Most of the verses in this chapter do not appear anywhere else.  Sixteen of these nineteen verses contain all new material.

וַעֲזַרְיָהוּ בֶּן־עוֹדֵד הָיְתָה עָלָיו רוּחַ אֱלֹהִים׃   15:1

2Chr. 15:1   And there was Azariah son of Oded; the spirit of God was upon him.

וַיֵּצֵא לִפְנֵי אָסָא וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ שְׁמָעוּנִי אָסָא וְכָל־יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן יְהוָה עִמָּכֶם בִּהְיוֹתְכֶם עִמּוֹ   15:2

 וְאִם־תִּדְרְשֻׁהוּ יִמָּצֵא לָכֶם וְאִם־תַּעַזְבֻהוּ יַעֲזֹב אֶתְכֶם׃

2Chr. 15:2   And he came out before him and said to him, “Hear me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin!  The Lord is with you while you are being with Him.  So if you will seek Him, He will be present for you; but should you forsake Him, He will forsake you.”

וְיָמִים רַבִּים לְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְלֹא אֱלֹהֵי אֱמֶת וּלְלֹא כֹּהֵן מוֹרֶה וּלְלֹא תוֹרָה׃   15:3

2Chr. 15:3   “Now many days there was no God of truth to Israel, and there was no priest directing, and there was no Torah.”

וַיָּשָׁב בַּצַּר־לוֹ עַל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיְבַקְשֻׁהוּ וַיִּמָּצֵא לָהֶם׃   15:4

2Chr. 15:4   “Then it turned back in its distress to the Lord, God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was present for them.”

וּבָעִתִּים הָהֵם אֵין שָׁלוֹם לַיּוֹצֵא וְלַבָּא כִּי מְהוּמֹת רַבּוֹת עַל כָּל־יוֹשְׁבֵי הָאֲרָצוֹת׃   15:5

2Chr. 15:5   “Now in those times there was no peace for one going out or for one coming in, for great troubles were upon all the inhabitants of the lands.”

וְכֻתְּתוּ גוֹי־בְּגוֹי וְעִיר בְּעִיר כִּי־אֱלֹהִים הֲמָמָם בְּכָל־צָרָה׃   15:6

2Chr. 15:6   “And they were beaten, nation by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress.”

וְאַתֶּם חִזְקוּ וְאַל־יִרְפּוּ יְדֵיכֶם כִּי יֵשׁ שָׂכָר לִפְעֻלַּתְכֶם׃   15:7

2Chr. 15:7   “But you be strong, and must not relax your hands; then there will be reward for your work.”

וְכִשְׁמֹעַ אָסָא הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וְהַנְּבוּאָה עֹדֵד הַנָּבִיא הִתְחַזַּק וַיַּעֲבֵר הַשִּׁקּוּצִים מִכָּל־אֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה   15:8

 וּבִנְיָמִן וּמִן־הֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר לָכַד מֵהַר אֶפְרָיִם וַיְחַדֵּשׁ אֶת־מִזְבַּח יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי אוּלָם יְהוָה׃

2Chr. 15:8   And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded, the prophet, he was strengthened and he took away the detestable things from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities that he had captured from the hill country of Ephraim, and he renewed the altar of the Lord that was before the porch of the Lord.

וַיִּקְבֹּץ אֶת־כָּל־יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן וְהַגָּרִים עִמָּהֶם מֵאֶפְרַיִם וּמְנַשֶּׁה וּמִשִּׁמְעוֹן כִּי־נָפְלוּ עָלָיו מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל   15:9

 לָרֹב בִּרְאֹתָם כִּי־יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו עִמּוֹ׃

2Chr. 15:9   And he assembled all of Judah and Benjamin and those dwelling with them from Ephraim and Manasseh and from Simeon, for they fell away to him from Israel in abundance upon their seeing that the Lord, his God, was with him.

וַיִּקָּבְצוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַם בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי לִשְׁנַת חֲמֵשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵה לְמַלְכוּת אָסָא׃   15:10

2Chr. 15:10   So they gathered to Jerusalem in the third month in the fifteenth year in the reign of Asa.

The third month is the month of Sivan.  Shavuoth, the Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost, is observed in that month.

וַיִּזְבְּחוּ לַיהוָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא מִן־הַשָּׁלָל הֵבִיאוּ בָּקָר שְׁבַע מֵאוֹת וְצֹאן שִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים׃   15:11

2Chr. 15:11   And they sacrificed to the Lord on that day seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from the spoil they had brought.

וַיָּבֹאוּ בַבְּרִית לִדְרוֹשׁ אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם בְּכָל־לְבָבָם וּבְכָל־נַפְשָׁם׃   15:12

2Chr. 15:12   And they came into covenant to seek the Lord, God of their ancestors, with all their heart and with all their soul,

וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִדְרֹשׁ לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל יוּמָת לְמִן־קָטֹן וְעַד־גָּדוֹל לְמֵאִישׁ וְעַד־אִשָּׁה׃   15:13

2Chr. 15:13   and anyone who would not seek for the Lord, God of Israel, would be put to death, from insignificant to important, whether man or woman.

וַיִּשָּׁבְעוּ לַיהוָה בְּקוֹל גָּדוֹל וּבִתְרוּעָה וּבַחֲצֹצְרוֹת וּבְשׁוֹפָרוֹת׃   15:14

2Chr. 15:14   And they swore to the Lord in a loud voice and with shouting, and with trumpets and with horns.

וַיִּשְׂמְחוּ כָל־יְהוּדָה עַל־הַשְּׁבוּעָה כִּי בְכָל־לְבָבָם נִשְׁבָּעוּ וּבְכָל־רְצוֹנָם בִּקְשֻׁהוּ וַיִּמָּצֵא לָהֶם וַיָּנַח   15:15

 יְהוָה לָהֶם מִסָּבִיב׃

2Chr. 15:15   And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for with all their heart they had sworn, and with all their desire they sought Him, that He was present for them, and the Lord had given rest to them from every direction.

וְגַם־מַעֲכָה אֵם אָסָא הַמֶּלֶךְ הֱסִירָהּ מִגְּבִירָה אֲשֶׁר־עָשְׂתָה לַאֲשֵׁרָה מִפְלָצֶת וַיִּכְרֹת אָסָא   15:16

 אֶת־מִפְלַצְתָּהּ וַיָּדֶק וַיִּשְׂרֹף בְּנַחַל קִדְרוֹן׃

2Chr. 15:16   And also Maacah, the mother of Asa, the king, he deposed her from being queen mother who had made an idol to Asherah.   And Asa cut down and pulverized, then burned her idol by the brook Kidron.

This verse is similar to 1Kin. 15:13.

וְהַבָּמוֹת לֹא־סָרוּ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל רַק לְבַב־אָסָא הָיָה שָׁלֵם כָּל־יָמָיו׃   15:17

2Chr. 15:17   While the high places were not removed from Israel altogether, the heart of Asa was at peace all his days.

Part of this verse sheds some light on the possible conflict addressed in 2Chr. 14:4.  The word altogether is added in this verse but is absent in 1Kin. 15:14.  If such a word was inadvertently omitted from the latter verse, its appearance there would cause the conflict to evaporate.

וַיָּבֵא אֶת־קָדְשֵׁי אָבִיו וְקָדָשָׁיו בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב וְכֵלִים׃   15:18

2Chr. 15:18   And he brought the holy things of his father along with his holy things of silver and gold to the house of God, and vessels.

This verse is similar to 1Kin. 15:15.

וּמִלְחָמָה לֹא הָיָתָה עַד שְׁנַת־שְׁלֹשִׁים וְחָמֵשׁ לְמַלְכוּת אָסָא׃   15:19

2Chr. 15:19   And there was no war up to year thirty-five for the reign of Asa.

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