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1 Un día, el espíritu de Dios vino sobre Azarías hijo de Obed,
1 The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded.
2 y le dio un mensaje para el rey Asá. Entonces Azarías fue a encontrar al rey Asá, y le dijo: «¡Escúchame, rey Asá! ¡Escuchen, Judá y Benjamín! ¡El Señor estará con ustedes, siempre y cuando ustedes estén con él! ¡Todas las veces que lo busquen, lo encontrarán! Pero si lo abandonan, él también los abandonará a ustedes.
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 Hace mucho tiempo que Israel vive sin adorar al verdadero Dios, sin un verdadero sacerdote que les enseñara las leyes de Dios.
3 Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law.
4 Sin embargo, cada vez que en sus angustias se han vuelto al Señor, Dios de Israel, y lo han buscado, él les ha proporcionado ayuda.
4 But when in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.
5 En sus tiempos de rebelión contra Dios no había paz, y los problemas causaban molestias a la nación por todas partes. El crimen iba en aumento.
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 Se libraban guerras externas y batallas internas de ciudades contra ciudades, porque Dios estaba castigándolos con toda clase de calamidades.
6 They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.
7 Pero ustedes, habitantes de Judá, manténganse en el cumplimiento del deber y no se desanimen, porque recibirán el premio».
7 But you be strong! Don’t let your hands be slack, for your work will be rewarded.”
8 Cuando el rey Asá oyó este mensaje de parte de Dios, se llenó de valor y destruyó todos los ídolos que había en las tierras de Judá y de Benjamín, y en las ciudades que había capturado en la región montañosa de Efraín. Además, reconstruyó el altar del Señor frente al templo.
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 Hecho esto, convocó a todo el pueblo de Judá y de Benjamín, y a los israelitas procedentes de Efraín, Manasés y Simeón, que se habían unido a Judá cuando comprendieron que el Señor Dios estaba con el rey Asá.
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 Se reunieron en Jerusalén en el mes tercero del año quince del reinado de Asá,
10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
11 y sacrificaron, en honor al Señor, setecientos toros y siete mil ovejas del botín que habían recogido en la batalla.
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 Luego se comprometieron solemnemente a adorar únicamente al Señor, Dios de sus padres,
12 They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
13 y acordaron que cualquiera que rechazara el cumplimiento de esta cláusula debía morir, ya fuera viejo o joven, hombre o 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 En voz alta prestaron juramento de lealtad a Dios, con aclamación de júbilo y toque de trompetas y cuernos.
14 They swore to Yahweh with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets, and with cornets.
15 Todos estaban felices de haber hecho este compromiso, porque lo habían hecho de todo corazón, y con firme voluntad habían buscado al Señor, ya que lo necesitaban por sobre todas las cosas, y lo habían encontrado. Y Dios les dio paz a través de toda la nación.
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 El rey Asá tomó incluso la medida de alejar a su abuela Macá del lugar que debía ocupar como reina madre, porque ella había hecho una horrible imagen de la diosa Aserá. El rey Asá derribó el ídolo, lo destruyó y lo quemó junto al 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 Aunque no se eliminaron de Israel todos los pequeños santuarios paganos que había en las colinas, Asá se mantuvo fiel a Dios durante toda su vida.
17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
18 Se ocupó de devolver al interior del templo las vasijas de plata y de oro que él y su padre habían dedicado al Señor.
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 No volvió a haber guerra sino hasta el año treinta y cinco del reinado de Asá.
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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