Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
Now
the Spirit of God came upon
Azariah son of Oded .
The Spirit of God came on
Azariah the
son of Oded :
So
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 .
If you seek Him, He will be found by
you ,
but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
and
he went out to meet Asa ,
and said to him, Hear
you
me, Asa ,
and all Judah and Benjamin :
Yahweh
is with you ,
while
you are with him ;
and
if you seek him, he will be found of
you ;
but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
For many
years
Israel has
been
without the true God, without a priest to
instruct
them
, and without the
law .
Now
for a
long
season
Israel was
without the true God, and
without a teaching
priest, and without law :
But in their distress they turned to the
LORD
, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and
He was found by
them.
But when
in their distress they turned to Yahweh
, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of
them.
In those days
there was no safety
for
travelers
, because
the residents
of the lands had
many
conflicts
.
In those times
there was no peace
to
him
who
went
out
, nor
to
him
who
came
in;
but
great
vexations
were
on
all
the inhabitants
of the lands.
Nation was
crushed
by
nation, and city by
city ,
for God afflicted
them with all kinds
of
adversity.
They
were
broken
in
pieces,
nation against
nation, and city against
city ;
for God did
vex
them with all adversity.
But as
for
you, be strong
; do
not
be
discouraged,
for your work will
be rewarded. ”
But be
you strong
, and
don't
let
your
hands
be slack
; for your work shall
be rewarded.
When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah
son
of
Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed
the detestable
idols
from
the whole
land of Judah and Benjamin and from
the cities he had captured
in
the hill country of Ephraim .
He then
restored
the altar of the
LORD
that was in
front
of
the portico
of the
LORD’s
temple
.
When Asa heard these words ,
and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage ,
and put
away
the abominations
out
of
all
the land of Judah and Benjamin ,
and out
of
the cities which
he had taken
from
the hill -
country of Ephraim ;
and
he renewed
the altar of Yahweh,
that was before
the porch
of Yahweh
.
And
he assembled
all Judah and Benjamin, along
with
those from
the
tribes
of Ephraim ,
Manasseh, and Simeon who
had
settled
among
them,
for great
numbers
had
come
over
to him from
Israel when they saw that the
LORD
his God was with him.
He gathered
all Judah and Benjamin, and
those who
sojourned
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 Yahweh
his God was with him.
So they gathered together in
Jerusalem in the third month of
the fifteenth year of Asa’s
reign.
So they gathered themselves
together at
Jerusalem in the third month ,
in
the fifteenth year of the
reign of
Asa
.
At
that
time
they sacrificed to the LORD
seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from
all
the
plunder
they
had
brought
back
.
They sacrificed to Yahweh
in
that
day,
of
the spoil
which
they
had
brought,
seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
Then
they entered into a
covenant to seek the
LORD
, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul .
They entered into the
covenant to seek Yahweh
, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with
all
their
soul ;
And whoever would not seek the
LORD
, the God of Israel, would
be put to death, whether young
or old
, man or woman.
and that
whoever would not seek Yahweh
, the God of Israel, should
be put to death, whether small
or great
, whether
man or woman.
They took
an
oath
to the
LORD
with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and rams’
horns
.
They swore
to Yahweh
with a loud voice, and
with shouting, and
with
trumpets, and with
cornets
.
And
all Judah rejoiced over
the oath ,
for they had sworn it
with all their heart .
They
had
sought Him earnestly,
and He was found by
them .
So
the
LORD
gave them rest on
every
side
.
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
Yahweh
gave them rest round
about
.
King
Asa
also removed
his
grandmother
Maacah from her
position
as
queen mother
because she had made a
detestable
Asherah pole.
Asa chopped
down the
pole
, crushed
it, and burned
it in
the Kidron Valley
.
Also Maacah ,
the
mother
of
Asa
the
king,
he
removed
from being
queen ,
because she had made an
abominable
image
for
an
Asherah ;
and
Asa cut
down her
image
, and
made
dust
of
it, and burnt
it at
the brook
Kidron.
The high places were not removed
from
Israel ,
but
Asa’s
heart was fully
devoted
all his days.
But
the high places were not taken
away
out
of
Israel :
nevertheless
the
heart of
Asa
was perfect
all his days.
And
he brought into the house of God the silver
and
gold
articles
that he
and
his father had dedicated.
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
there was no war until
the thirty-fifth
year of Asa’s
reign.
There was no more
war to
the five
and
thirtieth
year of the
reign of
Asa
.
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