2Chronicles:15

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* And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded : * 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 . * Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God , and without a teaching priest , and without law . * But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel Yisra #el #, and sought him , he was found of them . * 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 . * And nation was destroyed of nation , and city of city : for God did vex them with all adversity . * Be ye strong therefore , and let not your hands be weak : for your work shall be rewarded . * 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 . * And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin , and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh , and out of Simeon Shim #own #: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance , when they saw that the LORD his God was with him . * So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month , in the fifteenth chamesh # year of the reign of Asa . * And they offered unto the LORD the same time , of the spoil which they had brought , seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep tso #n #. * And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul ; * That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death , whether small or great , whether man or woman . * And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice , and with shouting t @ruw #ah #, and with trumpets , and with cornets . * And all Judah rejoiced at the oath sh @buw #ah #: 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 . * 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 . * But the high places were not taken away out of Israel Yisra #el #: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days . * 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 . * And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa .

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