2 Chronicles 15

1 And upon Azariah son of Oded hath been the Spirit of God,

And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.

2 and he goeth out before Asa, and saith to him, 'Hear, me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; Jehovah [is] with you — in your being with Him, and if ye seek Him, He is found of you, and if ye forsake Him, He forsaketh you;

And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you while ye are with him; and if ye seek him he will be found of you, but if ye forsake him he will forsake you.

3 and many days [are] to Israel without a true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law,

Now for a long while Israel [was] without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;

4 and it turneth back in its distress unto Jehovah, God of Israel, and they seek Him, and He is found of them,

but in their trouble they turned to Jehovah the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found of them.

5 and in those times there is no peace to him who is going out, and to him who is coming in, for many troubles [are] on all the inhabitants of the lands,

And in those times there [was] no peace to him that went out nor to him that came in, but great disturbances were amongst all the inhabitants of the countries.

6 and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God hath troubled them with every adversity;

And nation was broken against nation, and city against city; for God disturbed them with all manner of distress.

7 and ye, be ye strong, and let not your hands be feeble, for there is a reward for your work.'

But as for you, be firm and let not your hands be weak; for there is a reward for your deeds.

8 And at Asa's hearing these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he hath strengthened himself, and doth cause the abominations to pass away out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he hath captured from the hill-country of Ephraim, and reneweth the altar of Jehovah that [is] before the porch of Jehovah,

And 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 that he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.

9 and gathereth all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon — for they have fallen unto him from Israel in abundance, in their seeing that Jehovah his God [is] with him.

And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell away to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.

10 And they are gathered to Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa,

And they assembled themselves at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

11 and sacrifice to Jehovah on that day from the spoil they have brought in — oxen seven hundred, and sheep seven thousand,

And they sacrificed to Jehovah in that day, of the spoil that they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

12 and they enter into a covenant to seek Jehovah, God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,

And they entered into a covenant to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,

13 and every one who doth not seek for Jehovah, God of Israel, is put to death, from small unto great, from man unto woman.

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

14 And they swear to Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets,

And they swore to Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

15 and rejoice do all Judah concerning the oath, for with all their heart they have sworn, and with all their good-will they have sought Him, and He is found of them, and Jehovah giveth rest to them round about.

And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they took the oath with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them. And Jehovah gave them rest round about.

16 And also Maachah, mother of Asa the king — he hath removed her from [being] mistress, in that she hath made for a shrine a horrible thing, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and beateth [it] small, and burneth [it] by the brook Kidron:

And also Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol for the Asherah; and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burned it in the valley Kidron.

17 yet the high places have not turned aside from Israel; only, the heart of Asa hath been perfect all his days.

But the high places were not removed from Israel; only, Asa's heart was perfect all his days.

18 And he bringeth in the sanctified things of his father, and his own sanctified things, to the house of God, silver, and gold, and vessels.

And he brought into the house of God the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

19 And war hath not been till the thirty and fifth year of the reign of Asa.

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