1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: 2 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. 3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the 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, he was found of them. 5 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. 6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity. 7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
8 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. 9 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. 10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. 12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 13 That 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 unto the LORD with a loud voice, 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 was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
16 ¶ 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. 17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
18 ¶ 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. 19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
1 Azarias autem filius Oded facto in se spiritu Dei
2 egressus est in occursum Asa et dixit ei
audite me Asa et omnis Iuda et Beniamin
Dominus vobiscum quia fuistis cum eo
si quaesieritis eum invenietis
si autem dereliqueritis derelinquet vos
3 transibunt autem multi dies in Israhel absque Deo vero
et absque sacerdote doctore et absque lege
4 cumque reversi fuerint in angustia sua ad Dominum Deum Israhel
et quaesierint eum repperient
5 in tempore illo non erit pax egredienti et ingredienti
sed terrores undique in cunctis habitatoribus terrarum
6 pugnabit enim gens contra gentem et civitas contra civitatem
quia Dominus conturbabit eos in omni angustia
7 vos ergo confortamini et non dissolvantur manus vestrae
erit enim merces operi vestro
8 quod cum audisset Asa
verba scilicet et prophetiam Oded prophetae
confortatus est et abstulit idola de omni terra Iuda et
Beniamin
et ex urbibus quas ceperat montis Ephraim
et dedicavit altare Domini quod erat ante porticum Domini
9 congregavitque universum Iuda et Beniamin
et advenas cum eis de Ephraim et de Manasse et de Symeon
plures enim ad eum confugerant ex Israhel
videntes quod Dominus Deus illius esset cum eo
10 cumque venissent Hierusalem
mense tertio anno quintodecimo regni Asa
11 immolaverunt Domino in die illa
de manubiis et praeda quam adduxerant
boves septingentos et arietes septem milia
12 et intravit ex more ad corroborandum foedus
ut quaererent Dominum Deum patrum suorum
in toto corde et in tota anima sua
13 si quis autem inquit non quaesierit Dominum Deum Israhel
moriatur
a minimo usque ad maximum a viro usque ad mulierem
14 iuraveruntque Domino voce magna
in iubilo et in clangore tubae et in sonitu bucinarum
15 omnes qui erant in Iuda cum execratione
in omni enim corde suo iuraverunt
et in tota voluntate quaesierunt eum et invenerunt
praestititque eis Dominus requiem per circuitum
16 sed et Maacham matrem Asa regis
ex augusto deposuit imperio
eo quod fecisset in luco simulacrum Priapi
quod omne contrivit
et in frusta comminuens conbusit in torrente Cedron
17 excelsa autem derelicta sunt in Israhel
attamen cor Asa erat perfectum cunctis diebus eius
18 ea quae voverat pater suus et ipse intulit in domum
Domini
argentum et aurum vasorumque diversam supellectilem
19 bellum vero non fuit
usque ad tricesimum quintum annum regni Asa