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2 Chronicles 15:1 (NET) New English Translation

1 God's Spirit came upon Azariah son of Oded.
2 He met Asa and told him, "Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are loyal to him. If you seek him, he will respond to you, but if you reject him, he will reject you.
3 For a long time Israel had no true God, or priest to instruct them, or law.
4 Because of their distress, they turned back to the LORD God of Israel. They sought him and he responded to them.
5 In those days no one could travel safely, for total chaos had overtaken all the people of the surrounding lands.
6 One nation was crushed by another, and one city by another, for God caused them to be in great turmoil.
7 But as for you, be strong and don't get discouraged, for your work will be rewarded."
8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he was encouraged. He removed the detestable idols from the entire land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had seized in the Ephraimite hill country. He repaired the altar of the LORD in front of the porch of the LORD's temple.
9 He assembled all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the settlers from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had come to live with them. Many people from Israel had come there to live when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
10 They assembled in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.
11 At that time they sacrificed to the LORD some of the plunder they had brought back, including 700 head of cattle and 7,000 sheep.
12 They solemnly agreed to seek the LORD God of their ancestors with their whole heart and being.
13 Anyone who would not seek the LORD God of Israel would be executed, whether they were young or old, male or female.
14 They swore their allegiance to the LORD, shouting their approval loudly and sounding trumpets and horns.
15 All Judah was happy about the oath, because they made the vow with their whole heart. They willingly sought the LORD and he responded to them. He made them secure on every side.
16 King Asa also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen mother because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and crushed and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
17 The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD throughout his lifetime.
18 He brought the holy items that his father and he had made into God's temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.
19 There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign.
1 And the Spirit H7307 of God H430 came H1961 upon H5921 Azariah H5838 the son H1121 of Oded: H5752
2 And he went out H3318 to meet H6440 Asa, H609 and said H559 unto him, Hear H8085 ye me, Asa, H609 and all H3605 Judah H3063 and Benjamin; H1144 The LORD H3068 is with H5973 you , while ye be H1961 with H5973 him ; and if H518 ye seek H1875 him , he will be found H4672 of you ; but if H518 ye forsake H5800 him , he will forsake H5800 you.
3 Now for a long season H7227 H3117 Israel H3478 hath been without H3808 the true H571 God, H430 and without H3808 a teaching H3384 priest, H3548 and without H3808 law. H8451
4 But when they in their trouble H6862 did turn H7725 unto H5921 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel, H3478 and sought H1245 him , he was found H4672 of them.
5 And in those H1992 times H6256 there was no H369 peace H7965 to him that went out, H3318 nor to him that came in, H935 but H3588 great H7227 vexations H4103 were upon H5921 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the countries. H776
6 And nation H1471 was destroyed H3807 of nation, H1471 and city H5892 of city: H5892 for H3588 God H430 did vex H2000 them with all H3605 adversity. H6869
7 Be ye strong H859 H2388 therefore , and let not H408 your hands H3027 be weak: H7503 for H3588 your work H6468 shall be H3426 rewarded. H7939
8 And when Asa H609 heard H8085 these H428 words, H1697 and the prophecy H5016 of Oded H5752 the prophet, H5030 he took courage, H2388 and put away H5674 the abominable idols H8251 out of all H4480 H3605 the land H776 of Judah H3063 and Benjamin, H1144 and out of H4480 the cities H5892 which H834 he had taken H3920 from mount H4480 H2022 Ephraim, H669 and renewed H2318 H853 the altar H4196 of the LORD, H3068 that H834 was before H6440 the porch H197 of the LORD. H3068
9 And he gathered H6908 H853 all H3605 Judah H3063 and Benjamin, H1144 and the strangers H1481 with H5973 them out of Ephraim H4480 H669 and Manasseh, H4519 and out of Simeon H4480 H8095 : for H3588 they fell H5307 to H5921 him out of Israel H4480 H3478 in abundance, H7230 when they saw H7200 that H3588 the LORD H3068 his God H430 was with H5973 him.
10 So they gathered themselves together H6908 at Jerusalem H3389 in the third H7992 month, H2320 in the fifteenth H2568 H6240 year H8141 of the reign H4438 of Asa. H609
11 And they offered H2076 unto the LORD H3068 the same H1931 time, H3117 of H4480 the spoil H7998 which they had brought, H935 seven H7651 hundred H3967 oxen H1241 and seven H7651 thousand H505 sheep. H6629
12 And they entered H935 into a covenant H1285 to seek H1875 H853 the LORD H3068 God H430 of their fathers H1 with all H3605 their heart H3824 and with all H3605 their soul; H5315
13 That whosoever H3605 H834 would not H3808 seek H1875 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 should be put to death, H4191 whether H4480 small H6996 or H5704 great, H1419 whether man H4480 H376 or H5704 woman. H802
14 And they swore H7650 unto the LORD H3068 with a loud H1419 voice, H6963 and with shouting, H8643 and with trumpets, H2689 and with cornets. H7782
15 And all H3605 Judah H3063 rejoiced H8055 at H5921 the oath: H7621 for H3588 they had sworn H7650 with all H3605 their heart, H3824 and sought H1245 him with their whole H3605 desire; H7522 and he was found H4672 of them : and the LORD H3068 gave them rest H5117 round about H4480 H5439 .
16 And also H1571 concerning Maachah H4601 the mother H517 of Asa H609 the king, H4428 he removed H5493 her from being queen H4480 H1377 , because H834 she had made H6213 an idol H4656 in a grove: H842 and Asa H609 cut down H3772 H853 her idol, H4656 and stamped H1854 it , and burnt H8313 it at the brook H5158 Kidron. H6939
17 But the high places H1116 were not H3808 taken away H5493 out of Israel H4480 H3478 : nevertheless H7535 the heart H3824 of Asa H609 was H1961 perfect H8003 all H3605 his days. H3117
18 And he brought into H935 the house H1004 of God H430 H853 the things that his father H1 had dedicated, H6944 and that he himself had dedicated, H6944 silver, H3701 and gold, H2091 and vessels. H3627
19 And there was H1961 no H3808 more war H4421 unto H5704 the five H2568 and thirtieth H7970 year H8141 of the reign H4438 of Asa. H609
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