2 Chronicles 15
1 The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded:
| וַעֲזַרְיָהוּ בֶּן־עוֹדֵד הָיְתָה עָלָיו רוּחַ אֱלֹהִֽים׃ |
2 and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, "Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. Jehovah is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
| וַיֵּצֵא לִפְנֵי אָסָא וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ שְׁמָעוּנִי אָסָא וְכׇל־יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן יְהֹוָה עִמָּכֶם בִּֽהְיוֹתְכֶם עִמּוֹ וְאִֽם־תִּדְרְשֻׁהוּ יִמָּצֵא לָכֶם וְאִם־תַּעַזְבֻהוּ יַעֲזֹב אֶתְכֶֽם׃ |
3 Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
| וְיָמִים רַבִּים לְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְלֹא ׀ אֱלֹהֵי אֱמֶת וּלְלֹא כֹּהֵן מוֹרֶה וּלְלֹא תוֹרָֽה׃ |
4 But when in their distress they turned to Jehovah, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.
| וַיָּשׇׁב בַּצַּר־לוֹ עַל־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיְבַקְשֻׁהוּ וַיִּמָּצֵא לָהֶֽם׃ |
5 In those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in; but great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.
| וּבָעִתִּים הָהֵם אֵין שָׁלוֹם לַיּוֹצֵא וְלַבָּא כִּי מְהוּמֹת רַבּוֹת עַל כׇּל־יֹשְׁבֵי הָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ |
6 They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.
| וְכֻתְּתוּ גוֹי־בְּגוֹי וְעִיר בְּעִיר כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִים הֲמָמָם בְּכׇל־צָרָֽה׃ |
7 But you be strong, and do not let your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded."
| וְאַתֶּם חִזְקוּ וְאַל־יִרְפּוּ יְדֵיכֶם כִּי יֵשׁ שָׂכָר לִפְעֻלַּתְכֶֽם׃ |
8 When Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and put away the abominations 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 Jehovah, that was before the vestibule of Jehovah.
| וְכִשְׁמֹעַ אָסָא הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וְהַנְּבוּאָה עֹדֵד הַנָּבִיא הִתְחַזַּק וַיַּעֲבֵר הַשִּׁקּוּצִים מִכׇּל־אֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן וּמִן־הֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר לָכַד מֵהַר אֶפְרָיִם וַיְחַדֵּשׁ אֶת־מִזְבַּח יְהֹוָה אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי אוּלָם יְהֹוָֽה׃ |
9 He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who lived 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 Jehovah his God was with him.
| וַיִּקְבֹּץ אֶת־כׇּל־יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן וְהַגָּרִים עִמָּהֶם מֵאֶפְרַיִם וּמְנַשֶּׁה וּמִשִּׁמְעוֹן כִּֽי־נָפְלוּ עָלָיו מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל לָרֹב בִּרְאֹתָם כִּֽי־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהָיו עִמּֽוֹ׃ |
10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
| וַיִּקָּבְצוּ יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִשִׁי לִשְׁנַת חֲמֵשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵה לְמַלְכוּת אָסָֽא׃ |
11 They sacrificed to Jehovah in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep.
| וַיִּזְבְּחוּ לַֽיהֹוָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא מִן־הַשָּׁלָל הֵבִיאוּ בָּקָר שְׁבַע מֵאוֹת וְצֹאן שִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִֽים׃ |
12 They entered into the covenant to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
| וַיָּבֹאוּ בַבְּרִית לִדְרוֹשׁ אֶת־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם בְּכׇל־לְבָבָם וּבְכׇל־נַפְשָֽׁם׃ |
13 and that whoever would not seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
| וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יִדְרֹשׁ לַיהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל יוּמָת לְמִן־קָטֹן וְעַד־גָּדוֹל לְמֵאִישׁ וְעַד־אִשָּֽׁה׃ |
14 They swore to Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
| וַיִּשָּֽׁבְעוּ לַֽיהֹוָה בְּקוֹל גָּדוֹל וּבִתְרוּעָה וּבַחֲצֹצְרוֹת וּבְשׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃ |
15 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 Jehovah gave them rest all around.
| וַיִּשְׂמְחוּ כׇל־יְהוּדָה עַל־הַשְּׁבוּעָה כִּי בְכׇל־לְבָבָם נִשְׁבָּעוּ וּבְכׇל־רְצוֹנָם בִּקְשֻׁהוּ וַיִּמָּצֵא לָהֶם וַיָּנַח יְהֹוָה לָהֶם מִסָּבִֽיב׃ |
16 Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed 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 in the Kidron Valley.
| וְגַֽם־מַעֲכָה אֵם ׀ אָסָא הַמֶּלֶךְ הֱסִירָהּ מִגְּבִירָה אֲשֶׁר־עָשְׂתָה לָאֲשֵׁרָה מִפְלָצֶת וַיִּכְרֹת אָסָא אֶת־מִפְלַצְתָּהּ וַיָּדֶק וַיִּשְׂרֹף בְּנַחַל קִדְרֽוֹן׃ |
17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
| וְהַבָּמוֹת לֹא־סָרוּ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל רַק לְבַב־אָסָא הָיָה שָׁלֵם כׇּל־יָמָֽיו׃ |
18 He brought into God's house the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
| וַיָּבֵא אֶת־קׇדְשֵׁי אָבִיו וְקׇדָשָׁיו בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב וְכֵלִֽים׃ |
19 There was no more war to the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
| וּמִלְחָמָה לֹא הָיָתָה עַד שְׁנַת־שְׁלֹשִׁים וְחָמֵשׁ לְמַלְכוּת אָסָֽא׃ |
