2 Crônicas 15

¹ And the Spirit of God came uponWho was called Obed as his father was, (2Ch_15:8).Azariah the son of Oded:

² And he went out to meete Asa, and said vnto him, O Asa, and all Iudah, and Beniamin, heare ye me. The Lorde is with you, while ye be with him: and if ye seeke him, he wil be founde of you, but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

³ Now for a long season Israel [hath been] without theFor the space of twelve years under Rehoboam, and three years under Abijah, religion was neglected, and idolatry planted.true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

⁴ But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, heHe shows that despite the wickedness of tyrants and their rage, yet God has his whom he hears in their tribulation as he delivered his from Zerah king of the Ethiopians, (2Ch_14:9, 2Ch_14:12) and out of all other dangers, when they called upon the Lord.was found of them.

⁵ And in that time there was no peace to him, that did goe out and goe in: but great troubles were to all the inhabitants of the earth.

⁶ For nation was destroyed of nation, and citie of citie: for God troubled them with all aduersitie.

⁷ Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for yourYour confidence and trust in God will not be frustrated.work shall be rewarded.

⁸ And when Asa heard these wordes, and the prophesie of Obed the Prophet, he was encouraged, and tooke away the abominations out of all the lande of Iudah, and Beniamin, and out of the cities which he had taken of mount Ephraim, and he renued the altar of the Lorde, that was before the porche of the Lorde.

⁹ And he gathered all Iudah and Beniamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for there fell many to him out of Israel, when they sawe that the Lorde his God was with him.

¹⁰ So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in theCalled Shiuam, containing part of May and part of June.third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

¹¹ And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of theWhich they had taken of the Ethiopians.spoil [which] they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

¹² And they made a couenant to seeke the Lorde God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soule.

¹³ ThatThese were the words of their covenant, which commanded all idolaters be put to death, according to the law of God, (Deu_13:5, Deu_13:9, Deu_13:15).whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

¹⁴ And they sware vnto the Lorde with a loude voyce, and with shouting and with trumpets, and with cornets.

¹⁵ And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he wasAs long as they served him correctly, so long did he preserve and prosper them.found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.

¹⁶ And also [concerning] Maachah theOr grandmother, and in this he showed that he lacked zeal, for she should have died both by the covenant, as (2Ch_15:13) and by the law of God, but he gave place to foolish pity and would also seem after a sort to satisfy the law.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.

¹⁷ But the high places were notWhich was partly because of lack of zeal on his part, partly through the negligence of his officers and partly by the superstition of the people that all were not taken away.taken away out ofBecause God was called the God of Israel, by reason of his promise to Jacob, therefore Israel is sometimes taken for Judah, because Judah was his chief people.Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa wasIn respect to his predecessors.perfect all his days.

¹⁸ Also he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicate, and that he had dedicate, siluer, and golde, and vessels.

¹⁹ And there was no warre vnto the fiue and thirtieth yeere of the reigne of Asa.