15:1 And
the
Spirit
of
God
came
upon
Azariah
the
son
of
Oded:
15:2 and
he
went
out
to
meet
Asa,
and
said
unto
him,
Hear
ye
me,
Asa,
and
all
Judah
and
Benjamin:
Jehovah
is
with
you,
while
ye
are
with
him;
and
if
ye
seek
him,
he
will
be
found
of
you;
but
if
ye
forsake
him,
he
will
forsake
you.
15:3 Now
for
a
long
season
Israel
was
without
the
true
God,
and
without
a
teaching
priest,
and
without
law:
15:4 But
when
in
their
distress
they
turned
unto
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
and
sought
him,
he
was
found
of
them.
15:5 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
lands.
15:6 And
they
were
broken
in
pieces,
nation
against
nation,
and
city
against
city;
for
God
did
vex
them
with
all
adversity.
15:7 But
be
ye
strong,
and
let
not
your
hands
be
slack;
for
your
work
shall
be
rewarded.
15:8 And
when
Asa
heard
these
words,
and
the
prophecy
of
Oded
the
prophet,
he
took
courage,
and
put
away
the
abominations
out
of
all
the
land
of
Judah
and
Benjamin,
and
out
of
the
cities
which
he
had
taken
from
the
hill-country
of
Ephraim;
and
he
renewed
the
altar
of
Jehovah,
that
was
before
the
porch
of
Jehovah.
15:9 And
he
gathered
all
Judah
and
Benjamin,
and
them
that
sojourned
with
them
out
of
Ephraim
and
Manasseh,
and
out
of
Simeon:
for
they
fell
to
him
out
of
Israel
in
abundance,
when
they
saw
that
Jehovah
his
God
was
with
him.
15:10 So
they
gathered
themselves
together
at
Jerusalem
in
the
third
month,
in
the
fifteenth
year
of
the
reign
of
Asa.
15:11 And
they
sacrificed
unto
Jehovah
in
that
day,
of
the
spoil
which
they
had
brought,
seven
hundred
oxen
and
seven
thousand
sheep.
15:12 And
they
entered
into
the
covenant
to
seek
Jehovah,
the
God
of
their
fathers,
with
all
their
heart
and
with
all
their
soul;
15:13 and
that
whosoever
would
not
seek
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
should
be
put
to
death,
whether
small
or
great,
whether
man
or
woman.
15:14 And
they
sware
unto
Jehovah
with
a
loud
voice,
and
with
shouting,
and
with
trumpets,
and
with
cornets.
15:15 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
Jehovah
gave
them
rest
round
about.
15:16 And
also
Maacah,
the
mother
of
Asa
the
king,
he
removed
from
being
queen,
because
she
had
made
an
abominable
image
for
an
Asherah;
and
Asa
cut
down
her
image,
and
made
dust
of
it,
and
burnt
it
at
the
brook
Kidron.
15:17 But
the
high
places
were
not
taken
away
out
of
Israel:
nevertheless
the
heart
of
Asa
was
perfect
all
his
days.
15:18 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.
15:19 And
there
was
no
more
war
unto
the
five
and
thirtieth
year
of
the
reign
of
Asa.
