2Chr 15:1 And the spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:
2Chr 15:2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and
all Judah and Benjamin; The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye
seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
2Chr 15:3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and
without a teaching priest, and without law.
2Chr 15:4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel,
and sought him, he was found of them.
2Chr 15:5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him
that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the
countries.
2Chr 15:6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex
them with all adversity.
2Chr 15:7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work
shall be rewarded.
2Chr 15:8 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.
2Chr 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.
2Chr 15:10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month,
in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
2Chr 15:11 And they offered unto the Lord the same time, of the spoil which they
had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
2Chr 15:12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their
fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
2Chr 15:13 That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to
death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
2Chr 15:14 And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting,
and with trumpets, and with cornets.
2Chr 15:15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their
heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the
Lord gave them rest round about.
2Chr 15:16 And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed
her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down
her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
2Chr 15:17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless
the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
2Chr 15:18 And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had
dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
2Chr 15:19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the
reign of Asa.