2 Chronicles 15:8-13

15:8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he was encouraged. ¹  He removed the detestable idols from the entire land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had seized in the Ephraimite hill country. He repaired the altar of the Lord in front of the porch of the Lord’s temple. ² 

15:9 He assembled all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the settlers ³  from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had come to live with them. Many people from Israel had come there to live ⁴  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 ⁵  they sacrificed to the Lord some of the plunder they had brought back, including 700 head of cattle and 7,000 sheep. ⁶  15:12 They solemnly agreed ⁷  to seek the Lord God of their ancestors ⁸  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, ⁹  male or female.

[15:8]  ¹ tn Heb “strengthened himself.”

[15:8]  ² tn Heb “the porch of the Lord.”

[15:9]  ³ tn Or “resident aliens.”

[15:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “had fallen upon him.”

[15:11]  ⁵ tn Or “In that day.”

[15:11]  ⁶ 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.

[15:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “entered into a covenant.”

[15:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “fathers.”

[15:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “whether small or great.”