II Chronicles 15 · דברי הימים ב

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

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.

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

But when they in their trouble did turn to the Lord God of Yisra᾽el and sought him, he was found by 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 they were broken in pieces; nation against nation, and city against city: for God did vex them with all manner of adversity.

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

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 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.

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

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 entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God 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 they swore to the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with shofarot.

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 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.

But the high places were not taken away out of Yisra᾽el: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all 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 there was no more war until the thirty fifth year of the reign of Asa.