2 Chronicles 15:11 (WEB)

Passage

They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day, of the plunder which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 15:9 He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who lived with them out of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon; for they came to him out of Israel in abundance when they saw that Yahweh his God was with him.

2 Chronicles 15:10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.

2 Chronicles 15:11 They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day, of the plunder which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep.

2 Chronicles 15:12 They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;

2 Chronicles 15:13 and that whoever would not seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sheep", "sacrificed", "yahweh", "plunder", "brought", "seven", "hundred", and "head". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sheep" and "sacrificed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem..." into verse 12's "They entered into the covenant to seek...", so "sheep" and "sacrificed" 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 "sheep" and "sacrificed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.