2 Chronicles 15:4 (DBY)

Passage

but in their trouble they turned to Jehovah the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found of them.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 15:2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you while ye are with him; and if ye seek him he will be found of you, but if ye forsake him he will forsake you.

2 Chronicles 15:3 Now for a long while Israel [was] without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;

2 Chronicles 15:4 but in their trouble they turned to Jehovah the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found of them.

2 Chronicles 15:5 And in those times there [was] no peace to him that went out nor to him that came in, but great disturbances were amongst all the inhabitants of the countries.

2 Chronicles 15:6 And nation was broken against nation, and city against city; for God disturbed them with all manner of distress.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "trouble", "turned", "jehovah", "israel", "sought", and "found". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "trouble" and "turned", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "Now for a long while Israel was..." into verse 5's "And in those times there was no...", so "trouble" and "turned" belong inside that flow. In 2 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "trouble" and "turned" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.