¹And the Spirit of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] came upon ‘Azaryah [Yehovah has helped] the son of ‘Oded [restorer] :

²And he went out to meet Asa [healer; injurious?] , and said unto him, Hear you2f me, Asa [healer; injurious?] , and all Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] and Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength] ; The Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) [is] with you, while you2f be with him; and if you2f seek him, he will be found of you; but if you2f forsake him, he will forsake you.

³Now for a long season Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] [has been] without the true God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] , and without a teaching priest, and without law.

⁴But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , and sought him, he was found of them.

⁵And 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.

⁶And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] did vex them with all adversity.

⁷Be you2f strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

⁸And when Asa [healer; injurious?] heard these words, and the prophecy of ‘Oded [restorer] the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] and Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength] , and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] , and renewed the altar of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , that [was] before the porch of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) .

⁹And he gathered all Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] and Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength] , and the strangers with them out of Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] and M’nasheh [Causing to Forget] , and out of Shim’on [he who hears] : for they fell to him out of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] in abundance, when they saw that the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) his God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] [was] with him.

¹⁰So they gathered themselves together at Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa [healer; injurious?] .

¹¹And they offered unto the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) the same time, of the spoil (plunder; prey; booty) [which] they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

¹²And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

¹³That whosoever would not seek the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

¹⁴And they swore unto the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

¹⁵And all Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] 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 -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) gave them rest round about.

¹⁶And also [concerning] Ma’akhah [oppression] the mother of Asa [healer; injurious?] the king, he removed her from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa [healer; injurious?] cut down her idol, and stamped [it] , and burnt [it] at the brook Kidron [dark] .

¹⁷But the high places were not taken away out of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] : nevertheless the heart of Asa [healer; injurious?] was perfect all his days.

¹⁸And he brought into the house of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

¹⁹And there was no [more] war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa [healer; injurious?] .