Chronicles II 15

1 And Azarias the son of Oded—upon him came the Spirit of the Lord,

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

2 and he went out to meet Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin, and said, Hear me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin. The Lord [is] with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him out, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

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.

3 And Israel [has been] a long time without the true God, and without a priest to expound [the truth], and without the law.

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

4 But he shall turn them to the Lord God of Israel, and he will be found of them.

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

5 And in that time there is no peace to one going out, or to one coming in, for the terror of the Lord is upon all that inhabit the lands.

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.

6 And nation shall fight against nation, and city against city; for God has confounded them with every [kind of] affliction.

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

7 But be you strong, and let not your hands be weakened: for there is a reward for your work.

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

8 And when [Asa] heard these words, and the prophesy of Adad the prophet, then he strengthened himself, and cast out the abominations from all the land of Juda and Benjamin, and from the cities which Jeroboam possessed, in mount Ephraim, and he renewed the altar of the Lord, which was before the temple of the Lord.

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.

9 And he assembled Juda and Benjamin, and the strangers that lived with him, of Ephraim, and of Manasse, and of Symeon: for many of Israel were joined to him, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

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.

10 And they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

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

11 And he sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils which they brought, seven hundred calves and seven thousand sheep.

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

12 And he entered into a covenant that they should seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.

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

13 And that whoever should not seek the Lord God of Israel, should die, whether young or old, whether man or woman.

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

14 And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

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

15 And all Juda rejoiced concerning the oath: for they swore with all their heart, and they sought him with all their desires; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.

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.

16 And he removed Maacha his mother from being priestess to Astarte; and he cut down the idol, and burnt it in the brook of Kedron.

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.

17 Nevertheless they removed not the high places: they still existed in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

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

18 And he brought in the holy things of David his father, and the holy things of the house of God, silver, and gold, and vessels.

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.

19 And there was no war [waged] with him until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.

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