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The Prophecy of Azariah

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

The Reforms of Asa

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

And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you while ye are with him; and if ye seek him he will be found of you, but if ye forsake him he will forsake you.

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And he went out [a]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.

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Now for a long while Israel [was] without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;

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For a long time Israel has been without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law;

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but in their trouble they turned to Jehovah the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found of them.

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but when in their trouble they turned to the Lord God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found by them.

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And in those times there [was] no peace to him that went out nor to him that came in, but great disturbances were amongst all the inhabitants of the countries.

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And in those times there was no peace to the one who went out, nor to the one who came in, but great turmoil was on all the inhabitants of the lands.

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And nation was broken against nation, and city against city; for God disturbed them with all manner of distress.

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So nation was [b]destroyed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every adversity.

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But as for you, be firm and let not your hands be weak; for there is a reward for your deeds.

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But you, be strong and do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded!”

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Asa's Reforms

And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.

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And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of [c]Oded the prophet, he took courage, and removed the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had taken in the mountains of Ephraim; and he restored the altar of the Lord that was before the vestibule of the Lord.

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And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell away to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.

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Then he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who dwelt with them from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon, for they came over to him in great numbers from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

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And they assembled themselves at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

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So they gathered together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

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And they sacrificed to Jehovah in that day, of the spoil that they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

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And they offered to the Lord [d]at that time seven hundred bulls and seven thousand sheep from the [e]spoil they had brought.

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And they entered into a covenant to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,

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Then they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

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and that whoever would not seek Jehovah the God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

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and whoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

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And they swore to Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

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Then they took an oath before the Lord with a loud voice, with shouting and trumpets and rams’ horns.

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And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they took the oath with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them. And Jehovah gave them rest round about.

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And all Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and sought Him with all their soul; and He was found by them, and the Lord gave them rest all around.

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And also Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol for the Asherah; and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burned it in the valley Kidron.

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Also he removed Maachah, the [f]mother of Asa the king, from being queen mother, because she had made an obscene image of [g]Asherah; and Asa cut down her obscene image, then crushed and burned it by the Brook Kidron.

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But the high places were not removed from Israel; only, Asa's heart was perfect all his days.

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But the [h]high places were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was loyal all his days.

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And he brought into the house of God the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

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He also brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated and that he himself had dedicated: silver and gold and utensils.

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And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.

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And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.

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2 Chronicles 15

2 Chronicles 15