2 Chronicles · Darby Translation
2 Chronicles 15 Darby Translation
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1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.
1 Y FUÉ el espíritu de Dios sobre Azarías hijo de Obed;
2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you while ye are with him; and if ye seek him he will be found of you, but if ye forsake him he will forsake you.
2 Y salió al encuentro á Asa, y díjole: Oidme, Asa, y todo Judá y Benjamín: Jehová es con vosotros, si vosotros fuereis con él: y si le buscareis, será hallado de vosotros; mas si le dejareis, él también os dejará.
3 Now for a long while Israel [was] without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;
3 Muchos días ha estado Israel sin verdadero Dios y sin sacerdote, y sin enseñador y sin ley:
4 but in their trouble they turned to Jehovah the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found of them.
4 Mas cuando en su tribulación se convirtieron á Jehová Dios de Israel, y le buscaron, él fué hallado de ellos.
5 And in those times there [was] no peace to him that went out nor to him that came in, but great disturbances were amongst all the inhabitants of the countries.
5 En aquellos tiempos no hubo paz, ni para el que entraba, ni para el que salía, sino muchas aflicciones sobre todos los habitadores de las tierras.
6 And nation was broken against nation, and city against city; for God disturbed them with all manner of distress.
6 Y la una gente destruía á la otra, y una ciudad á otra ciudad: porque Dios los conturbó con todas calamidades.
7 But as for you, be firm and let not your hands be weak; for there is a reward for your deeds.
7 Esforzaos empero vosotros, y no desfallezcan vuestras manos; que salario hay para vuestra obra.
8 And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.
8 Y como oyó Asa las palabras y profecía de Obed profeta, fué confortado, y quitó las abominaciones de toda la tierra de Judá y de Benjamín, y de las ciudades que él había tomado en el monte de Ephraim; y reparó el altar de Jehová que estaba delante del pórtico de Jehová.
9 And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell away to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.
9 Después hizo juntar á todo Judá y Benjamín, y con ellos los extranjeros de Ephraim, y de Manasés, y de Simeón: porque muchos de Israel se habían pasado á él, viendo que Jehová su Dios era con él.
10 And they assembled themselves at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
10 Juntáronse pues en Jerusalem en el mes tercero del año décimoquinto del reinado de Asa.
11 And they sacrificed to Jehovah in that day, of the spoil that they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
11 Y en aquel mismo día sacrificaron á Jehová, de los despojos que habían traído, setecientos bueyes y siete mil ovejas.
12 And they entered into a covenant to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,
12 Y entraron en concierto de que buscarían á Jehová el Dios de sus padres, de todo su corazón y de toda su alma;
13 and that whoever would not seek Jehovah the God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
13 Y que cualquiera que no buscase á Jehová el Dios de Israel, muriese, grande ó pequeño, hombre ó mujer.
14 And they swore to Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
14 Y juraron á Jehová con gran voz y júbilo, á son de trompetas y de bocinas:
15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they took the oath with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them. And Jehovah gave them rest round about.
15 Del cual juramento todos los de Judá se alegraron; porque de todo su corazón lo juraban, y de toda su voluntad lo buscaban: y fué hallado de ellos; y dióles Jehová reposo de todas partes.
16 And also Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol for the Asherah; and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burned it in the valley Kidron.
16 Y aun á Maachâ madre del rey Asa, él [mismo] la depuso de su dignidad, porque había hecho un ídolo en el bosque: y Asa deshizo su ídolo, y lo desmenuzó, y quemó en el torrente de Cedrón.
17 But the high places were not removed from Israel; only, Asa's heart was perfect all his days.
17 Mas con todo eso los altos no eran quitados de Israel, aunque el corazón de Asa fué perfecto mientras vivió.
18 And he brought into the house of God the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
18 Y metió en la casa de Dios lo que su padre había dedicado, y lo que él había consagrado, plata y oro y vasos.
19 And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
19 Y no hubo guerra hasta los treinta y cinco años del reinado de Asa.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Asa
A reforming king who tore down idols and trusted the LORD against vast armies.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 15:9-24; 2 Chron. 14-16; Matt. 1:7-8
Azariah
Son of Oded on whom the Spirit of God came; he told Asa and Judah that the LORD is with them when they are with Him, prompting Asa's reforms.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 15:1; 2 Chronicles 15:8
Oded
Named as the father of Azariah the prophet; the prophecy is called Oded's in some readings.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 15:1; 2 Chronicles 15:8
Cross references (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Chronicles 20:14; 2 Chronicles 24:20; Numbers 24:2; Judges 3:10; 2 Peter 1:21
- 2 James 4:8; 2 Chronicles 24:20; 2 Chronicles 15:4; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Jeremiah 29:12–14
- 3 Nehemiah 8:9; Leviticus 10:11; 2 Chronicles 17:8–9; Jeremiah 10:10; Micah 3:11
- 4 Isaiah 55:6; Deuteronomy 4:29–30; 2 Chronicles 15:15; Isaiah 65:1–2; Hosea 6:1
- 5 Judges 5:6; Psalm 121:8; 1 Samuel 13:6; Matthew 24:6–7; Luke 21:25
- 6 Luke 21:22–24; 2 Chronicles 12:15; Isaiah 10:6; Mark 13:8; Judges 2:14
- 7 1 Corinthians 15:58; Joshua 1:7; Hebrews 10:35; Joshua 1:9; 1 Chronicles 28:20
- 8 2 Chronicles 8:12; 2 Chronicles 13:19; 2 Chronicles 4:1; 1 Kings 11:7; Leviticus 18:30
- 9 2 Chronicles 11:16; Acts 9:31; Zechariah 8:21–23; 1 Chronicles 12:19; 2 Chronicles 30:1–11
- 10 Esther 8:9
- 11 2 Chronicles 14:13–15; 1 Samuel 15:21; 2 Chronicles 7:5; Numbers 31:28–29; 1 Samuel 15:15
- 12 Acts 24:14; 2 Chronicles 23:16; Deuteronomy 10:12; 2 Chronicles 29:10; 2 Chronicles 15:4
- 13 Exodus 22:20; Deuteronomy 29:18; Deuteronomy 17:2–5; Acts 26:22; Psalm 115:13
- 14 Nehemiah 5:13; Psalm 81:1–4; Nehemiah 10:29
- 15 2 Chronicles 14:7; 2 Chronicles 15:12; Isaiah 26:8; 2 Corinthians 1:12; Psalm 32:11
- 16 1 Kings 15:13–24; 1 Kings 15:2; 2 Kings 23:15; Exodus 34:13; 2 Kings 23:6
- 17 1 Kings 11:4; 2 Chronicles 14:3–5; 2 Kings 14:4; Deuteronomy 12:13–14; 1 Kings 22:43
- 18 1 Kings 7:51; 1 Chronicles 26:20–26; 1 Kings 15:14–15
- 19 2 Chronicles 16:1; 1 Kings 15:16–17; 1 Kings 15:33; 1 Kings 15:31
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… and David says distinctly, The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and in the Psalms, And take not thy Holy Spirit from me, and again, Thy good Spirit shall lead me in the land of righteousness. And as we have it in Chronicles, Azariah, in the time of King Asa, and Jahaziel in the time of King Jehoshaphat, …
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