2 Chronicles 15 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And the Spirit of God has been on 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 and he goes out before Asa and says to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; YHWH [is] with you—in your being with Him, and if you seek Him, He is found by you, and if you forsake Him, He forsakes 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 and many days [are] to Israel without [the] true God, and without a teaching priest, and without 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 it turns back in its distress to YHWH, God of Israel, and they seek Him, and He is 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 times there is no peace for him who is going out, and for him who is coming in, for many troubles [are] on 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 and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God has troubled them with every adversity; 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 and you, be strong, and do not let your hands be feeble, for there is 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 at Asa’s hearing these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he has strengthened himself, and causes the abominations to pass away out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he has captured from the hill-country of Ephraim, and renews the altar of YHWH that [is] before the porch of YHWH, 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 gathers all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon—for they have defected to him from Israel in abundance, in their seeing that his God YHWH [is] 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 they are gathered to Jerusalem in the third month of 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 sacrifice to YHWH on that day from the spoil they have brought in—seven hundred oxen and seven 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 enter into a covenant to seek YHWH, 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 everyone who does not seek for YHWH, God of Israel, is put to death, from small to great, from man 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 swear to YHWH with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with 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 and all Judah rejoices concerning the oath, for they have sworn with all their heart, and they have sought Him with all their goodwill, and He is found by them, and YHWH gives rest to them all around. 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, mother of Asa the king—he has removed her from [being] mistress, in that she has made for an Asherah a horrible thing, and Asa cuts down her horrible thing, and beats [it] small, and burns [it] by the Brook of 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 yet the high places have not been removed from Israel; only, the heart of Asa has been perfect 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 he brings in the sanctified things of his father, and his own sanctified things, to the house of God: 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 war has not been 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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