2 Chronicles 15:9-15

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 

[15:9]  ¹ tn Or “resident aliens.”

[15:9]  ² tn Heb “had fallen upon him.”

[15:11]  ³ tn Or “In that day.”

[15:11]  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.

[15:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “entered into a covenant.”

[15:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “fathers.”

[15:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “whether small or great.”

[15:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “with a loud voice and with a shout and with trumpets and with horns.”

[15:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “and with all their desire they sought him and he allowed himself to be found by them.”

[15:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and the Lord gave them rest all around.”