2 Chronicles 15

1 and Azariah son: child Oded to be upon him spirit God

The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.

2 and to come out: come to/for face: before Asa and to say to/for him to hear: hear me Asa and all Judah and Benjamin LORD with you in/on/with to be you with him and if to seek him to find to/for you and if to leave: forsake him to leave: forsake [obj] you

He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all of Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you look for him, you will find him; but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

3 and day many to/for Israel to/for not God truth: true and to/for not priest to show and to/for not instruction

For many years Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach them, and without the law.

4 and to return: turn back in/on/with distress to/for him upon LORD God Israel and to seek him and to find to/for them

But when they were in trouble they returned to the Lord, the God of Israel—they looked for him, and they found him.

5 and in/on/with time [the] they(masc.) nothing peace to/for to come out: come and to/for to come (in): come for tumult many upon all to dwell [the] land: country/planet

During those times travel was dangerous, for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil. People everywhere had terrible problems.

6 and to crush nation in/on/with nation and city in/on/with city for God to confuse them in/on/with all distress

Nation fought nation, and town fought town, for God threw them into a panic with all kinds of trouble.

7 and you(m. p.) to strengthen: strengthen and not to slacken hand your for there wages to/for wages your

But you need to be strong, not weak, for you will be rewarded for the work you do.”

8 and like/as to hear: hear Asa [the] word [the] these and [the] prophecy (Azariah son: child *X) Oded [the] prophet to strengthen: strengthen and to pass: bring [the] abomination from all land: country/planet Judah and Benjamin and from [the] city which to capture from mountain: hill country Ephraim and to renew [obj] altar LORD which to/for face: before Portico LORD

When Asa heard these words of prophecy from Azariah the prophet, son of Oded, he was encouraged. He removed the vile idols from the whole territory of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. Then he repaired the altar of the Lord that stood in front of the porch of the Lord's Temple.

9 and to gather [obj] all Judah and Benjamin and [the] to sojourn with them from Ephraim and Manasseh and from Simeon for to fall: deserting upon him from Israel to/for abundance in/on/with to see: see they for LORD God his with him

Then Asa summoned all of Judah and Benjamin, along with those Israelites from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were living among them, for many people had deserted Israel and come over to Asa when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

10 and to gather Jerusalem in/on/with month [the] third to/for year five ten to/for royalty Asa

They gathered in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.

11 and to sacrifice to/for LORD in/on/with day [the] he/she/it from [the] spoil to come (in): bring cattle seven hundred and flock seven thousand

That day they sacrificed to the Lord seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from the plunder they had brought back.

12 and to come (in): come in/on/with covenant to/for to seek [obj] LORD God father their in/on/with all heart their and in/on/with all soul their

Then they made an agreement to conscientiously and completely follow the Lord, the God of their forefathers.

13 and all which not to seek to/for LORD God Israel to die to/for from small: young and till great: large to/for from man and till woman

They also agreed that anyone who refused to follow the Lord, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

14 and to swear to/for LORD in/on/with voice great: large and in/on/with shout and in/on/with trumpet and in/on/with trumpet

They declared their oath with a loud shout, accompanied by trumpets and blasts from rams' horns.

15 and to rejoice all Judah upon [the] oath for in/on/with all heart their to swear and in/on/with all acceptance their to seek him and to find to/for them and to rest LORD to/for them from around

The whole of Judah was happy at the oath they had conscientiously sworn. They looked for him sincerely, and they found him. The Lord gave them peace from all their enemies.

16 and also Maacah mother Asa [the] king to turn aside: remove her from queen which to make to/for Asherah horror and to cut: cut Asa [obj] horror her and to crush and to burn in/on/with torrent: valley Kidron

King Asa also removed Maacah from her position as queen mother for making an offensive Asherah pole. Asa cut down her vile idol, crushed it up, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

17 and [the] high place not to turn aside: remove from Israel except heart Asa to be complete all day his

While the high places were not removed from Israel, Asa was completely devoted to the Lord all his life.

18 and to come (in): bring [obj] holiness father his and holiness his house: temple [the] God silver: money and gold and article/utensil

He brought into God's Temple the silver and gold articles he and his father had dedicated.

19 and battle not to be till year thirty and five to/for royalty Asa

There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign.