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2 Chronicles 15

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1And Azarias the son of Oded—upon him came the Spirit of the Lord,
1The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded.
2and he went out to meet Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin, and said , Hear me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin. The Lord [is] with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him out, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
2He went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh 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.
3And Israel [has been] a long time without the true God, and without a priest to expound [the truth], and without the law.
3Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law.
4But he shall turn them to the Lord God of Israel, and he will be found of them.
4But when in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.
5And in that time there is no peace to one going out, or to one coming in, for the terror of the Lord is upon all that inhabit the lands.
5In 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.
6And nation shall fight against nation, and city against city; for God has confounded them with every [kind of] affliction.
6They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.
7But be you strong, and let not your hands be weakened: for there is a reward for your work .
7But you be strong! Don’t let your hands be slack, for your work will be rewarded.
8And when [Asa] heard these words, and the prophesy of Adad the prophet, then he strengthened himself, and cast out the abominations from all the land of Juda and Benjamin, and from the cities which Jeroboam possessed, in mount Ephraim, and he renewed the altar of the Lord, which was before the temple of the Lord.
8When 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 Yahweh’s altar that was before Yahweh’s porch.
9And he assembled Juda and Benjamin, and the strangers that lived with him, of Ephraim, and of Manasse, and of Symeon: for many of Israel were joined to him, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
9He 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 Yahweh his God was with him.
10And they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
10So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
11And he sacrificed to the Lord in that dayof the spoils which they brought, seven hundred calves and seven thousand sheep.
11They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day, of the plunder which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep.
12And he entered into a covenant that they should seek the Lord God of their fatherswith all their heart and with all their soul.
12They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
13And that whoever should not seek the Lord God of Israel, should die, whether young or old, whether man or woman.
13and that whoever would not seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
14And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
14They swore to Yahweh with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets, and with cornets.
15And all Juda rejoiced concerning the oath: for they swore with all their heart, and they sought him with all their desires; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.
15All 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 Yahweh gave them rest all around.
16And he removed Maacha his mother from being priestess to Astarte; and he cut down the idol, and burnt it in the brook of Kedron.
16Also 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.
17Nevertheless they removed not the high places: they still existed in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
18And he brought in the holy things of David his father, and the holy things of the house of God, silver, and gold, and vessels .
18He brought the things that his father had dedicated and that he himself had dedicated, silver, gold, and vessels into God’s house.
19And there was no war [waged] with him until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
19There was no more war to the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.