2 Chronicles 15

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

The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded.

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.

He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Yahweh is with you, while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you 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.

Now for a long period, Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without the law.

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

But when in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was 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.

In those times there was no peace for him who traveled away, nor for him who traveled to here; instead, great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.

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

They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city, for God troubled them with all kinds of suffering.

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

But be strong, and do not let your hands be weak, for your work will be rewarded.”

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.

When Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage and drove away the disgusting things from all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and from the cities that he had captured from the hill country of Ephraim, and he rebuilt Yahweh's altar, which was in front of the portico of Yahweh's house.

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.

He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who stayed with them—people from of Ephraim and Manasseh, and from Simeon. For they came from Israel to him in great numbers, when they saw that Yahweh his God was with him.

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

So they gathered together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.

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.

They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day some of the plunder that they had brought: seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep and goats.

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

They entered into a covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, 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.

They agreed that whoever refused to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether the person was small or great, whether man or woman.

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

They swore to Yahweh with a loud voice, with shouting, and with trumpets and horns.

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.

All Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart, and they sought God with their whole desire, and he was found by them. Yahweh gave them peace all around them.

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.

He also removed Maacah, his grandmother, from being queen, because she had made a disgusting figure out of an Asherah pole. Asa cut down the disgusting figure, ground it to dust and burned it at 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 taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, Asa's heart was completely devoted 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.

He brought into the house of God the silver and gold and the utensils that he and his father had dedicated for that purpose.

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

There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign.