2 Chronicles 15

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

Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah 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.

So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. 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.

For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the 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 in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and 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 days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.

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

Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.

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

But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, 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 Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.

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.

And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel 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 together in Jerusalem in the third month of 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.

At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from all the plunder they had brought back.

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

Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and 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 whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, 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 took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and rams’ horns.

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.

And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.

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.

King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

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

The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted 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.

And he brought into the house of God the silver and gold articles that he and his father had dedicated.

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

And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.