2 Chronicles 15

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

The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded.

2 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.

He went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD 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.

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

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

4 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.

But when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.

5 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.

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.

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

They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.

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

But you be strong! Do not let your hands be slack, for your work will be rewarded.”

8 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.

When Asa heard these words and the prophecy 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 LORD’s altar that was before the LORD’s porch.

9 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.

He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who lived with them out of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon; for they came to him out of Israel in abundance when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

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

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

11 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.

They sacrificed to the LORD in that day, of the plunder which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep.

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

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

13 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.

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

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

They swore to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets, and with cornets.

15 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.

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 by them. Then the LORD gave them rest all around.

16 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.

Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen mother, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; so Asa cut down her image, ground it into dust, and burned it at the brook Kidron.

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

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

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

He brought the things that his father had dedicated and that he himself had dedicated, silver, gold, and vessels into God’s house.

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

There was no more war to the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.