2Chronicles:15

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* And Azarias the son of Oded —upon him came the Spirit of the Lord , * and he went out to meet Asa , and all Juda and Benjamin , and said , Hear me , Asa , and all Juda and Benjamin . The Lord is with you , while ye are with him ; and if ye seek him out , he will be found of you ; but if ye forsake him , he will forsake you . * And Israel has been a long time without the true God , and without a priest to expound the truth , and without the law . * But he shall turn them to the Lord God of Israel , and he will be found of them . * And in that time there is no peace to one going out , or to one coming in , for the terror of the Lord is upon all that inhabit the lands . * And nation shall fight against nation , and city against city ; for God has confounded them with every kind of affliction . * But be ye strong , and let not your hands be weakened : for there is a reward for your work . * And when Asa heard these words , and the prophesy of (note :)Alex . Azaria (:note ) Adad the prophet , then he strengthened himself , and cast out the abominations from all the land of Juda and Benjamin , and from the cities which Jeroboam possessed , in mount Ephraim , and he Or , consecrated renewed the altar of the Lord , which was before the temple of the Lord . * And he assembled Juda and Benjamin , and the strangers that dwelt with him , of Ephraim , and of Manasse , and of Symeon : for many of Israel were joined to him , when they saw that the Lord his God was with him . * And they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month , in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa . * And he sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils which they brought , (note :)Alex . epta kriouv , «seven rams ’(:note ) seven hundred calves and seven thousand sheep . * And he (note :)Gr . passed through (:note ) entered into a covenant that they should seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul . * And that whoever should not seek the Lord God of Israel , should die , whether young or old , whether man or woman . * And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice , and with trumpets , and with cornets . * And all Juda rejoiced concerning the oath : for they swore with all their heart , and they sought him with all their desires ; and he was found of them : and the Lord gave them rest round about . * And he removed Maacha his mother from being priestess to Astarte ; and he cut down the idol , and burnt it in the brook of Kedron . * Nevertheless they removed not the high places : they still existed in Israel : nevertheless the heart of Asa was (note :)Gr . full (:note ) perfect all his days . * And he brought in the holy things of David his father , and the holy things of the house of God , silver , and gold , and vessels . * And there was no war waged with him until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa .

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