2 Chronicles 15 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 AND the Spirit of the LORD came upon Azariah the son of Azor; 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 said to him, Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The LORD is with you for ever and ever; and 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 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 Now for a long time Israel has not served their God in truth and has not accepted the teaching of their priests and would not obey their laws; therefore they were delivered into the hand of their enemies. 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 in their distress they prayed to the LORD God of Israel and sought him, he was found by them. 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 And in those early times when we did not worship our God, there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in. because of great misfortune that came upon all the inhabitants of the land. 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 And we were scattered in every nation and people, and in towns and cities, 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 Because we had forsaken our God and would not listen to the voice of his servants, the prophets; so he rewarded us according to our works. 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 heard these words of Azariah the son of Azor the prophet, he took courage and removed the idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had taken in the land of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that was in the front of the porch 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 all Judah and Benjamin and the proselytes with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh and out of Simeon; for they gathered together and came to him out of Israel in abundance when they saw 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 So they gathered themselves together at 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 And the same day they offered to the LORD of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and six thousand 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 And they entered into a covenant to pray to the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their 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 And that whosoever would not pray to the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or 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 loud voice, and with sounding of curved and straight trumpets. 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 And all Judah rejoiced at this report which they heard; for they sought him with all their heart and prayed to him with all their soul; and he was found by them, and he delivered them from all their enemies round about. 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 And also Maachah the mother of Asa he removed from being queen mother, because she had a feast to her idols; and Asa cut down her idols and burned them at the brook 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 the altars on the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect in the worship of the LORD his God all the days of his 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 And he brought into the house of the LORD the things that his father had dedicated and that he himself had dedicated, silver and gold and vessels. 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 And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign 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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