KJV King James Version
And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God [was] with him.
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2 Chronicles 15:9
And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God [was] with him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
WEB World English Bible
He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who lived with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Yahweh his God was with him.
ASV American Standard Version
And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and them that sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and gathereth all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon—for they have fallen unto him from Israel in abundance, in their seeing that Jehovah his God is with him.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 15
6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that [was] before the porch of the LORD.
9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God [was] with him.
10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil [which] they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
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וַיִּקְבֹּ֗ץH6908 · qa.vatsto gatherאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallיְהוּדָה֙H3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahוּבִנְיָמִ֔ןH1144 · bin.ya.minBenjaminוְהַגָּרִים֙H1481 · gurto sojournעִמָּהֶ֔םH5973 · imwithמֵאֶפְרַ֥יִםH669 · eph.ra.yimEphraimוּמְנַשֶּׁ֖הH4519 · me.nash.shehManassehוּמִשִּׁמְע֑וֹןH8095 · shim.onSimeonכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforנָפְל֨וּH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallעָלָ֤יוH5921 · aluponמִיִּשְׂרָאֵל֙H3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelלָרֹ֔בH7230 · rovabundanceבִּרְאֹתָ֕םH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforיְהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהָ֖יוH430 · e.lo.himGodעִמּֽוֹ׃ פH5973 · imwith
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 11:16And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.Acts 9:31Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.Zechariah 8:21-23And the inhabitants of one [city] shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.Genesis 39:3And his master saw that the LORD [was] with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.1 Kings 3:28And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God [was] in him, to do judgment.1 Chronicles 12:19And there fell [some] of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to [the jeopardy of] our heads.2 Chronicles 30:1-11And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.1 Kings 12:19So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.1 Samuel 18:28And Saul saw and knew that the LORD [was] with David, and [that] Michal Saul’s daughter loved him.Acts 7:9-10And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,2 Chronicles 30:25And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
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