1 T he Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.

And upon Azariah son of Oded hath been the Spirit of God,

2 A nd he went out to meet Asa and said to him, Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

and he goeth out before Asa, and saith to him, `Hear, me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; Jehovah with you -- in your being with Him, and if ye seek Him, He is found of you, and if ye forsake Him, He forsaketh you;

3 N ow for a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law.

and many days to Israel without a true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law,

4 B ut when they in their trouble turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found by them.

and it turneth back in its distress unto Jehovah, God of Israel, and they seek Him, and He is found of them,

5 A nd in those times there was no peace to him who went out nor to him who came in, but great and vexing afflictions and disturbances were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.

and in those times there is no peace to him who is going out, and to him who is coming in, for many troubles on all the inhabitants of the lands,

6 N ation was broke in pieces against nation, and city against city, for God vexed and troubled them with all sorts of adversity.

and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God hath troubled them with every adversity;

7 B e strong, therefore, and let not your hands be weak and slack, for your work shall be rewarded.

and ye, be ye strong, and let not your hands be feeble, for there is a reward for your work.'

8 A nd when Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage and put away the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim; and he repaired the altar of the Lord which was in front of the porch or vestibule of the Lord.

And at Asa's hearing these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he hath strengthened himself, and doth cause the abominations to pass away out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he hath captured from the hill-country of Ephraim, and reneweth the altar of Jehovah that before the porch of Jehovah,

9 A nd he gathered all Judah and Benjamin and the strangers with them out of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon, for they came over to Asa out of Israel in large numbers when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

and gathereth all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon -- for they have fallen unto him from Israel in abundance, in their seeing that Jehovah his God with him.

10 S o they gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

And they are gathered to Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa,

11 A nd they sacrificed to the Lord on that day from the spoil which they had brought—700 oxen and 7, 000 sheep.

and sacrifice to Jehovah on that day from the spoil they have brought in -- oxen seven hundred, and sheep seven thousand,

12 A nd they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, and to yearn for Him with all their heart’s desire and with all their soul;

and they enter into a covenant to seek Jehovah, God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,

13 A nd that whoever would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

and every one who doth not seek for Jehovah, God of Israel, is put to death, from small unto great, from man unto woman.

14 T hey took an oath to the Lord with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets, and with cornets.

And they swear to Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets,

15 A nd 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 and peace round about.

and rejoice do all Judah concerning the oath, for with all their heart they have sworn, and with all their good-will they have sought Him, and He is found of them, and Jehovah giveth rest to them round about.

16 A lso Maacah, King Asa’s mother, he removed from being queen mother, because she had made an abominable image for Asherah. Asa cut down her idol, crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron.

And also Maachah, mother of Asa the king -- he hath removed her from mistress, in that she hath made for a shrine a horrible thing, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and beateth small, and burneth by the brook Kidron:

17 B ut the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was blameless all his days.

yet the high places have not turned aside from Israel; only, the heart of Asa hath been perfect all his days.

18 A nd he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated and those he himself had dedicated—silver and gold and vessels.

And he bringeth in the sanctified things of his father, and his own sanctified things, to the house of God, silver, and gold, and vessels.

19 A nd there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.

And war hath not been till the thirty and fifth year of the reign of Asa.