the people of Ephraim, Manasseh: The Chronicler always included the northern tribes in his accounts of spiritual reform (cp. 30:1-11). • The territory of Simeon was absorbed into Judah.”

“the strangers: Ch2 11:16, Ch2 30:1-11, Ch2 30:25 they fell: Kg1 12:19; Ch1 12:19 they saw: Gen 39:3; Sa1 18:28; Kg1 3:28; Zac 8:21-23; Act 7:9, Act 7:10, Act 9:31 2 Chronicles 15:10”