2 Chronicles 15
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.
1And the spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded;
2So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
2and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him: 'Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the LORD 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.
3For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.
3Now for long seasons Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;
4But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.
4but when in their distress they turned unto the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found of them.
5In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.
5And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great discomfitures were upon all the inhabitants of the lands.
6Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.
6And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did discomfit them with all manner of adversity.
7But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”
7But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.'
8When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.
8And when Asa heard these words, even the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the detestable things out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
9And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
9And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and them that sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
10So they gathered together in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
10So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
11At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from all the plunder they had brought back.
11And they sacrificed unto the LORD in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
12Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.
12And they entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
13And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
13and that whosoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
14They took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and rams’ horns.
14And they swore unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns.
15And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.
15And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought Him with their whole desire; and He was found of them; and the LORD gave them rest round about.
16King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
16And also Maacah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
17The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.
17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was whole all his days.
18And he brought into the house of God the silver and gold articles that he and his father had dedicated.
18And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had hallowed, and that he himself had hallowed, silver, and gold, and vessels.
19And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.
19And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
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