2 Chronicles 15 NIV ISV Parallel

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1The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded.

1After this, the Spirit of God came to rest on Oded's son Azariah,

2He 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.

2so he went out to meet Asa and rebuked him: "Listen to me, Asa, Judah, and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will allow you to find him, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

3For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach and without the law.

3Israel lived for years without the true God, priests to teach them, and the Law,

4But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found by them.

4but they turned to the LORD God of Israel in their distress. When they sought him, he let them become reacquainted with him.

5In those days it was not safe to travel about, for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil.

5"During those days, it wasn't safe for anyone to come and go, because many civil disturbances afflicted everyone who lived in the territories.

6One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another, because God was troubling them with every kind of distress.

6Nation battled nation, and city fought city, because God was afflicting them all with every kind of distress.

7But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded."

7Now as for you, be strong and never be discouraged, because there will be reward for your work."

8When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage. He removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hills of Ephraim. He repaired the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD's temple.

8Encouraged by what Oded's son Azariah the prophet had said in his prophecy, Asa removed the detestable idols from throughout the entire territories of Judah and Benjamin, and from the cities that he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He repaired the LORD's altar that stood in front of the vestibule of the LORD's Temple.

9Then he assembled all Judah and Benjamin and the people from Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who had settled among them, for large numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

9Then he gathered together all of Judah, Benjamin, and people from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were living among them, since many people had defected to him from Israel when they learned that the LORD his God was with him.

10They assembled at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.

10They all assembled in Jerusalem during the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.

11At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep and goats from the plunder they had brought back.

11They sacrificed to the LORD that day 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep from the spoil that they had brought with them.

12They entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.

12They also entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their ancestors with all their heart and soul,

13All who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.

13and they further agreed that whoever would refuse to seek the LORD God of Israel was to be executed, whether important or unimportant, man or woman.

14They took an oath to the LORD with loud acclamation, with shouting and with trumpets and horns.

14They also made a vow to the LORD with loud voices, shouting, trumpets, and horns.

15All Judah rejoiced about the oath because they had sworn it wholeheartedly. They sought God eagerly, and he was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.

15Everybody in Judah was very glad to make their oath, because they had made their vow with all their heart and had sought him with all of their might, and they found him! The LORD also gave them rest in their surrounding lands.

16King Asa also deposed his grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down, broke it up and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

16King Asa removed his mother Maacah from her position as Queen Mother because she had made a detestable image dedicated to Asherah. He cut down his mother's idol, crushed it, and burned it at the Kidron Brook.

17Although he did not remove the high places from Israel, Asa's heart was fully committed to the LORD all his life.

17Nevertheless, the high places were not removed from Israel, even though Asa's heart was blameless all of his life.

18He brought into the temple of God the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.

18Asa brought into God's Temple the things that his father had dedicated, as well as his own dedicated gifts such as silver, gold, and temple service implements.

19There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign.

19Asa experienced no more war until the end of the thirty-fifth year of his reign.

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