2 Chronicles 15 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Now Azariah, the son of Oded, had the Spirit of God within him. The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded, The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded.
2 And he went out to meet Asa, and he said to him: “Listen to me, Asa and all of Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you, because you have been with him. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you. and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The LORD is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. 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.
3 Then many days will pass in Israel, apart from the true God, and apart from a learned priest, and apart from the law. For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without law, For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach and without the law.
4 And when, in their anguish, they will have returned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and will have sought him, they shall find him. but when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them. But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found by them.
5 In that time, there will be no peace for those who depart and those who enter. Instead, there will be terror on every side, among 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 great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands. In those days it was not safe to travel about, for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil.
6 For nation will fight against nation, and city against city. For the Lord will disturb them with every anguish. They were broken in pieces. Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress. One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another, because God was troubling them with every kind of distress.
7 But as for you, be strengthened, and do not let your hands be weakened. For there will be a reward for your work.” But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.” But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.”
8 And when Asa had heard these particular words, and the prophecy of the prophet Azariah, the son of Oded, he was strengthened, and he took away the idols from the entire land of Judah, and from Benjamin, and from the cities that he had seized of mount Ephraim, and he dedicated the altar of the Lord, which was before the portico of the Lord. As soon as Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, he took courage and put away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the LORD. When 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.
9 And he gathered together all of Judah and Benjamin, and with them the new arrivals from Ephraim and Manasseh and Simeon. For many had fled to him from Israel, seeing that the Lord his God was with him. And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were residing with them, for great numbers had deserted to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. Then 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.
10 And when they had arrived in Jerusalem, in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa, They were gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. They assembled at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
11 they immolated to the Lord on that day, from the best of the spoils and from the plunder that they had brought: seven hundred oxen and seven thousand rams. They sacrificed to the LORD on that day from the spoil that they had brought 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep. At 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.
12 And he entered, according to custom, in order to confirm the covenant, so that they would seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with their whole heart and with their whole soul. And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul, They entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.
13 “But if anyone,” he said, “will not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, let him die, from the least even to the greatest, from man even to woman.” but that whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman. All who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.
14 And they swore to the Lord, with a great voice, in jubilation, and with the blare of trumpets, and with the sound of horns, They swore an oath to the LORD with a loud voice and with shouting and with trumpets and with horns. They took an oath to the LORD with loud acclamation, with shouting and with trumpets and horns.
15 all who were in Judah swore with a curse. For with all their heart they swore, and with all their will they sought and found him. And the Lord granted rest on all sides to them. And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the LORD gave them rest all around. All 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.
16 Then too, Maacah, the mother of king Asa, he deposed from the august authority, because she had made an idol of Priapus within a sacred grove. And he entirely crushed it, breaking it into pieces, and he burned it at the torrent Kidron. Even Maacah, his mother, King Asa removed from being queen mother because she had made a detestable image for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron. King 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.
17 But some high places were left in Israel. Even so, the heart of Asa was perfect during all his days. But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true all his days. Although he did not remove the high places from Israel, Asa’s heart was fully committed to the LORD all his life.
18 And whatever his father or he himself had vowed, he brought into the house of the Lord: silver and gold, and vessels for various uses. And he brought into the house of God the sacred gifts of his father and his own sacred gifts, silver, and gold, and vessels. He brought into the temple of God the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.
19 Truly, there was no war, until the thirty-fifth year of the kingdom of Asa. And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa. There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.
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