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1 And the Spirit of God came
upon Azariah the son of Oded:
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.
3 Now for a long season Israel hath
been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
4 But when they in their trouble did turn
unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
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.
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;
13 That whosoever would not seek the LORD
God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or
woman.
14 And they sware unto the LORD with a
loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
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.
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.
17 But the high places were not taken away
out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
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.
19 And there was no more war unto
the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
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