2 Chronicles 15

1 Then the Spirite of God came vpon Azariah the sonne of Obed.

And as for 'Azaryahu the son of 'Oded—on him came the spirit of God;

2 And he went out to meete Asa, and said vnto him, O Asa, and all Iudah, and Beniamin, heare ye me. The Lord is with you, while ye be with him: and if ye seeke him, he wil be founde of you, but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

And he went out to meet Assa, and said unto him, Hear me, O Assa, and all Judah and Benjamin, The Lord is with you, while ye remain with him; and if ye seek him, he will let himself be found by you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

3 Nowe for a long season Israel hath bene without the true God, and without Priest to teach and without Lawe.

And many days [had elapsed] for Israel, [they being] without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

4 But whosoeuer returned in his affliction to the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was founde of them.

But they returned when they were in distress unto the Lord, the God of Israel, and they sought him, and he let himself be found by them.

5 And in that time there was no peace to him, that did goe out and goe in: but great troubles were to all the inhabitants of the earth.

And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, and to him that came in; but there were great confusions among all the inhabitants of the countries.

6 For nation was destroyed of nation, and citie of citie: for God troubled them with all aduersitie.

And nation was dashed to pieces against nation, and city against city; for God did confound them with all kind of distress.

7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your handes be weake: for your worke shall haue a rewarde.

But as for you, be ye strong, and let not your hands be weak; for there is a reward for your doing.

8 And when Asa heard these wordes, and the prophesie of Obed the Prophet, he was encouraged, and tooke away the abominations out of all the lande of Iudah, and Beniamin, and out of the cities which he had taken of mount Ephraim, and he renued the altar of the Lord, that was before the porche of the Lord.

And when Assa heard these words, and the prophecy of 'Oded the prophet, he was strengthened, and he put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had captured from the mountain of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of the Lord, that was before the porch of the Lord.

9 And he gathered all Iudah and Beniamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for there fell many to him out of Israel, when they sawe that the Lord his God was with him.

And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, and those that sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Menasseh, and out of Simeon; for they had joined him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

10 So they assembled to Ierusalem in the third moneth, in the fifteenth yere of the reigne of Asa.

And so they assembled themselves at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Assa.

11 And they offred vnto the Lord the same time of the spoyle, which they had brought, euen seuen hundreth bullockes, and seuen thousande sheepe.

And they sacrificed unto the Lord on the same day, of the booty which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

12 And they made a couenant to seeke the Lord God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soule.

And they entered into the covenant to seek the Lord the God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

13 And whosoeuer will not seeke the Lord God of Israel, shalbe slaine, whether he were small or great, man or woman.

So that whosoever would not seek the Lord the God of Israel should be put to death, from the small even up to the great, whether it be man or woman.

14 And they sware vnto the Lord with a loude voyce, and with shouting and with trumpets, and with cornets.

And they swore unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with [joyful] shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

15 And all Iudah reioyced at the othe: for they had sworne vnto the Lord with all their heart, and sought him with a whole desire, and he was founde of them. And the Lord gaue them rest rounde about.

And all Judah rejoiced because of the oath; for with all their heart had they sworn, and with their whole desire did they seek him, and he let himself be found by them: and the Lord gave them rest on every side.

16 And King Asa deposed Maachah his mother from her regencie, because she had made an idole in a groue: and Asa brake downe her idole, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brooke Kidron.

And also concerning Ma'achah the mother of king Assa, he removed her from being queen, because she had made a scandalous image for the grove; and Assa cut down her scandalous image, and had it ground up, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

17 But the hie places were not taken away out of Israel: yet the heart of Asa was perfit all his dayes.

But the high-places were not removed out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Assa was entire all his days.

18 Also he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicate, and that he had dedicate, siluer, and golde, and vessels.

And be brought the things which his father had sanctified, and his own sanctified things, into the house of God, —silver, and gold, and vessels.

19 And there was no warre vnto the fiue and thirtieth yeere of the reigne of Asa.

And there was no war until the five-and-thirtieth year of the reign of Assa.