1. And the Spirit of Elohim came upon Azaryahu son of Oḏĕḏ.
2. And he went out to face Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Yehuḏah and Binyamin. יהוה is with you while you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He is found by you, but if you forsake Him, He forsakes you.
3. “And for many days Yisra’ĕl has been without the true Elohim, and without a Torah priest, and without Torah.
4. “But in their distress they turned to יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, and they sought Him, and He was found by them.
5. “And in those days there was no peace to the one who went out, nor to the one who came in, for great disturbances were on all the inhabitants of the lands,
6. and they were beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for Elohim troubled them with every distress.
7. “But you, be strong and do not let your hands be feeble, for there is a reward for your work!”
8. And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oḏĕḏ the prophet, he took courage, and removed the abominations from all the land of Yehuḏah and Binyamin and from the cities which he had taken in the mountains of Ephrayim, and restored the altar of יהוה that was before the porch of יהוה,