2 Chronicles 15:1

AMP: Now the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded,

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

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

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

DRA: And the spirit of God came upon Azarias the son of Oded,

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

2 Chronicles 15:2

AMP: and he went out 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 [inquiring for and of Him, as your soul’s first necessity], He will let you find Him; but if you abandon (turn away from) Him, He will abandon (turn away from) you.

ASV: and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto 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.

BSB: So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

DARBY: 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.

DRA: And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him: Hear ye me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin: The Lord is with you, because you have been with him. If you seek him, you shall find: but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

KJV: 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.

2 Chronicles 15:3

AMP: Now for a long time Israel was without the true God and without a teaching priest, and without [God’s] law.

ASV: Now for a long season Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law:

BSB: For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.

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

DRA: And many days shall pass in Israel without the true God, and without a priest a teacher, and without the law.

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

2 Chronicles 15:4

AMP: But when they were in their trouble and distress they turned to the Lord God of Israel, and [in desperation earnestly] sought Him, and He let them find Him.

ASV: But when in their distress they turned unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

BSB: But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.

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

DRA: And when in their distress they shall return to the Lord the God of Israel, and shall seek him, they shall find him.

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

2 Chronicles 15:5

AMP: In those times there was no peace for him who went out or for him who came in, for great suffering came on all the inhabitants of the lands.

ASV: 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 lands.

BSB: In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.

DARBY: 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.

DRA: At that time there shall be no peace to him that goeth out and cometh in, but terrors on every side among all the inhabitants of the earth.

KJV: 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.

2 Chronicles 15:6

AMP: Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress.

ASV: And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.

BSB: Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.

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

DRA: For nation shall fight against nation, and city against city, for the Lord will trouble them with all distress.

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

2 Chronicles 15:7

AMP: But as for you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work.”

ASV: But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.

BSB: But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”

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

DRA: Do you therefore take courage, and let not your hands he weakened: for there shall be a reward for your work.

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

2 Chronicles 15:8

AMP: And when Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the repulsive idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. Then he restored the altar [of burnt offering] of the Lord which was in front of the porch [of the temple] of the Lord.

ASV: 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 which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.

BSB: When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.

DARBY: 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.

DRA: And when Asa had heard the words, and the prophecy of Azarias the son of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and took away the idols out of all the land of Juda, and out of Benjamin, and out of the cities of mount Ephraim, which he had taken, and he dedicated the altar of the Lord, which was before the porch of the Lord.

KJV: 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.

2 Chronicles 15:9

AMP: He gathered all Judah and Benjamin and the strangers who were with them out of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon, for they came over to Asa from Israel in large numbers when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

ASV: And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and them that sojourned 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 Jehovah his God was with him.

BSB: And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

DARBY: 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.

DRA: And he gathered together all Juda and Benjamin, and the strangers with them of Ephraim, and Manasses, and Simeon: for many were come over to him out of Israel, seeing that the Lord his God was with him.

KJV: 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.

2 Chronicles 15:10

AMP: So they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.

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

BSB: So they gathered together in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.

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

DRA: And when they were come to Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa,

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

2 Chronicles 15:11

AMP: They sacrificed to the Lord on that day from the spoil they had brought—700 oxen and 7,000 sheep.

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

BSB: At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from all the plunder they had brought back.

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

DRA: They sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils, and of the prey, that they had brought, seven hundred oxen, and seven thousand rams.

KJV: And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

2 Chronicles 15:12

AMP: They entered into a covenant (solemn agreement) to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and soul;

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

BSB: Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.

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

DRA: And he went in to confirm as usual the covenant, that they should seek the Lord the God of their fathers with all their heart, and with all their soul.

KJV: And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

2 Chronicles 15:13

AMP: and that whoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

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

BSB: And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

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

DRA: And if any one, said he, seek not the Lord the God of Israel, let him die, whether little or great, man or woman.

KJV: That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

2 Chronicles 15:14

AMP: They swore an oath to the Lord with a loud voice, with [jubilant] shouting, with trumpets, and with horns.

ASV: And they sware unto Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

BSB: They took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and rams’ horns.

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

DRA: And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice with joyful shouting, and with sound of trumpet, and sound of comets,

KJV: And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

2 Chronicles 15:15

AMP: All Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought Him with their whole heart, and He let them find Him. So the Lord gave them rest on every side.

ASV: 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 Jehovah gave them rest round about.

BSB: And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.

DARBY: 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.

DRA: All that mere in Juda with a curse: for with all their heart they swore, and with all their will they sought him, and they found him, and the Lord gave them rest round about.

KJV: 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.

2 Chronicles 15:16

AMP: He also removed Maacah, King Asa’s mother, from the position of queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image for [the goddess] Asherah. Asa cut down her idol, crushed it, and burned it at the Brook Kidron.

ASV: And also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

BSB: King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

DARBY: 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.

DRA: Moreover Maacha the mother of king Asa he deposed from the royal authority, because she had made in a grove an idol of Priapus: and he entirely destroyed it, and breaking it into pieces, burnt it at the torrent Cedron.

KJV: 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.

2 Chronicles 15:17

AMP: But the high places [of pagan worship] were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless Asa’s heart was blameless all his days.

ASV: But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

BSB: The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.

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

DRA: But high places were left in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

KJV: But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

2 Chronicles 15:18

AMP: He brought the things that his father [Abijah] had dedicated and those things that he had dedicated into the house of God—silver and gold and utensils.

ASV: 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.

BSB: And he brought into the house of God the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.

DARBY: 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.

DRA: And the things which his father had vowed, and he himself had vowed, he brought into the house of the Lord, gold and silver, and vessels of divers uses.

KJV: 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.

2 Chronicles 15:19

AMP: And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.

ASV: And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

BSB: And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.

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

DRA: And there was no war unto the five and thirtieth year of the kingdom of Asa.

KJV: And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

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