15:1 The
Spirit
of
God
came
upon
Azariah
the
son
of
Oded,
15:2 and
he
went
out
to
meet
Asa
and
said
to
him,
"Hear
me,
Asa,
and
all
Judah
and
Benjamin:
The
LORD
is
with
you
while
you
are
with
him.
If
you
seek
him,
he
will
be
found
by
you,
but
if
you
forsake
him,
he
will
forsake
you.
15:3 For
a
long
time
Israel
was
without
the
true
God,
and
without
a
teaching
priest
and
without
law,
15:4 but
when
in
their
distress
they
turned
to
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel,
and
sought
him,
he
was
found
by
them.
15:5 In
those
times
there
was
no
peace
to
him
who
went
out
or
to
him
who
came
in,
for
great
disturbances
afflicted
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
lands.
15:6 They
were
broken
in
pieces.
Nation
was
crushed
by
nation
and
city
by
city,
for
God
troubled
them
with
every
sort
of
distress.
15:7 But
you,
take
courage!
Do
not
let
your
hands
be
weak,
for
your
work
shall
be
rewarded."
15:8 As
soon
as
Asa
heard
these
words,
the
prophecy
of
Azariah
the
son
of
Oded,
he
took
courage
and
put
away
the
detestable
idols
from
all
the
land
of
Judah
and
Benjamin
and
from
the
cities
that
he
had
taken
in
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
and
he
repaired
the
altar
of
the
LORD
that
was
in
front
of
the
vestibule
of
the
house
of
the
LORD.
15:9 And
he
gathered
all
Judah
and
Benjamin,
and
those
from
Ephraim,
Manasseh,
and
Simeon
who
were
residing
with
them,
for
great
numbers
had
deserted
to
him
from
Israel
when
they
saw
that
the
LORD
his
God
was
with
him.
15:10 They
were
gathered
at
Jerusalem
in
the
third
month
of
the
fifteenth
year
of
the
reign
of
Asa.
15:11 They
sacrificed
to
the
LORD
on
that
day
from
the
spoil
that
they
had
brought
700
oxen
and
7,000
sheep.
15:12 And
they
entered
into
a
covenant
to
seek
the
LORD,
the
God
of
their
fathers,
with
all
their
heart
and
with
all
their
soul,
15:13 but
that
whoever
would
not
seek
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel,
should
be
put
to
death,
whether
young
or
old,
man
or
woman.
15:14 They
swore
an
oath
to
the
LORD
with
a
loud
voice
and
with
shouting
and
with
trumpets
and
with
horns.
15:15 And
all
Judah
rejoiced
over
the
oath,
for
they
had
sworn
with
all
their
heart
and
had
sought
him
with
their
whole
desire,
and
he
was
found
by
them,
and
the
LORD
gave
them
rest
all
around.
15:16 Even
Maacah,
his
mother,
King
Asa
removed
from
being
queen
mother
because
she
had
made
a
detestable
image
for
Asherah.
Asa
cut
down
her
image,
crushed
it,
and
burned
it
at
the
brook
Kidron.
15:17 But
the
high
places
were
not
taken
out
of
Israel.
Nevertheless,
the
heart
of
Asa
was
wholly
true
all
his
days.
15:18 And
he
brought
into
the
house
of
God
the
sacred
gifts
of
his
father
and
his
own
sacred
gifts,
silver,
and
gold,
and
vessels.
15:19 And
there
was
no
more
war
until
the
thirty-fifth
year
of
the
reign
of
Asa.