Asa returning from the battle, and with the spoil of the enemy, was met by a prophet of the Lord, who encouraged him to go on with the work of reformation, promising the presence and help of God with him, 2Ch 15:1, which inspired him with fresh courage, and he went about the work with great alacrity; and having offered sacrifices, he and his people entered into a solemn covenant with the Lord, to serve him, 2Ch 15:8 upon which he destroyed his mother's idol, brought the dedicated things into the house of God, and the effect of this was peace for a long time, 2Ch 15:16.
Ver. 1. And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded,.... The same with Iddo, as Hillerus thinks; and some suppose this to be the name of the son as well as the father, but called Azariah, to distinguish him from him, see 2Ch 15:8 on whom came, as the Targum, the spirit of prophecy, instructing him what to say to Asa; and the Jews say he is the same with Iddo, and he the same that was sent to Jeroboam, to reprove him for the altar he built.
Onomastic, Sacr. p. 458. In Hieron. Trad. Heb. in Paralipom. fol. 84. L. & 85.