15:9 He assembled all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the settlers 1 from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had come to live with them. Many people from Israel had come there to live 2 when they saw that the Lord his God was with him. 15:10 They assembled in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign. 15:11 At that time 3 they sacrificed to the Lord some of the plunder they had brought back, including 700 head of cattle and 7,000 sheep. 4 15:12 They solemnly agreed 5 to seek the Lord God of their ancestors 6 with their whole heart and being. 15:13 Anyone who would not seek the Lord God of Israel would be executed, whether they were young or old, 7 male or female. 15:14 They swore their allegiance to the Lord, shouting their approval loudly and sounding trumpets and horns. 8 15:15 All Judah was happy about the oath, because they made the vow with their whole heart. They willingly sought the Lord and he responded to them. 9 He made them secure on every side. 10
1 tn Or “resident aliens.”
2 tn Heb “had fallen upon him.”
3 tn Or “In that day.”
4 tn The Hebrew term צֹאן (tso’n) denotes smaller livestock in general; depending on context it can refer to sheep only or goats only, but their is nothing in the immediate context here to specify one or the other.
5 tn Heb “entered into a covenant.”
6 tn Heb “fathers.”
7 tn Heb “whether small or great.”
8 tn Heb “with a loud voice and with a shout and with trumpets and with horns.”
9 tn Heb “and with all their desire they sought him and he allowed himself to be found by them.”
10 tn Heb “and the