2 Chronicles 15

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

And as for 'Azaryahu the son of 'Oded—on him came the spirit of God;

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.

And he went out to meet Assa, and said unto him, Hear me, O Assa, and all Judah and Benjamin, The Lord is with you, while ye remain with him; and if ye seek him, he will let himself be found by you; but if ye 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.

And many days [had elapsed] for Israel, [they being] without the true God, and 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 they returned when they were in distress unto the Lord, the God of Israel, and they sought him, and he let himself be 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.

And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, and to him that came in; but there were great confusions among all the inhabitants of the countries.

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

And nation was dashed to pieces against nation, and city against city; for God did confound them with all kind of distress.

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

But as for you, be ye strong, and let not your hands be weak; for there is a reward for your doing.

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.

And when Assa heard these words, and the prophecy of 'Oded the prophet, he was strengthened, and he put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had captured from the mountain of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of the Lord, that was before the porch of the Lord.

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, and those that sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Menasseh, and out of Simeon; for they had joined 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.

And so they assembled themselves at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Assa.

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.

And they sacrificed unto the Lord on the same day, of the booty which they had brought, seven hundred oxen 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.

And 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.

So that whosoever would not seek the Lord the God of Israel should be put to death, from the small even up to the great, whether it be 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.

And they swore unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with [joyful] shouting, and 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.

And all Judah rejoiced because of the oath; for with all their heart had they sworn, and with their whole desire did they seek him, and he let himself be found by them: and 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.

And also concerning Ma'achah the mother of king Assa, he removed her from being queen, because she had made a scandalous image for the grove; and Assa cut down her scandalous image, and had it ground up, and burnt it by 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 removed out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Assa was entire 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 be brought the things which his father had sanctified, and his own sanctified things, into the house of God, —silver, and gold, and vessels.

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

And there was no war until the five-and-thirtieth year of the reign of Assa.