2 Chronicles 15
1THEN the Spirit of the Lord came upon Azarias son of Oded,
2and 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 you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will be found by you. But if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
3And though for a long time Israel may be without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law,
4yet when they shall turn to the Lord God of Israel, He will be found by them.
5And though at that time there be no peace to him who goeth out, or to him who cometh in, because the terror of the Lord is on all the inhabitants of these countries—
6though nation may fight against nation, and city against city, because God hath confounded them with all kinds of affliction;
7yet strengthen ye yourselves, and let not your hands be weak; for your work shall be rewarded.
8Upon hearing these words and this prophecy of the prophet Adad, Asa took courage, and removed the abominations out of all the land of Juda and Benjamin, and from all the cities he held from Jeroboam, on mount Ephraim. And having dedicated anew the altar of the Lord, which is before the temple of the Lord,
9he assembled Juda and the strangers who worshipped with him from Ephraim, and from Manasses, and from Symeon, for many of the Israelites had joined him when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
10And when they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa,
11he offered as a sacrifice to the Lord on that day, of the prey which they had brought, seven hundred cattle and seven thousand sheep,
12and entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
13and that whoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether young or old, whether man or woman.
14And when they had sworn to the Lord with a loud voice, the trumpets and the cornets sounded,
15and all Juda rejoiced at the oath; for they swore with their whole heart, and sought Him with their whole desire, and He was found by them. And the Lord gave them rest round about.
16Moreover he restrained Maacha his mother from performing religious service to Astarte. And he cut to pieces the idol, and burned it by the brook Kedron.
17But the high places were not removed. They still remained in Israel. But Asa’s heart was perfect all his days.
18And he brought in the dedications of his father David, the holy things appertaining to the house of God, silver and gold and vessels.
19Now Asa was engaged in no war, till the thirty-fifth year of his reign.