2 Chronicles 15:1-9 ▼

1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.

2 And he went out to meet Asa and said 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 will be found by you?. But if you? forsake Him, He will forsake you?.

3 And many days were to Israel without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

4 And they turned in their distress to YHWH, God of Israel, and they sought Him, and He was found by them.

5 And in those times there was no peace for one going out, and for one coming in, but great turmoil was upon all those dwelling in the lands.

6 And they were beaten down nation by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every distress.

7 And you?, be strong and do not let your? hands be feeble, for there is reward for your? work.”

8 And Asa, hearing these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, strengthened himself and removed the abominations from all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and from the cities that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim, and he restored the altar of YHWH that was before the face of the portico of YHWH.

9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who dwelt with them from Ephraim and Manasseh and Simeon, for they fell on him from Israel in great numbers when they saw that YHWH his God was with him.