2 Chronicles 15
Asa's
Reforms |
1 Kgs. 15.13-15 |
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And the Spirit of God came upon Azari'ah
the son of Oded:
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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.
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Now for a long season Israel hath
been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and
without law.
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But when they in their trouble did turn
unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he
was found of them.
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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.
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And nation was destroyed of nation, and
city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
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Be ye strong therefore, and let not your
hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
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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 E'phra-im, and renewed
the altar of the LORD, that was before
the porch of the LORD.
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And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin,
and the strangers with them out of E'phra-im and Manas'seh, 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.
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So they gathered themselves together at
Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of
Asa.
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And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had
brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
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And they entered into a covenant to seek
the LORD God of their fathers with all their
heart and with all their soul;
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that whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether
small or great, whether man or woman.
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And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with
trumpets, and with cornets.
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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.
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And also concerning Ma'achah 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.
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But the high places were not taken away
out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his
days.
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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.
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And there was no more war unto the
five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
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