Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Now
the
Spirit
of
God
came
upon Azariah son of Oded .
And
upon Azariah son of Oded hath
been
the
Spirit
of
God,
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 goeth
out before
Asa ,
and saith
to him, `Hear,
me, Asa ,
and all Judah and Benjamin ;
Jehovah
`
is '
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 ;
For
many years
Israel has
been
without the
true God, without a priest to
instruct
them
, and without the
law .
and
many days
`are'
to
Israel without a
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 .
and
it
turneth
back
in its
distress unto
Jehovah
, God of Israel, and they
seek
Him, and He is
found of
them ,
In those days
there was
no safety
for
travelers
, because
the residents
of the lands had
many
conflicts.
and
in those times
there is
no peace
to
him
who
is
going
out
, and
to
him
who
is
coming
in,
for
many
troubles
`are'
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 .
and
they
have
been
beaten
down,
nation by nation, and city by city, for God hath
troubled
them with every
adversity ;
But
as
for
you
, be strong ;
do
not be discouraged
, for your work will
be
rewarded
. ”
and
ye
, be ye
strong ,
and
let
not your
hands
be feeble
, for there
is
a
reward
for
your work. '
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.
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 `is'
before
the porch
of Jehovah,
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.
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 `is'
with him.
So
they gathered together
in
Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s
reign .
And
they are
gathered to
Jerusalem in the third month of 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.
and
sacrifice
to Jehovah
on
that
day
from
the spoil
they
have
brought
in
--
oxen
seven hundred ,
and sheep
seven thousand ,
Then
they entered
into a covenant to seek the
LORD
, the
God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul .
and
they enter
into a covenant to seek Jehovah
, 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 every
one
who
doth
not seek for
Jehovah
, God of Israel, is
put to death, from
small
unto
great
, from
man unto
woman.
They took
an
oath
to the
LORD
with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and rams’
horns.
And
they swear
to Jehovah
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
.
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
.
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.
And
also Maachah,
mother
of
Asa
the
king
--
he
hath
removed her from
`being'
mistress,
in
that
she hath
made for
a shrine
a
horrible
thing,
and
Asa cutteth
down her
horrible
thing
, and
beateth
`
it '
small
, and burneth
`
it '
by
the brook
Kidron :
The high places were
not removed
from Israel, but
Asa’s
heart was
fully
devoted
all his days.
yet
the high places have
not turned
aside
from Israel ;
only
, the
heart of
Asa
hath
been
perfect
all his days.
And he brought
into
the house of God the
silver and gold articles
that
he
and his
father
had
dedicated
.
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
.
And there
was
no
war until
the thirty -
fifth year of Asa’s
reign.
And war hath
not
been
till
the thirty and
fifth year of the
reign of
Asa
.
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