Second Book of Chronicles - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 986

6 population of thc country. Tribe assailed Tribe, and City, City,-—for GOD let them be tormented with every

7 distress; but you, be bold, and do not drop your hands, for your work will be reward d. (941 ac.) 3m niizmpis xx mural 10 II I2 ilzfarmaiimr. And when Asa heard these words,

and the Sermon of Audud the Preacher, he was encouraged, and expelled the abominations from all the land of judah, and Benjamin, and from the towns he had cap- tured in Mount Ephraim, and restored the Altar of the EVER- Lrvmc that was before the Porch of the LORD, and collected the Repre- sentatives of judah, and Benjamin, and the settlers amongst them, from Ephraim and Manasseh and Simeon, for many from Israel had deserted

to him, when they saw that his EVER- 1.1v’1NG GOD was with him. These assembled at jerusalem in

the third month of the fifteenth year of the Kingship of Asa, and sacrificed to the EvEa-uvxuc some of the prizes. They brought seven hundred bullocks, and seven thousand sheep, and came to a Resolution to seek the Evmz-1.1vmo Gon of their forefathers with all their heart, and all their mind ; and that all who would not seek the EvEn·1.1vmG GOD of Israel should be put to death, from the least to the greatest, whether man or woman ; and swore it to the EVER-1.1·v1Ne with a loud voice, and with cheering, and with trumpets and horns. And the Representatives of judah swore gladly, for they swore with complete heart, and sought Him with full delight, and found Him,forthe EVER- LIVING gave them rest all round. $sn hzpnzzs his mother frmn lyzr 16 Quzznhmn fur Ebulntrg. King Asa also dismissed Makah, his

mother, from her station, because she had made a filthy image to LUST. Asa also cut up the foul image, and crushed it, and flung it into the Kedron brook. He did not, however, remove the

Mounds from Israel,·—yet the heart of Asa was sound all his days, and he brought all the Consecrations of silver and gold of his father, and the Con- secrations of himself, into the House of the EvER—L1v1Nc. Therewas no more war afterwards, :8 until the thirty—fifth year of the King- ship of Asa. (940 B·€·) Nnsbn uf israel assaila- §uhs!;.—§s¤ allies with Qexelyahah. In the thirty-sixth year of the 16 Kingshipof Asa, Basha King of Israel came up against judah, and built Ramah, so as not to allowa passage to Asa King of judah. Asa consequently took silver and 2 gold out of the Treasures ofthe House of the EvER—L1v1NG, and the Royal Palace, and sent to Ben-Hadad, King of Aram,who was Resident in Damask, and said ; ‘ There is a Treaty between myself

and you, as there _.was between my father and your father, therefore I have sent silver and gold to you to break the treaty with Basha, King of Israel, that he may retreat from (940 ac.) And Ben-hadad listenedto King Asa,

and sent the Generals of his forces against the Cities of Israel, and they assailed Aion, and Dan, and Abel- maim, and all the prosperous Towns of N aphthalig and when Basha heard it he_ceased from the building of Ramah, and left his works, and King 6 Asa took the forces of judah, and carried off the stonesrand timber, with building, from Ramah, and built Gheba and Mitzfah with them. @132 §r2srl;zr §nu¤ui hztmumzzs iii: wrzntg mill; Qtr:-lynhnb. But at that time Hanaui, the

Preacher, came to Asa King of judah, and said to him; ' Because you have trusted yourself

to the King of Aram, and have not trusted upon your EVE R—L1v1NG GOD, the Army of the King of Aram will slip from your hand! Were not the Kushim and the Lubim, with their great Army of Chariots and horsemen, very numerous ?—But because you re- lied upon the EvER—L1v1NG, they were given to your hand. For the eyes of the EVER-r.1v11~zo dart to all the earth, to strengthen, if the heart is sound to 986