2 Chronicles 15

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

וַעֲזַרְיָהוּ בֶּן־עֹודֵד הָיְתָה עָלָיו רוּחַ אֱלֹהִים׃ (1276)

2And 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.

וַיֵּצֵא לִפְנֵי אָסָא וַיֹּאמֶר לֹו שְׁמָעוּנִי אָסָא וְכָל־יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן יְהוָה עִמָּכֶם בִּהְיֹותְכֶם עִמֹּו וְאִם־תִּדְרְשֻׁהוּ יִמָּצֵא לָכֶם וְאִם־תַּעַזְבֻהוּ יַעֲזֹב אֶתְכֶם׃ (4489)

3Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

וְיָמִים רַבִּים לְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְלֹא ׀ אֱלֹהֵי אֱמֶת וּלְלֹא כֹּהֵן מֹורֶה וּלְלֹא תֹורָה׃ (2548)

4But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

וַיָּשָׁב בַּצַּר־לֹו עַל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיְבַקְשֻׁהוּ וַיִּמָּצֵא לָהֶם׃ (2010)

5And 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.

וּבָעִתִּים הָהֵם אֵין שָׁלֹום לַיֹּוצֵא וְלַבָּא כִּי מְהוּמֹת רַבֹּות עַל כָּל־יֹושְׁבֵי הָאֲרָצֹות׃ (3500)

6And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.

וְכֻתְּתוּ גֹוי־בְּגֹוי וְעִיר בְּעִיר כִּי־אֱלֹהִים הֲמָמָם בְּכָל־צָרָה׃ (2028)

7Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

וְאַתֶּם חִזְקוּ וְאַל־יִרְפּוּ יְדֵיכֶם כִּי יֵשׁ שָׂכָר לִפְעֻלַּתְכֶם׃ (2515)

8And 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.

וְכִשְׁמֹעַ אָסָא הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וְהַנְּבוּאָה עֹדֵד הַנָּבִיא הִתְחַזַּק וַיַּעֲבֵר הַשִּׁקּוּצִים מִכָּל־אֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן וּמִן־הֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר לָכַד מֵהַר אֶפְרָיִם וַיְחַדֵּשׁ אֶת־מִזְבַּח יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי אוּלָם יְהוָה׃ (6087)

9And 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.

וַיִּקְבֹּץ אֶת־כָּל־יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן וְהַגָּרִים עִמָּהֶם מֵאֶפְרַיִם וּמְנַשֶּׁה וּמִשִּׁמְעֹון כִּי־נָפְלוּ עָלָיו מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל לָרֹב בִּרְאֹתָם כִּי־יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו עִמֹּו׃ (4542)

10So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

וַיִּקָּבְצוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַם בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי לִשְׁנַת חֲמֵשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵה לְמַלְכוּת אָסָא׃ (4060)