ASV_Strong : 2 Chronicles 15
1. And the Spirit[H7307] of God[H430] came upon Azariah[H5838] the son[H1121] of Oded[H5752]:
2. and he went out[H3318] to meet[H6440] Asa[H609], and said[H559] unto him[H8085], Hear ye me[H609], Asa, and all Judah[H3063] and Benjamin[H1144]: Jehovah[H3068] is with you[H1875], while ye are with him; and if ye seek him[H4672], he will be found of you[H5800]; but if ye forsake him[H5800], he will forsake you.
3. Now for a long[H7227] season[H3117] Israel[H3478] was without[H3808] the true[H571] God[H430], and without a teaching[H3384] priest[H3548], and without law[H8451]:
4. But when in their distress[H6862] they turned[H7725] unto Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], and sought[H1245] him[H4672], he was found of them.
5. And in those times[H6256] there was no peace[H7965] to him that went out[H3318], nor to him that came in[H935]; but great[H7227] vexations[H4103] were upon all the inhabitants[H3427] of the lands[H776].
6. And they were broken[H3807] in pieces[H1471], nation against nation[H1471], and city[H5892] against city[H5892]; for God[H430] did vex[H2000] them with all adversity[H6869].
7. But be ye strong[H2388], and let not your hands[H3027] be slack[H7503]; for your work[H6468] shall be[H3426] rewarded[H7939].
8. And when Asa[H609] heard[H8085] these words[H1697], and the prophecy[H5016] of Oded[H5752] the prophet[H5030], he took courage[H2388], and put away[H5674] the abominations[H8251] out of all the land[H776] of Judah[H3063] and Benjamin[H1144], and out of the cities[H5892] which he had taken[H3920] from the hill-country[H2022] of Ephraim[H669]; and he renewed[H2318] the altar[H4196] of Jehovah[H3068], that was before[H6440] the porch[H197] of Jehovah[H3068].
9. And he gathered[H6908] all Judah[H3063] and Benjamin[H1144], and them that sojourned[H1481] with them out of Ephraim[H669] and Manasseh[H4519], and out of Simeon[H8095]: for they fell[H5307] to him out of Israel[H3478] in abundance[H7230], when they saw[H7200] that Jehovah[H3068] his God was with him[H430].
10. So they gathered themselves together[H6908] at Jerusalem[H3389] in the third[H7992] month[H2320], in the fifteenth[H2568] year[H8141] of the reign[H4438] of Asa[H609].
11. And they sacrificed[H2076] unto Jehovah[H3068] in that day[H3117], of the spoil[H7998] which they had brought[H935], seven[H7651] hundred[H3967] oxen[H1241] and seven[H7651] thousand[H505] sheep[H6629].
12. And they entered[H935] into the covenant[H1285] to seek[H1875] Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of their fathers[H1], with all their heart[H3824] and with all their soul[H5315];
13. and that whosoever would not seek[H1875] Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], should be put to death[H4191], whether[H4480] small[H6996] or great[H1419], whether man[H376] or woman[H802].
14. And they sware[H7650] unto Jehovah[H3068] with a loud[H1419] voice[H6963], and with shouting[H8643], and with trumpets[H2689], and with cornets[H7782].
15. And all Judah[H3063] rejoiced[H8055] at the oath[H7621]; for they had sworn[H7650] with all their heart[H3824], and sought[H1245] him with their whole desire[H7522]; and he was found[H4672] of them[H3068]: and Jehovah gave them rest[H5117] round about[H5439].
16. And also Maacah[H4601], the mother[H517] of Asa[H609] the king[H4428], he removed[H5493] from being queen[H1377], because she had made[H6213] an abominable image[H4656] for an Asherah[H842]; and Asa[H609] cut down[H3772] her image[H4656], and made dust[H1854] of it[H8313], and burnt it at the brook[H5158] Kidron[H6939].
17. But the high places[H1116] were not taken away[H5493] out of Israel[H3478]: nevertheless the heart[H3824] of Asa[H609] was perfect[H8003] all his days[H3117].
18. And he brought[H935] into the house[H1004] of God[H430] the things that his father[H1] had dedicated[H6944], and that he himself had dedicated[H6944], silver[H3701], and gold[H2091], and vessels[H3627].
19. And there was no more war[H4421] unto the five[H2568] and thirtieth[H7970] year[H8141] of the reign[H4438] of Asa[H609].
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