2 Chronicles 28:9

a prophet of the Lord was there Nothing further is known of Oded, but this may have been the only occasion on which be appeared as a prophet.

he went out before R.V. he went out to meet.

that reacheth up R.V. which hath reached up. Cp. Genesis 4:10.

heaven There is a tendency in some later books of the Bible to write "heaven" for "God"; cp. 2 Chronicles 32:20, "prayed and cried to heaven." From a similar feeling of reverence the Chronicler is sparing in his use of the name "Jehovah"; cp. 2 Chronicles 17:4 (note).