2 Chronicles 15

1 Now, as for Azariah son of Oded, there came upon him, the spirit of God.

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

2 So he went forth to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear me, O Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin, —Yahweh, is with you, so long as 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, many days, had Israel been, —without the faithful God, and without a teaching priest, and without the 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 they turned, in their distress, unto Yahweh God of Israel, —and sought him, and 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 had been no prosperity, to him that went out nor to him that came in, —for, great consternations, 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 beaten in pieces-nation against nation, and city against city, —for, God, discomfited them with all manner of distress.

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

7 Ye, therefore, be strong, and let not your hands be slack, —for there is a reward for your work!

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 and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he strengthened himself, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had captured out of the hill country of Ephraim, —and renewed the altar of Yahweh, that was before the porch of Yahweh.

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 together all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them, out of Ephraim and out of Manasseh, and out of Simeon, —for they fell unto him out of Israel, in great numbers, because they saw that, Yahweh 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 unto Jerusalem, in the third month of 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 Yahweh, on that day, out of the spoil they had brought in, —oxen, seven hundred, and sheep, seven thousand.

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 a covenant, to seek Yahweh, 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, whosoever would not seek unto Yahweh 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 So they bound themselves by oath unto Yahweh, 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 over the oath, for, with all their heart, had they sworn, and, with all their good will, had they sought him, and he was found of them, —and Yahweh 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 Moreover also, as touching Maacah mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made, unto the Sacred Stem, a monstrous thing, —so Asa cut down her monstrous thing, and reduced it to dust, and burnt it up, in the Kidron ravine.

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, —only, the heart of Asa, was perfect, 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 the hallowed things of his father and his own hallowed things, into the house of God, —silver and gold, and utensils.

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, war, was there none, —until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.

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