2 Chronicles 15 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And Azarias the son of Oded - upon him came the Spirit of the Lord, 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 all Juda and Benjamin, and said, Hear me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin. The Lord is with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him out, he will be found of you; but if ye 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 And Israel has been a long time without the true God, and without a priest to expound the truth , and without 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 But he shall turn them to the Lord God of Israel, and he will be found of 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 that time there is no peace to one going out, or to one coming in, for the terror of the Lord is upon all that inhabit 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 nation shall fight against nation, and city against city; for God has confounded them with every kind of affliction. 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 be ye strong, and let not your hands be weakened: 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 when Asa heard these words, and the prophesy of Adad the prophet, then he strengthened himself, and cast out the abominations from all the land of Juda and Benjamin, and from the cities which Jeroboam possessed, in mount Ephraim, and he renewed the altar of the Lord, which was before the temple 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 assembled Juda and Benjamin, and the strangers that dwelt with him, of Ephraim, and of Manasse, and of Symeon: for many of Israel were joined to him, 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 And they assembled 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 he sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils which they brought, seven hundred calves 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 he entered into a covenant that they should seek 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 whoever should not seek the Lord God of Israel, should die, whether young or old, 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 trumpets, and with cornets. 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 Juda rejoiced concerning the oath: for they swore with all their heart, and they sought him with all their desires; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest 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 he removed Maacha his mother from being priestess to Astarte; and he cut down the idol, and burnt it in the brook of Kedron. 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 Nevertheless they removed not the high places: they still existed in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was 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 brought in the holy things of David his father, and the holy things of 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 there was no war waged with him 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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