2 Chronicles 15
English Standard Version
Asa's Religious Reforms
15 (A)The Spirit of God came[a] upon Azariah the son of Oded, 2 and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: (B)The Lord is with you while you are with him. (C)If you seek him, he will be found by you, (D)but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. 3 (E)For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without law, 4 (F)but when in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them. 5 In those times there was no peace (G)to him who went out or to him who came in, for great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands. 6 They were broken in pieces. Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress. 7 (H)But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, (I)for your work shall be rewarded.”
8 As soon as Asa heard these words, (J)the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, he took courage and put away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from (K)the cities that he had taken in (L)the hill country of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of the Lord (M)that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the Lord.[b] 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, (N)and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were residing with them, for great numbers had deserted to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him. 10 They were gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 11 They sacrificed to the Lord on that day (O)from the spoil that they had brought 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep. 12 (P)And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul, 13 but that whoever would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, (Q)should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman. 14 They swore an oath to the Lord with a loud voice and with shouting and with trumpets and with horns. 15 And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, (R)and the Lord gave them rest all around.
16 (S)Even Maacah, (T)his mother, King Asa removed from being queen mother because she had made a detestable image (U)for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, (V)crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron. 17 (W)But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true all his days. 18 And he brought into the house of God the sacred gifts of his father and his own sacred gifts, silver, and gold, and vessels. 19 And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 15:1 Or was
- 2 Chronicles 15:8 Hebrew the vestibule of the Lord
2 Crónicas 15
Palabra de Dios para Todos
Reforma de Asá
(1 R 15:13-15)
15 Entonces el Espíritu de Dios vino sobre Azarías hijo de Oded. 2 Entonces él fue a ver a Asá y le dijo: «¡Escúchame, Asá y todo Judá y Benjamín! El SEÑOR está con ustedes si ustedes siguen estando con él. Si lo buscan, lo encontrarán, pero si lo abandonan, él los abandonará a ustedes. 3 Durante mucho tiempo Israel estuvo sin servir al Dios verdadero, sin sacerdote que enseñara la verdad y sin la ley. 4 Pero cuando han pasado por dificultades, cuando han cambiado de actitud, cuando han regresado al SEÑOR, Dios de Israel, y lo han buscado, él se ha dejado encontrar. 5 En aquellos tiempos no hubo paz ni nadie podía viajar con seguridad porque ocurrieron muchos desastres en todas las naciones. 6 Las naciones y ciudades se destruían unas a otras porque Dios los afligía con toda clase de calamidades. 7 Pero ustedes esfuércense y no bajen la guardia, porque sus trabajos tendrán recompensa».
8 Cuando Asá escuchó la profecía de Oded el profeta, se animó a quitar los ídolos repugnantes de toda la región de Judá, de Benjamín y de las ciudades que había capturado de la región montañosa de Efraín. Reconstruyó también el altar del SEÑOR que estaba delante del pórtico del templo del SEÑOR. 9 Después Asá convocó a toda la tribu de Judá, a la de Benjamín y también a muchos de Efraín y de Manasés y de la tribu de Simeón que de Israel se habían aliado con Judá cuando vieron que el SEÑOR su Dios estaba con ellos.
10 Se reunieron en Jerusalén en el tercer mes del año décimo quinto de su reinado. 11 Celebraron sacrificios ese día con el botín de ganado que habían traído. Sacrificaron 700 becerros y 7000 ovejas. 12 Luego hicieron el pacto de seguir al SEÑOR, Dios de sus antepasados, de todo corazón y con toda el alma. 13 También decidieron que todo aquel que no siguiera al SEÑOR Dios de Israel tendría que morir, fuera grande o pequeño, hombre o mujer. 14 Entonces hicieron ese juramento ante el SEÑOR en voz alta y en medio de gritos de alegría y de toques de trompetas y de cuernos de carneros. 15 Todo Judá estuvo muy contento de haber hecho el juramento, porque lo hicieron de todo corazón y porque con toda voluntad buscaron al SEÑOR y él había dejado que ellos lo encontraran y les había dado paz en todas sus fronteras.
16 Además, el rey Asá le quitó el honor de ser reina madre a su abuela Macá porque ella había mandado hacer una horrible imagen de Aserá. Asá derribó esa horrible imagen y la quemó en el valle de Cedrón. 17 Aunque Asá no quitó los santuarios sobre las colinas de Israel, la intención de Asá fue siempre la de mantenerse fiel a Dios, 18 y colocó en el templo de Dios todo el oro, la plata y los utensilios que él y su papá habían consagrado. 19 Y no hubo más guerra en el país hasta el año 35 del reinado de Asá.
2 Chronicles 15
New King James Version
The Reforms of Asa
15 Now (A)the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded. 2 And he went out [a]to meet Asa, and said to him: “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. (B)The Lord is with you while you are with Him. (C)If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but (D)if you forsake Him, He will forsake you. 3 (E)For a long time Israel has been without the true God, without a (F)teaching priest, and without (G)law; 4 but (H)when in their trouble they turned to the Lord God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found by them. 5 And in those times there was no peace to the one who went out, nor to the one who came in, but great turmoil was on all the inhabitants of the lands. 6 (I)So nation was [b]destroyed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every adversity. 7 But you, be strong and do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded!”
8 And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of [c]Oded the prophet, he took courage, and removed the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities (J)which he had taken in the mountains of Ephraim; and he restored the altar of the Lord that was before the vestibule of the Lord. 9 Then he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and (K)those who dwelt with them from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon, for they came over to him in great numbers from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
10 So they gathered together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 11 (L)And they offered to the Lord [d]at that time seven hundred bulls and seven thousand sheep from the [e]spoil they had brought. 12 Then they (M)entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 13 (N)and whoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel (O)was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. 14 Then they took an oath before the Lord with a loud voice, with shouting and trumpets and rams’ horns. 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and (P)sought Him with all their soul; and He was found by them, and the Lord gave them (Q)rest all around.
16 Also he removed (R)Maachah, the [f]mother of Asa the king, from being queen mother, because she had made an obscene image of [g]Asherah; and Asa cut down her obscene image, then crushed and burned it by the Brook Kidron. 17 But (S)the [h]high places were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was loyal all his days.
18 He also brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated and that he himself had dedicated: silver and gold and utensils. 19 And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 15:2 Lit. before
- 2 Chronicles 15:6 Lit. beaten in pieces
- 2 Chronicles 15:8 So with MT, LXX; Syr., Vg. Azariah the son of Oded (cf. v. 1)
- 2 Chronicles 15:11 Lit. in that day
- 2 Chronicles 15:11 plunder
- 2 Chronicles 15:16 Or grandmother
- 2 Chronicles 15:16 A Canaanite deity
- 2 Chronicles 15:17 Places for pagan worship
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