2 Chronicles 15 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 God's Spirit came to Azariah, son of Oded. The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded, The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded.
2 Azariah went to Asa and said to him, |Listen to me, Asa and all you men from Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with him. If you will dedicate your lives to serving him, he will accept you. 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 For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest who taught [correctly], and without Moses' Teachings. 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 But when they were in trouble, they turned to the LORD God of Israel. When they searched for him, he let them 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 At those times no one could come and go in peace, because everyone living in the land had a lot of turmoil. 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 One nation crushed another nation; one city crushed another. God had tormented them with every kind of trouble. 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 you must remain strong and not become discouraged. Your actions will be rewarded.| 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 When Asa heard the prophet Oded's words of prophecy, he was encouraged and put away the detestable idols from all of Judah, Benjamin, and the cities he had captured in the mountains of Ephraim. He also repaired the LORD's altar in front of the LORD's entrance hall. 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 Then Asa gathered all the people from Judah and Benjamin and the foreigners who had come from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon. (Many of them had come to him from Israel when they saw that Asa's God, the LORD, 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 In the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign, they gathered in Jerusalem. 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 On that day they sacrificed to the LORD a part of the loot they had brought with them: 700 cattle and 7,000 sheep. 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 They made an agreement with one another to dedicate their lives to serving the LORD God of their ancestors with all their heart and 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 All people (young or old, male or female) who refused to dedicate their lives to the LORD God of Israel were to be killed. 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 Asa and the people swore their oath to the LORD with shouts, singing, and the blowing of trumpets and rams' 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 the people of Judah were overjoyed because of the oath, since they took the oath wholeheartedly. They took great pleasure in looking for the LORD, and he let them find him. So the LORD surrounded them with peace. 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 King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from the position of queen mother because she made a statue of the repulsive goddess Asherah. Asa cut the statue down, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley. 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 Although the illegal worship sites in Israel were not taken down, Asa remained committed [to the LORD] his entire life. 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 He brought into God's temple the silver, the gold, and the utensils he and his father had set apart as holy. 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 There was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign. 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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