The Second Book of Chronicles
15: 1And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: 15:2and he went out to meet Asa,
and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you, while ye
are with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake
you. 15:3Now for a long season Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and
without law: 15:4But when in their distress they turned unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, and sought
him, he was found of them. 15:5And 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 lands. 15:6And they were
broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all
adversity. 15:7But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.
15:8And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and
put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which
he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was
before the porch of Jehovah. 15:9And 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. 15:10So they gathered themselves
together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 15:11And they
sacrificed unto Jehovah in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and
seven thousand sheep. 15:12And they entered into the covenant to seek Jehovah, the God of their
fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul; 15:13and that whosoever would not seek Jehovah,
the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. 15:14And
they sware unto Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with
cornets. 15:15And 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 Jehovah gave them rest round about.
15:16And also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had
made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and
burnt it at the brook Kidron. 15:17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel:
nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. 15:18And 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. 15:19And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.