1 ¶ And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah, the 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 unto him, Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The LORD is with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye 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 F or many days Israel has been without the true God, and without a priest and without a teacher 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 unto the LORD God of Israel and sought him, he was found of 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 that went out, nor to him that came in, but great destruction upon all the inhabitants of the lands.

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 A nd one Gentile destroyed the other, and one city the other; for God discomforted them with all 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 ye strong, therefore, and do not let your hands be weak, 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 ¶ And when Asa heard the words and prophecy of Oded, the prophet, he was comforted and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin and out of the cities which he had taken in Mount Ephraim and repaired the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch 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 and Manasseh, and out of Simeon, for many of Israel had gone over to him, 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 themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in 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 offered unto the LORD the same day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand 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 God of their fathers with all their heart 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 t hat whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether 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 A nd they swore unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting and with trumpets and with shofar.

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

15 A nd all those of 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.

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 nd 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.

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 with all this the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless, the heart of Asa was perfect 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 that 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 year thirty-five of the reign of Asa.

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