2 Chronicles 15

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 The spirit of God then came on Azariah son of Oded;	1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:
2 he went out to meet Asa and said, 'Listen to me, Asa, and all you in Judah and in Benjamin: Yahwehwil be with you so long as you are with him. If you seek him, he will let you find him; but if you desert him, he wildesert you.	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 of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
3 For a long time Israel did not have the true God or a teacher-priest or a law,	3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
4 but when in their distress they turned to Yahweh, God of Israel, and sought him, he let them find him.	4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
5 In those times there was no security for people as they went about their business, but great unrestaffecting the inhabitants of all countries,	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 nation being crushed by nation and city by city, since God caused confusion among them by everykind of distress.	6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
7 So be strong, do not be discouraged, for your deeds wil be rewarded.'	7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy, he took courage and removed the abominable idolsthroughout the land of Judah and Benjamin as wel as from the towns which he had captured in the highlands ofEphraim, and repaired the altar of Yahweh which stood in front of the portico of Yahweh.	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 He summoned al Judah and Benjamin as wel as those Ephraimites, Manassehites and Simeoniteswho had settled with them -- for a great many people from Israel had gone over to Asa when they saw thatYahweh his God was with him.	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 They assembled in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign,	10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
11 that day sacrificing to Yahweh seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from the booty whichthey had brought back.	11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
12 They then made a covenant to seek Yahweh, God of their ancestors, with al their heart and soul;	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 anyone who would not seek Yahweh, God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether high or low, manor woman.	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 They pledged their oath to Yahweh in ringing tones, with shouts of joy, to the sound of trumpet andhorn;	14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
15 al Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it wholeheartedly, and sought him so earnestlythat he al owed them to find him; Yahweh gave them peace all round.	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 of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
16 King Asa even deprived his mother Maacah of the dignity of Great Lady for having made anobscenity for Asherah; Asa cut down her obscenity, smashed it and burnt it in the ravine of the Kidron.	16 And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
17 Though the high places were not abolished in Israel, Asa's heart was loyal throughout his life.	17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
18 He deposited his father's and his own dedicated gifts of silver, gold and sacred vessels, in theTemple of Yahweh.	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 Up to the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign there was no war.	19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.