He came to Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin; GOD is with you as long as you act faithfully.aact faithfully Lit. “are with Him.” If it is [God] whom you seek, you will be answered, but if you forsake [God], you will be forsaken.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויצא
107
לפני
170
אסא
62
ויאמר
257
לו
36
שמעוני
476
אסא
62
וכליהודה
86
ובנימן
158
יהוה
26
עמכם
170
בהיותכם
483
עמו
116
ואםתדרשהו
962
ימצא
141
לכם
90
ואםתעזבהו
537
יעזב
89
אתכםס
521
II Chronicles 15:3
Gematria: 2548
וימיםרביםלישראלללאאלהיאמתוללאכהןמורהוללאתורה
Israel has gone many days without the true God, without a priest to give instruction and without Teaching.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וימים
106
רבים
252
לישראל
571
ללא
61
אלהי
46
אמת
441
וללא
67
כהן
75
מורה
251
וללא
67
תורה
611
II Chronicles 15:4
Gematria: 2010
וישבבצרלועליהוהאלהיישראלויבקשהווימצאלהם
But in distress it returned to the ETERNAL God of Israel, whom it sought—and who, in turn, responded.
At those times, no wayfarerbwayfarer Lit. “one who goes out and one who comes in.” was safe, for there was much tumult among all the inhabitants of the lands.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ובעתים
528
ההם
50
אין
61
שלום
376
ליוצא
137
ולבא
39
כי
30
מהומת
491
רבות
608
על
100
כלישבי
372
הארצות
702
II Chronicles 15:6
Gematria: 2028
וכתתוגויבגויועירבעירכיאלהיםהממםבכלצרה
Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God threw them into panic with every kind of trouble.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וכתתו
832
גויבגוי
40
ועיר
286
בעיר
282
כיאלהים
116
הממם
125
בכלצרה
347
II Chronicles 15:7
Gematria: 2575
ואתםחזקוואלירפוידיכםכייששכרלפעלתכםס
As for you, be strong, do not be disheartened, for there is reward for your labor.”
When Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the abominations from the entire land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities that he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He restored the altar of GOD in front of the porch of GOD.
He assembled all the people of Judah and Benjamin and those people of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who sojourned among them, for many in Israel had thrown in their lot with him when they saw that the ETERNAL his God was with him.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויקבץ
208
אתכליהודה
481
ובנימן
158
והגרים
264
עמהם
155
מאפרים
371
ומנשה
401
ומשמעון
512
כינפלו
196
עליו
116
מישראל
581
לרב
232
בראתם
643
כייהוה
56
אלהיו
52
עמופ
196
II Chronicles 15:10
Gematria: 4050
ויקבצוירושלםבחדשהשלשילשנתחמשעשרהלמלכותאסא
They were assembled in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
All Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they swore with all their heart and sought [God] with all their will. In response, they were given respite on every side.
cCf. 1 Kings 15.13–16. King Asa also deposed his mother Maacah from the rank of queen mother, because she had made an abominable thing for [the goddess] Asherah. Asa cut down her abominable thing, reduced it to dust, and burned it in the Wadi Kidron.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וגםמעכה
184
אם
41
אסא
62
המלך
95
הסירה
280
מגבירה
260
אשרעשתה
1276
לאשרה
536
מפלצת
640
ויכרת
636
אסא
62
אתמפלצתה
1046
וידק
120
וישרף
596
בנחל
90
קדרון
360
II Chronicles 15:17
Gematria: 2239
והבמותלאסרומישראלרקלבבאסאהיהשלםכלימיו
The shrines, indeed, were not abolished in Israel; however, Asa was wholehearted [with GOD] all his life.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והבמות
459
לאסרו
297
מישראל
581
רק
300
לבבאסא
96
היה
20
שלם
370
כלימיו
116
II Chronicles 15:18
Gematria: 2068
ויבאאתקדשיאביווקדשיוביתהאלהיםכסףוזהבוכלים
He brought into the House of God the things that he and his father had consecrated—silver, gold, and utensils.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויבא
19
אתקדשי
815
אביו
19
וקדשיו
426
בית
412
האלהים
91
כסף
160
וזהב
20
וכלים
106
II Chronicles 15:19
Gematria: 3106
ומלחמהלאהיתהעדשנתשלשיםוחמשלמלכותאסאפ
There was no war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.