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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>2 Chronicles 15 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_chronicles/15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_chronicles/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > 2 Chronicles 15</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_chronicles/14.htm" title="2 Chronicles 14">◄</a> 2 Chronicles 15 <a href="../2_chronicles/16.htm" title="2 Chronicles 16">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/2_chronicles/15.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Asa’s Religious Reforms</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/15-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and he went out to meet King Asa as he was returning from the battle. “Listen to me, Asa!” he shouted. “Listen, all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The LORD will stay with you as long as you stay with him! Whenever you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach them, and without the Law to instruct them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But whenever they were in trouble and turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him out, they found him.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“During those dark times, it was not safe to travel. Problems troubled the people of every land. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Nation fought against nation, and city against city, for God was troubling them with every kind of problem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But as for you, be strong and courageous, for your work will be rewarded.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>When Asa heard this message from Azariah the prophet,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> he took courage and removed all the detestable idols from the land of Judah and Benjamin and in the towns he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. And he repaired the altar of the LORD, which stood in front of the entry room of the LORD’s Temple.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then Asa called together all the people of Judah and Benjamin, along with the people of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them. For many from Israel had moved to Judah during Asa’s reign when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The people gathered at Jerusalem in late spring,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> during the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>On that day they sacrificed to the LORD 700 cattle and 7,000 sheep and goats from the plunder they had taken in the battle. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They agreed that anyone who refused to seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death—whether young or old, man or woman. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They shouted out their oath of loyalty to the LORD with trumpets blaring and rams’ horns sounding. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>All in Judah were happy about this covenant, for they had entered into it with all their heart. They earnestly sought after God, and they found him. And the LORD gave them rest from their enemies on every side.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>King Asa even deposed his grandmother<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene Asherah pole. He cut down her obscene pole, broke it up, and burned it in the Kidron Valley. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Although the pagan shrines were not removed from Israel, Asa’s heart remained completely faithful throughout his life. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He brought into the Temple of God the silver and gold and the various items that he and his father had dedicated.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:8 </span><span class="ft">As in Syriac version and Latin Vulgate (see also 15:1); Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">from Oded the prophet.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:10 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">in the third month.</span><span class="ft"> This month of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar usually occurs within the months of May and June.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">his mother.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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