And the Spirit
of God
came upon Azariah
the son
of Oded:
And he went out
to meet
Asa,
and said
unto him, Hear
ye me, Asa,
and all Judah
and Benjamin;
The LORD
is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek
him, he will be found
of you; but if ye forsake
him, he will forsake
you.
say
Now for a long
season
Israel
hath been without
the true
God,
and without a teaching
priest,
and without law.
But when they in their trouble
did turn
unto the LORD
God
of Israel,
and sought
him, he was found
of them.
And in those times
there was no peace
to him that went out,
nor to him that came in,
but great
vexations
were upon all the inhabitants
of the countries.
And nation
was destroyed
of nation,
and city
of city:
for God
did vex
them with all adversity.
Be ye strong
therefore, and let not your hands
be weak:
for your work
shall be
rewarded.
And when Asa
heard
these words,
and the prophecy
of Oded
the prophet,
he took courage,
and put away
the abominable idols
out of all the land
of Judah
and Benjamin,
and out of the cities
which he had taken
from mount
Ephraim,
and renewed
the altar
of the LORD,
that was before
the porch
of the LORD.
Adad
Αδαδ
adad
And he gathered
all Judah
and Benjamin,
and the strangers
with them out of Ephraim
and Manasseh,
and out of Simeon:
for they fell
to him out of Israel
in abundance,
when they saw
that the LORD
his God
was with him.
hold an assembly
ἐξεκκλησίασεν
exekklēsiasen
So they gathered themselves together
at Jerusalem
in the third
month,
in the fifteenth
year
of the reign
of Asa.
And they offered
unto the LORD
the same time,
of the spoil
which they had brought,
seven
hundred
oxen
and seven
thousand
sheep.
And they entered
into a covenant
to seek
the LORD
God
of their fathers
with all their heart
and with all their soul;
That whosoever would not seek
the LORD
God
of Israel
should be put to death,
whether
small
or great,
whether man
or woman.
And they sware
unto the LORD
with a loud
voice,
and with shouting,
and with trumpets,
and with cornets.
And all Judah
rejoiced
at the oath:
for they had sworn
with all their heart,
and sought
him with their whole desire;
and he was found
of them: and the LORD
gave them rest
round about.
And also concerning Maachah
the mother
of Asa
the king,
he removed
her from being queen,
because she had made
an idol
in a grove:
and Asa
cut down
her idol,
and stamped
it, and burnt
it at the brook
Kidron.
Maacha
Μααχα
maacha
Astartē
Ἀστάρτῃ
astartē
ravine
χειμάρρῳ
cheimarrō
But the high places
were not taken away
out of Israel:
nevertheless the heart
of Asa
was perfect
all his days.
And he brought
into the house
of God
the things that his father
had dedicated,
and that he himself had dedicated,
silver,
and gold,
and vessels.
And there was no more war
unto the five
and thirtieth
year
of the reign
of Asa.
