2 Chronicles 15:4 (LSB)

Passage

But in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and they searched for Him, and He was found by them.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 15:2 and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Yahweh is with you when you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will be found; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

2 Chronicles 15:3 Now for many days Israel was without the true God and without a teaching priest and without law.

2 Chronicles 15:4 But in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and they searched for Him, and He was found by them.

2 Chronicles 15:5 Now in those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for much confusion was upon all the inhabitants of the lands.

2 Chronicles 15:6 And nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God threw them into confusion with every kind of distress.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "distress", "turned", "yahweh", "israel", "searched", and "found". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "distress" 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 many days Israel was without..." into verse 5's "Now in those times there was no...", so "distress" 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 "distress" and "turned" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.