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2 Chronicles 15

Third Millennium Bible TMB

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

2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, "Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The LORD is with you while ye be with Him; and if ye seek Him, He will be found by you; but if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you.

3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without law.

4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel and sought Him, He was found by them.

5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.

6 And nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city; for God vexed them with all adversity.

7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak; for your work shall be rewarded."

8 And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin and out of the cities which he had taken from Mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD that was before the porch of the LORD.

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

10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

11 And they offered unto the LORD at that time from the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

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

13 that whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

14 And they swore unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

15 And all 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; and the LORD gave them rest round about.

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

17 but the high places were not taken away out of Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

18 And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated and that he himself had dedicated: silver and gold and vessels.

19 And there was no more war until the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 God's Spirit came to Azariah, son of Oded.

2 Azariah went to Asa and said to him, "Listen to me, Asa and all you men from Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with him. If you will dedicate your lives to serving him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

3 For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest who taught [correctly], and without Moses' Teachings.

4 But when they were in trouble, they turned to the LORD God of Israel. When they searched for him, he let them find him.

5 At those times no one could come and go in peace, because everyone living in the land had a lot of turmoil.

6 One nation crushed another nation; one city crushed another. God had tormented them with every kind of trouble.

7 But you must remain strong and not become discouraged. Your actions will be rewarded."

8 When Asa heard the prophet Oded's words of prophecy, he was encouraged and put away the detestable idols from all of Judah, Benjamin, and the cities he had captured in the mountains of Ephraim. He also repaired the LORD's altar in front of the LORD's entrance hall.

9 Then Asa gathered all the people from Judah and Benjamin and the foreigners who had come from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon. (Many of them had come to him from Israel when they saw that Asa's God, the LORD, was with him.)

10 In the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign, they gathered in Jerusalem.

11 On that day they sacrificed to the LORD a part of the loot they had brought with them: 700 cattle and 7,000 sheep.

12 They made an agreement with one another to dedicate their lives to serving the LORD God of their ancestors with all their heart and soul.

13 All people (young or old, male or female) who refused to dedicate their lives to the LORD God of Israel were to be killed.

14 Asa and the people swore their oath to the LORD with shouts, singing, and the blowing of trumpets and rams' horns.

15 All the people of Judah were overjoyed because of the oath, since they took the oath wholeheartedly. They took great pleasure in looking for the LORD, and he let them find him. So the LORD surrounded them with peace.

16 King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from the position of queen mother because she made a statue of the repulsive goddess Asherah. Asa cut the statue down, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

17 Although the illegal worship sites in Israel were not taken down, Asa remained committed [to the LORD] his entire life.

18 He brought into God's temple the silver, the gold, and the utensils he and his father had set apart as holy.

19 There was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign.