2 Chronicles 15

1 And the spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded;

And Azariah [the] son of Oded it was on him [the] spirit of God.

2 and 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.

And he went out before Asa and he said to him listen to me O Asa and all Judah and Benjamin Yahweh [is] with you when are you with him and if you will seek him he will let himself be found by you and if you will forsake him he will forsake you.

3 Now for long seasons Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;

And days many [belonged] to Israel to not - [the] God of truth and to not a priest [who] teaches and to not [the] law.

4 but when in their distress they turned unto the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found of them.

And it turned back when it was distress to it to Yahweh [the] God of Israel and they sought him and he let himself be found by them.

5 And 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.

And in the times those not peace [belonged] to the [one who] went out and to the [one who] came in for disturbances great [were] on all [the] inhabitants of the lands.

6 And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did discomfit them with all manner of adversity.

And they were crushed nation by nation and city by city for God he troubled them with every trouble.

7 But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.'

And you be strong and may not they drop hands your for there [is] reward for work your.

8 And 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.

And just as heard Asa the words these and the prophecy of (Azariah [the] son of *X*) Oded the prophet he strengthened himself and he took away the detestable things from all [the] land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had captured from [the] hill country of Ephraim and he renewed [the] altar of Yahweh which [was] before [the] porch of Yahweh.

9 And 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.

And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin and those [who] sojourned with them from Ephraim and Manasseh and from Simeon for they had fallen on him from Israel to multitude when saw they that Yahweh God his [was] with him.

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

And they gathered together Jerusalem in the month third of year fif-teen of [the] reign of Asa.

11 And they sacrificed unto the LORD in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

And they sacrificed to Yahweh on the day that some of the booty [which] they had brought ox[en] seven hundred and sheep seven thousand.

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

And they went in the covenant to seek Yahweh [the] God of ancestors their with all heart their and with all being their.

13 and that whosoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

And every [one] who not he will seek Yahweh [the] God of Israel he will be put to death from small and unto great from man and unto woman.

14 And they swore unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns.

And they swore an oath to Yahweh with a voice great and with a shout and with trumpets and with ram's horns.

15 And 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.

And they rejoiced all Judah on the oath for with all heart their they had sworn and with all will their they had sought him and he let himself be found by them and he gave rest Yahweh to them from round about.

16 And 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.

And also Maacah [the] mother of - Asa the king he removed her from queen-mother who she had made to an Asherah pole an abominable image and he cut down Asa abominable image her and he crushed [it] and he burned [it] in [the] wadi of Kidron.

17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was whole all his days.

And the high places not they were removed from Israel only [the] heart of Asa it was complete all days his.

18 And 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.

And he brought [the] holy things of father his and own holy things his [the] house of God silver and gold and utensils.

19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

And war not it was until year thirty and five of [the] reign of Asa.