2 Chronicles · Free Bible Version
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1 The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.
1 Y FUÉ el espíritu de Dios sobre Azarías hijo de Obed;
1 The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded.
2 He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all of Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you look for him, you will find him; but if you abandon him, he will abandon 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.
2 He went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh 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.
3 For many years Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach them, and without the law.
3 Muchos días ha estado Israel sin verdadero Dios y sin sacerdote, y sin enseñador y sin ley:
3 Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law.
4 But when they were in trouble they returned to the Lord, the God of Israel—they looked for him, and they found him.
4 Mas cuando en su tribulación se convirtieron á Jehová Dios de Israel, y le buscaron, él fué hallado de ellos.
4 But when in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.
5 During those times travel was dangerous, for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil. People everywhere had terrible problems.
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.
5 In those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in; but great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.
6 Nation fought nation, and town fought town, for God threw them into a panic with all kinds of trouble.
6 Y la una gente destruía á la otra, y una ciudad á otra ciudad: porque Dios los conturbó con todas calamidades.
6 They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.
7 But you need to be strong, not weak, for you will be rewarded for the work you do.”
7 Esforzaos empero vosotros, y no desfallezcan vuestras manos; que salario hay para vuestra obra.
7 But you be strong! Don’t let your hands be slack, for your work will be rewarded.”
8 When Asa heard these words of prophecy from Azariah the prophet, son of Oded, he was encouraged. He removed the vile idols from the whole territory of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. Then he repaired the altar of the Lord that stood in front of the porch of the Lord's Temple.
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.
8 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 which he had taken from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed Yahweh’s altar that was before Yahweh’s porch.
9 Then Asa summoned all of Judah and Benjamin, along with those Israelites from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were living among them, for many people had deserted Israel and come over to Asa when they saw that the Lord 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.
9 He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who lived with them out of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon; for they came to him out of Israel in abundance when they saw that Yahweh his God was with him.
10 They gathered in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.
10 Juntáronse pues en Jerusalem en el mes tercero del año décimoquinto del reinado de Asa.
10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
11 That day they sacrificed to the Lord seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from the plunder they had brought back.
11 Y en aquel mismo día sacrificaron á Jehová, de los despojos que habían traído, setecientos bueyes y siete mil ovejas.
11 They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day, from the plunder which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep.
12 Then they made an agreement to conscientiously and completely follow the Lord, the God of their forefathers.
12 Y entraron en concierto de que buscarían á Jehová el Dios de sus padres, de todo su corazón y de toda su alma;
12 They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
13 They also agreed that anyone who refused to follow the Lord, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
13 Y que cualquiera que no buscase á Jehová el Dios de Israel, muriese, grande ó pequeño, hombre ó mujer.
13 and that whoever would not seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
14 They declared their oath with a loud shout, accompanied by trumpets and blasts from rams' horns.
14 Y juraron á Jehová con gran voz y júbilo, á son de trompetas y de bocinas:
14 They swore to Yahweh with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets, and with cornets.
15 The whole of Judah was happy at the oath they had conscientiously sworn. They looked for him sincerely, and they found him. The Lord gave them peace from all their enemies.
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.
15 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 by them. Then Yahweh gave them rest all around.
16 King Asa also removed Maacah from her position as queen mother for making an offensive Asherah pole. Asa cut down her vile idol, crushed it up, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
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.
16 Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen mother, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; so Asa cut down her image, ground it into dust, and burned it at the brook Kidron.
17 While the high places were not removed from Israel, Asa was completely devoted to the Lord all his life.
17 Mas con todo eso los altos no eran quitados de Israel, aunque el corazón de Asa fué perfecto mientras vivió.
17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
18 He brought into God's Temple the silver and gold articles he and his father had dedicated.
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.
18 He brought the things that his father had dedicated and that he himself had dedicated, silver, gold, and vessels into God’s house.
19 There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign.
19 Y no hubo guerra hasta los treinta y cinco años del reinado de Asa.
19 There was no more war to the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.
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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