1 A nd upon Azariah son of Oded hath been the Spirit of God,

Now the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded,

2 a nd 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;

and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you when you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

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

For many days Israel was without the true God and without a teaching priest and without law.

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

But in their distress they turned to the Lord God of Israel, and they sought Him, and He let them find Him.

5 a nd 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,

In those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for many disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands.

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

Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress.

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

But you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work.” Asa’s Reforms

8 A nd 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,

Now when Asa heard these words and the prophecy which Azariah the son of Oded the prophet spoke, he took courage and removed the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the Lord which was in front of the porch of the Lord.

9 a nd 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.

He gathered all Judah and Benjamin and those from Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who resided with them, for many defected to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

10 A nd they are gathered to Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa,

So they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.

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

They sacrificed to the Lord that day 700 oxen and 7, 000 sheep from the spoil they had brought.

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

They entered into the covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and soul;

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

and whoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.

14 A nd they swear to Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets,

Moreover, they made an oath to the Lord with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets and with horns.

15 a nd 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.

All Judah rejoiced concerning the oath, for they had sworn with their whole heart and had sought Him earnestly, and He let them find Him. So the Lord gave them rest on every side.

16 A nd 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:

He also removed Maacah, the mother of King Asa, from the position of queen mother, because she had made a horrid image as an Asherah, and Asa cut down her horrid image, crushed it and burned it at the brook Kidron.

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

But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa’s heart was blameless all his days.

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

He brought into the house of God the dedicated things of his father and his own dedicated things: silver and gold and utensils.

19 A nd war hath not been till the thirty and fifth year of the reign of Asa.

And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.