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 神的灵降在俄德的儿子亚撒利雅身上，

2 亚撒利雅就出来迎接亚撒， 对他说： "亚撒和犹大、便雅悯所有的人哪！ 请听我说。你们跟随耶和华， 耶和华就和你们同在； 你们寻求他， 就必给你们寻见； 你们离弃他， 他必离弃你们。

3 以色列人没有真神， 没有教导他们的祭司， 没有律法， 已经很久了。

4 但他们在遭难的时候， 回转归向耶和华以色列的 神， 寻求他， 他就给他们寻见。

5 那时， 出入的人都没有平安， 因为各国的居民都遭遇动乱。

6 这国攻击那国， 这城攻击那城， 因为 神用各样灾难使他们纷乱。

7 但你们要坚强， 不要胆怯， 因为你们所行的， 必有赏报。"

8 亚撒听了这些话， 和俄德的儿子亚撒利雅先知所说的预言以后， 就勇敢起来， 在犹大、便雅悯全地， 以及以法莲山地夺取的各城， 把可憎的偶像除去， 又在耶和华殿的走廊前面， 重新修造耶和华的祭坛。

9 他又召聚了犹大和便雅悯所有的人， 以及在他们中间寄居的以法莲人、玛拿西人、西缅人。以色列人看见了耶和华亚撒的 神和他同在， 就有很多人投奔亚撒。

10 亚撒在位第十五年三月， 他们聚集在耶路撒冷。

11 那一天， 他们从夺回来的战利品当中， 把七百头牛， 七千只羊， 献给耶和华为祭，

12 他们也立约， 要一心一意寻求耶和华他们列祖的 神。

13 不寻求耶和华以色列的 神的， 无论男女老幼， 都必处死。

14 他们就大声欢呼， 吹起号角， 向耶和华起誓。

15 犹大众人都为了所起的誓快乐， 因为他们一心起誓， 尽意寻求耶和华， 耶和华就给他们寻见， 并且使他们四境安宁。

16 亚撒王也废掉他的祖母玛迦太后的位， 因为她曾给亚舍拉做了可憎的像； 亚撒把她那可憎的像砍了下来， 捣得粉碎， 烧在汲沦溪旁。

17 只是邱坛还没有从以色列中除掉， 但亚撒的心一生都完全忠于耶和华。

18 亚撒把他父亲所分别为圣， 和他自己所分别为圣的金银和器皿， 都送进 神的殿里。

19 从那时， 直到亚撒在位第三十五年， 都没有战争。