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2 Chronicles

Chapter 15
1
Phonetic (Hebrew): va'azareya֨hu֙ bּen-'ode֔d hayeta֥h 'ala֖yv r֥ucha 'elohiֽym׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.

וַעֲזַרְיָ֨הוּ֙ בֶּן־עוֹדֵ֔ד הָיְתָ֥ה עָלָ֖יו ר֥וּחַ אֱלֹהִֽים׃

2
Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּetze'֮ lipene֣y 'asa'֒ vayּo֣'mer l֔o shshema'֕uniy 'asa֖ vekal-yehuda֣h ubineyami֑n yehva֤h 'imּakem֙ bּiֽheyֽoteke֣m 'imּ֔o ve'iֽm-tּidereshshu֨hu֙ yimּatze֣ lake֔m ve'im-tּa'azebu֖hu ya'azo֥b 'etekeֽm׃s
Edified Edition (EDE)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, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

וַיֵּצֵא֮ לִפְנֵ֣י אָסָא֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ שְׁמָע֕וּנִי אָסָ֖א וְכָל־יְהוּדָ֣ה וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן יְהוָ֤ה עִמָּכֶם֙ בִּֽהְיֽוֹתְכֶ֣ם עִמּ֔וֹ וְאִֽם־תִּדְרְשֻׁ֨הוּ֙ יִמָּצֵ֣א לָכֶ֔ם וְאִם־תַּעַזְבֻ֖הוּ יַעֲזֹ֥ב אֶתְכֶֽם׃ס

3
Phonetic (Hebrew): veyami֥ym rabּi֖ym leyishsera'e֑l lelo֣ ׀ 'elohe֣y 'eme֗t ulelo֛ kּohe֥n more֖h ulelo֥ toraֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)For a long time Israel has been without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law;

וְיָמִ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לְלֹ֣א ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֱמֶ֗ת וּלְלֹ֛א כֹּהֵ֥ן מוֹרֶ֖ה וּלְלֹ֥א תוֹרָֽה׃

4
Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּa֨shshab֙ bּatzּar-l֔o 'al-yehva֖h 'elohe֣y yishsera'e֑l vayebaqeshshu֖hu vayּimּatze֥ laheֽm׃
Edified Edition (EDE)but when in their trouble they turned to the LORD God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found by them.

וַיָּ֨שָׁב֙ בַּצַּר־ל֔וֹ עַל־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיְבַקְשֻׁ֖הוּ וַיִּמָּצֵ֥א לָהֶֽם׃

5
Phonetic (Hebrew): uba'itּi֣ym hahe֔m 'e֥yn shshal֖om layּotze֣ velabּa֑ kּi֚y mehumo֣t rabּ֔ot 'a֥l kּal-yoshshebe֖y ha'aratzֽot׃
Edified Edition (EDE)And in those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in, but great turmoil was upon all the inhabitants of the lands.

וּבָעִתִּ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם אֵ֥ין שָׁל֖וֹם לַיּוֹצֵ֣א וְלַבָּ֑א כִּ֚י מְהוּמֹ֣ת רַבּ֔וֹת עַ֥ל כָּל־יוֹשְׁבֵ֖י הָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃

6
Phonetic (Hebrew): vekutּet֥u goy-bּeg֖oy ve'i֣yr bּe'i֑yr kּiֽy-'elohi֥ym hamama֖m bּekal-tzaraֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)So nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every adversity.

וְכֻתְּת֥וּ גוֹי־בְּג֖וֹי וְעִ֣יר בְּעִ֑יר כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֥ים הֲמָמָ֖ם בְּכָל־צָרָֽה׃

7
Phonetic (Hebrew): ve'atּe֣m chizeq֔u ve'al-yirepּ֖u yedeyke֑m kּi֛y ye֥shsh shsaka֖r lipe'ulּatekeֽm׃s
Edified Edition (EDE)But you, be strong and do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded!"

וְאַתֶּ֣ם חִזְק֔וּ וְאַל־יִרְפּ֖וּ יְדֵיכֶ֑ם כִּ֛י יֵ֥שׁ שָׂכָ֖ר לִפְעֻלַּתְכֶֽם׃ס

8
Phonetic (Hebrew): vekishshemo֨'a 'asa֜ hadּebari֣ym ha'e֗lּeh vehanּebu'ah֮ 'ode֣d hanּabiy'֒ hitechazּa֗q vayּa'abe֤r hashshּiqּutziym֙ mikּal-'e֤retz yehudah֙ ubineyami֔n umin-he֣'ari֔ym 'ashshe֥r laka֖d meha֣r 'epera֑yim vayechadּeshsh֙ 'et-mizebּa֣ch yehva֔h 'ashshe֕r lipene֖y 'ula֥m yehvaֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and removed the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities 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.

וְכִשְׁמֹ֨עַ אָסָ֜א הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה וְהַנְּבוּאָה֮ עֹדֵ֣ד הַנָּבִיא֒ הִתְחַזַּ֗ק וַיַּעֲבֵ֤ר הַשִּׁקּוּצִים֙ מִכָּל־אֶ֤רֶץ יְהוּדָה֙ וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן וּמִן־הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָכַ֖ד מֵהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם וַיְחַדֵּשׁ֙ אֶת־מִזְבַּ֣ח יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֕ר לִפְנֵ֖י אוּלָ֥ם יְהוָֽה׃

9
Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּiqebּo֗tz 'et-kּal-yehudah֙ ubineyami֔n vehagּariym֙ 'imּahe֔m me'epera֥yim umenashshּe֖h umishshּime'֑on kּiֽy-napel֨u 'ala֤yv miyּishsera'el֙ laro֔b bּire'ota֕m kּiֽy-yehva֥h 'eloha֖yv 'imּֽo׃p
Edified Edition (EDE)Then he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and 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.

וַיִּקְבֹּ֗ץ אֶת־כָּל־יְהוּדָה֙ וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן וְהַגָּרִים֙ עִמָּהֶ֔ם מֵאֶפְרַ֥יִם וּמְנַשֶּׁ֖ה וּמִשִּׁמְע֑וֹן כִּֽי־נָפְל֨וּ עָלָ֤יו מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל֙ לָרֹ֔ב בִּרְאֹתָ֕ם כִּֽי־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָ֖יו עִמּֽוֹ׃פ

10
Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּiqּabetz֥u yerushshala֖im bּacho֣deshsh hashshּeliyshshi֑y lishshena֥t chameshsh-'eshsere֖h lemalek֥ut 'asaֽ'׃
Edified Edition (EDE)So they gathered together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

וַיִּקָּבְצ֥וּ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑י לִשְׁנַ֥ת חֲמֵשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה לְמַלְכ֥וּת אָסָֽא׃

11
Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּizebּech֤u layhvah֙ bּayּ֣om hah֔u min-hashshּala֖l hebi֑y'u bּaqar֙ shsheba֣ me'֔ot vetzo֖'n shshibe'a֥t 'alapiֽym׃
Edified Edition (EDE)And at that time they offered to the LORD seven hundred bulls and seven thousand sheep from the spoil they had brought.

וַיִּזְבְּח֤וּ לַיהוָה֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא מִן־הַשָּׁלָ֖ל הֵבִ֑יאוּ בָּקָר֙ שְׁבַ֣ע מֵא֔וֹת וְצֹ֖אן שִׁבְעַ֥ת אֲלָפִֽים׃

12
Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּabo֣'u babּeri֔yt lider֕oshsh 'et-yehva֖h 'elohe֣y 'aboteyhe֑m bּekal-lebaba֖m ubekal-napeshshaֽm׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ בַבְּרִ֔ית לִדְר֕וֹשׁ אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם בְּכָל־לְבָבָ֖ם וּבְכָל־נַפְשָֽׁם׃

13
Phonetic (Hebrew): veko֨l 'ashshe֧r loֽ'-yidero֛shsh layhva֥h 'eloheֽy-yishsera'e֖l yuma֑t lemin-qaton֙ ve'ad-gּad֔ol leme'i֖yshsh ve'ad-'ishshּaֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)and that whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

וְכֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא־יִדְרֹ֛שׁ לַיהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יוּמָ֑ת לְמִן־קָטֹן֙ וְעַד־גָּד֔וֹל לְמֵאִ֖ישׁ וְעַד־אִשָּֽׁה׃

14
Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּishshּaֽbe'u֙ layhva֔h bּeq֥ol gּad֖ol ubiteru'a֑h ubachatzotzer֖ot ubeshshoparֽot׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Then they took an oath before the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting and trumpets and rams’ horns.

וַיִּשָּֽׁבְעוּ֙ לַיהוָ֔ה בְּק֥וֹל גָּד֖וֹל וּבִתְרוּעָ֑ה וּבַחֲצֹצְר֖וֹת וּבְשׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃

15
Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּishsemech֨u kal-yehuda֜h 'al-hashshּebu'a֗h kּi֤y bekal-lebabam֙ nishshebּa֔'u ubekal-retzona֣m bּiqeshshu֔hu vayּimּatze֖ lahe֑m vayּa֧nach yehva֛h lahe֖m misּabiֽyb׃
Edified Edition (EDE)And all Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and sought Him with all their soul; and He was found by them, and the LORD gave them rest all around.

וַיִּשְׂמְח֨וּ כָל־יְהוּדָ֜ה עַל־הַשְּׁבוּעָ֗ה כִּ֤י בְכָל־לְבָבָם֙ נִשְׁבָּ֔עוּ וּבְכָל־רְצוֹנָ֣ם בִּקְשֻׁ֔הוּ וַיִּמָּצֵ֖א לָהֶ֑ם וַיָּ֧נַח יְהוָ֛ה לָהֶ֖ם מִסָּבִֽיב׃

16
Phonetic (Hebrew): vegaֽm-ma'aka֞h 'e֣m ׀ 'asa֣ hamּe֗leke hesiyrahּ֙ migּebiyra֔h 'ashsher-'ashseta֥h la'ashshera֖h mipela֑tzet vayּikero֤t 'asa'֙ 'et-mipelatzetּa֔hּ vayּa֕deq vayּishsero֖p bּena֥chal qiderֽon׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Also he removed Maachah, the grandmother of King Asa, from being queen mother, because she had made an obscene image of Asherah; and Asa cut down her obscene image, then crushed and burned it by the Brook Kidron.

וְגַֽם־מַעֲכָ֞ה אֵ֣ם ׀ אָסָ֣א הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ הֱסִירָהּ֙ מִגְּבִירָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־עָשְׂתָ֥ה לַאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה מִפְלָ֑צֶת וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת אָסָא֙ אֶת־מִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּ וַיָּ֕דֶק וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף בְּנַ֥חַל קִדְרֽוֹן׃

17
Phonetic (Hebrew): veha֨bּam֔ot lo'-sa֖ru miyּishsera'e֑l ra֧q lebab-'asa֛ haya֥h shshale֖m kּal-yamaֽyv׃
Edified Edition (EDE)But the high places were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was loyal all his days.

וְהַ֨בָּמ֔וֹת לֹא־סָ֖רוּ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל רַ֧ק לְבַב־אָסָ֛א הָיָ֥ה שָׁלֵ֖ם כָּל־יָמָֽיו׃

18
Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּabe֞ 'et-qadeshshe֥y 'abi֛yv veqaֽdashsha֖yv bּe֣yt ha'elohi֑ym kּe֥sep vezaha֖b vekeliֽym׃
Edified Edition (EDE)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 furnishings.

וַיָּבֵ֞א אֶת־קָדְשֵׁ֥י אָבִ֛יו וְקָֽדָשָׁ֖יו בֵּ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים כֶּ֥סֶף וְזָהָ֖ב וְכֵלִֽים׃

19
Phonetic (Hebrew): umilechama֖h lo֣ haya֑tah 'a֛d shshenat-shsheloshshi֥ym vechame֖shsh lemalek֥ut 'asaֽ'׃s
Edified Edition (EDE)And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.

וּמִלְחָמָ֖ה לֹ֣א הָיָ֑תָה עַ֛ד שְׁנַת־שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וְחָמֵ֖שׁ לְמַלְכ֥וּת אָסָֽא׃ס