2Ch 15 | ABEn | STEP | And Azariah son of Oded -- [ 3 came 4 upon 5 him 1 spirit 2 of God].

2 Chronicles 15

CHAPTER 15 Azariah's Prophecy

1 And Azariah son of Oded -- [³came ⁴upon ⁵him ¹spirit ²of God]. 2 And he went forth for meeting with Asa. And he said to him, Hear me Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! The lord is with you in your being with him. And if you seek after him, he shall be found by you. And if you should abandon him, he will abandon you. 3 For [²days passed ¹many] to Israel without the true God, and no priest to plainly show things, and with no law. 4 And he shall turn them in affliction unto the lord the God of Israel, and they shall seek him, and he shall be found by them. 5 And in [²times ¹those] there is no peace to the one going forth, and to the one entering, for much astonishment was upon all the ones dwelling places. 6 And [²shall wage war ¹nation] against nation, and city against city, for God startled them in every affliction. 7 And you, be strong and do not loosen your hands! for there is a wage for your work.

Asa's Reforms

8 And in Asa hearing of these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, that he prevailed, and cast out the loathsome things of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and from the cities which he took control of from Jeroboam, from the mountains of Ephraim. And he dedicated the altar of the lord, which was in front of the temple of the lord. 9 And he assembled Judah and Benjamin, and the foreigners sojourning with him from out of Ephraim, and from out of Manasseh, and from out of Simeon; for [⁴were added ⁵to ⁶him ²from ³Israel ¹many] in their seeing that the lord God himself was with him. 10 And they gathered in Jerusalem in the [²month ¹third], in the [²year ¹fifteenth] of the kingdom of Asa. 11 And they sacrificed to the lord in that day from the spoils which they brought [²calves ¹of seven hundred] and [²sheep ¹seven thousand]. 12 And they went into a covenant to seek the lord God of their fathers with [²entire ³heart ¹their], and with [²entire ³soul ¹their]. 13 And all who ever did not seek after the lord God of Israel shall die, from younger unto older, from man unto woman. 14 And they swore by an oath to the lord with [²voice ¹a great], and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns. 15 And [³was glad ⁴on account of ⁵the ⁶oath ¹all ²Judah]; for from [²entire ³soul ¹their] they swore by an oath, and with all their volition they sought him; and he was found by them. And the lord gave rest to them round about. 16 And [³Maachah ⁴the ⁵mother ¹Asa ⁶of the ⁷king ²removed] to not be officiating to Ashtoreth; and he cut in pieces the idol, and incinerated it at the rushing stream Kidron. 17 Except the high places were not removed, for they existed in Israel. Only the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. 18 And he carried in the holy things of his father, and his own holy things into the house of God -- silver and gold and vessels. 19 And war was not with him until the thirtieth and fifth year of the kingdom of Asa.