And the spirit of God came upon ῾Azaryahu the son of ῾Oded:

And Azaryahu the son of Oded had upon him the spirit of G d.

and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear me, Asa, and all Yehuda and Binyamin; The Lord is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

And he went out before Assa and he said to him: Hear me, Assa, and all of Judah and Benjamin. The L rd is with you for you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will be found for you. And if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

Now for a long time Yisra᾽el has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without Tora.

And there were many days for Israel without a G d of truth and without a priest teaching and without Torah.

But when they in their trouble did turn to the Lord God of Yisra᾽el and sought him, he was found by them.

And they returned in their trouble to the L rd, the G d of Israel, and they sought Him and He was found for them.

And in those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in, but there were great vexations upon all the inhabitants of the countries.

And in those days there was no peace for those going or coming, for there were great commotions for all the inhabitants of the lands.

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

And nation strove against nation and city against city, for G d confounded them with every (kind of) trouble.

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

But you, be strong, and let your hands not falter, for there is reward for your work!

And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of ῾Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the disgusting idols out of all the land of Yehuda and Binyamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Efrayim, and renewed the altar of the Lord, that was before the porch of the Lord.

And when Assa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he strengthened himself and removed the abominations from all the land of Judah and of Benjamin and from the cities which he had taken from the mountain of Ephraim, and he renewed the altar of the L rd which was before the Ulam of the L rd.

And he gathered all Yehuda and Binyamin, and the strangers with them out of Efrayim and Menashshe, and out of Shim῾on: for they deserted to him out of Yisra᾽el in great numbers, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

And he gathered all of Judah and Benjamin and those living with them from Ephraim and Menasheh and Shimon, for many of Israel had gone over to him when they saw that the L rd his G d was with him.

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

And they were gathered in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Assa's reign.

And they offered to the Lord at the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

And they sacrificed to the L rd on that day from the spoils that they had brought: cattle, seven hundred; and sheep, seven thousand.

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

And they entered into a covenant to seek out the L rd the G d of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.

that whoever would not seek the Lord God of Yisra᾽el should be put to death, whether young or old, whether man or woman.

And all who would not seek out the L rd, the G d of Israel, would be put to death, from small to great, from man to woman.

And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with shofarot.

And they swore to the L rd with a great voice, and with shouting and with trumpets and with shofaroth.

And all Yehuda rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found by them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.

And all of Judah rejoiced in the oath, for they swore with all their heart and they sought Him with all their will. And He was found for them, and the L rd gave them rest roundabout.

And also Ma῾akha the mother of Asa the king, did he remove from being queen, because she had made a monstrous image for an ashera: and Asa cut down her image, and ground it, and burnt it in the wadi Qidron.

And also Ma'achah, King Assa's mother, did he depose as queen for having made an obscenity for the asheirah. And Assa cut off her obscenity and ground (it) and burned (it) in the Kidron valley.

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

But the mounds [(on which they had sacrificed to the L rd after the destruction of Shiloh)] were not removed from Israel [(even though they were forbidden after the Temple had been built)]. Only the heart of Assa was whole [with the L rd] all of his days.

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.

And he brought his father's consecrated things and his own consecrated things to the house of G d, silver and gold and vessels.

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

And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Assa's reign.