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Second Book of Chronicles, Chapter 15

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2 Chronicles 15 NWT - New World Translation2 Chronicles 15 NWT - New World Translation

Chapter 15 of 2 Chronicles—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Now for Az·a·riʹah[a] the son of Oʹded,1 the spirit2 of God came to be upon him.
  2. Consequently he went out before Aʹsa and said to him: “Hear me, O Aʹsa and all Judah and Benjamin! Jehovah is with YOU as long as YOU prove to be with him;3 and if YOU search4 for him, he will let himself be found by YOU, but if YOU leave him he will leave YOU.5
  3. And many were the days that Israel6 had been without a true God[b] and without a priest teaching7 and without Law.
  4. But when in their distress8 they returned to Jehovah the God of Israel9 and looked for him, then he let himself be found by them.10
  5. And in those times there was no peace for one going out or for one coming in,11 because there were many disorders among all the inhabitants of the lands.12
  6. And they were crushed to pieces, nation against nation13 and city against city, because God himself kept them in disorder with every sort of distress.14
  7. And YOU, be courageous15 and do not let YOUR hands drop down,16 because there exists a reward for YOUR activity.”17
  8. ¶ And as soon as Aʹsa heard these words and the prophecy of Oʹded18 the prophet, he took courage and proceeded to cause the disgusting things19 to vanish from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities that he had captured from the mountainous region of Eʹphra·im,20 and to renew Jehovah’s altar that was before the porch of Jehovah.21
  9. And he began to collect together all Judah and Benjamin22 and the alien residents[c]23 with them from Eʹphra·im and Ma·nasʹseh and Simʹe·on, for they had deserted to him from Israel in great number when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.24
  10. So they were collected together at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Aʹsa’s reign.
  11. Then they sacrificed to Jehovah on that day from the spoil they had brought, seven hundred cattle and seven thousand sheep.
  12. Furthermore, they entered into a covenant25 to search for Jehovah the God of their forefathers with all their heart and with all their soul;26
  13. that anyone that would not search for Jehovah the God of Israel should be put to death,27 whether small or great,28 whether man or woman.29
  14. So they swore30 to Jehovah with a loud voice and with joyful shouting and with the trumpets and with horns.[d]
  15. And all Judah gave way to rejoicing31 over the thing sworn; for it was with all their heart that they had sworn and with full pleasure on their part that they had looked for him, so that he let himself be found by them;32 and Jehovah continued to give them rest all around.33
  16. ¶ As for even Maʹa·cah34 [his] grandmother,[e] Aʹsa the king himself35 removed her from [being] lady,36 because she had made a horrible idol for the sacred pole;37 and then Aʹsa cut down her horrible idol38 and pulverized it and burned39 it in the torrent valley of Kidʹron.40
  17. And the high places41 themselves did not disappear from Israel.42 Only Aʹsa’s heart itself proved to be complete all his days.43
  18. And he proceeded to bring the things made holy by his father and the things44 made holy by himself into the house of the [true] God, silver and gold and utensils.45
  19. As for war, it did not occur down to the thirty-fifth year of Aʹsa’s reign.46

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Now for Azariah.” Heb., wa·­ʽAzar·yaʹhu, meaning “Jehovah Has Helped.”
  2. ^ Or, “a God of truth (faithfulness).” Heb., ʼElo·hehʹ ʼemethʹ.
  3. ^ Or, “and the temporary residents.” Heb., wehag·ga·rimʹ; Gr., pro·se·lyʹtous, “proselytes.”
  4. ^ “And with horns (shofars).” Heb., u·veshoh·pha·rohthʹ, animals’ curved horns.
  5. ^ Lit., “mother.” She was queen mother.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Ch 15:8
  2. ^ Nu 24:2; 2Sa 23:2
  3. ^ Ml 3:7; Jm 4:8
  4. ^ Is 55:6; Je 29:13
  5. ^ 1Ch 28:9; 2Ch 24:20; Heb 10:38
  6. ^ 1Ki 12:28
  7. ^ De 33:10; 2Ch 17:9; Ne 8:9; Ml 2:7
  8. ^ De 4:30; Ps 106:44; Ro 2:9
  9. ^ Jg 10:10; Ho 6:1
  10. ^ Is 55:7; Mt 7:7
  11. ^ Jg 5:6
  12. ^ 1Sa 13:6
  13. ^ Jg 9:23; 2Ch 12:15
  14. ^ De 28:48; Jg 2:14; Ps 106:41; Ho 9:3
  15. ^ Jos 1:9; 1Ch 28:20
  16. ^ Ec 10:18; Heb 12:12
  17. ^ Ru 2:12; Col 3:24; Heb 11:6
  18. ^ 2Ch 15:1
  19. ^ De 27:15; 2Ki 23:24
  20. ^ Jos 17:15
  21. ^ 2Ch 8:12
  22. ^ 2Ch 11:16
  23. ^ 2Ch 30:25
  24. ^ Ge 39:3; 1Sa 18:28; Zc 8:23; Ac 7:9
  25. ^ 2Ki 23:3; 2Ch 34:31; Ne 10:29
  26. ^ De 4:29; Je 29:13
  27. ^ Ex 22:20; De 17:3
  28. ^ De 1:17
  29. ^ Pr 24:23
  30. ^ Ec 5:5; Mt 5:33
  31. ^ Ps 5:11; 40:16
  32. ^ 2Ch 15:2
  33. ^ Pr 16:7
  34. ^ 1Ki 15:10
  35. ^ De 13:8; 33:9; Zc 13:3
  36. ^ 1Ki 15:13; 2Ch 19:7
  37. ^ Ex 34:17
  38. ^ De 7:5; 1Ki 15:13
  39. ^ Ex 32:20
  40. ^ 2Sa 15:23
  41. ^ 1Ki 14:23; 2Ki 14:4; 23:20; Eze 6:3; 16:16
  42. ^ 1Ki 15:14; 22:43
  43. ^ 1Ki 8:61
  44. ^ 1Ki 7:51; 1Ch 26:26
  45. ^ 1Ki 15:15
  46. ^ 2Ch 14:1

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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