1. And the Ruach Elohim came upon Azaryahu ben Oded;
2. And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and kol Yehudah and Binyamin. Hashem is with you, while ye be with Him; if ye seek Him, He will be found of you; if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you.
3. Now for yamim rabbim Yisroel hath been without the Elohei Emes, and without a Kohen Moreh, and without Torah.
4. But when they in their tzoros did turn unto Hashem Elohei Yisroel, and sought Him, He was found by them.
5. And in those times there was no shalom to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but mehumot rabbot (great turmoil) was upon all the inhabitants of the lands.
6. And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city, for Elohim did trouble them with every tzuris.
7. Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak, for there is sachar (reward) for your pe'ulah (work).
8. And when Asa heard these words, and the nevu'ah of Oded HaNavi, he took courage, and put away the shikkutzim (abominable idols) from kol Eretz Yehudah and Binyamin, and from the cities which he had captured from Mt Ephrayim, and renewed the Mizbe'ach Hashem, that was in front of the Ulam Hashem.