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Chapter 15 And the Spirit of God came upon
Azariah 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,

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and Benjamin.

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The Lord is with you, while ye be with
him.

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And if ye seek him, he will be found of
you.

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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

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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

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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

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in.

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But great vexations were upon all the
inhabitants of the countries, and nation

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was destroyed of nation, and city of city.

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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

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rewarded.

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And when Asa heard these words,
and the prophecy of Oded the prophet,

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he took courage, and put away the
abominable idols out of all the land of

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Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities
which he had taken from Mount Ephraim,

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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 Ephraim

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and Manasseh and out of Simeon.

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For they fell to him out of Israel in
abundance, when they saw that the Lord his

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God was with him.

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So they gathered themselves together at
Jerusalem in the third month, in the

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fifteenth year of the reign of Asa,
and they offered unto the Lord the same

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time of the spoil which they had brought,
seven hundred oxen and seven thousand

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sheep.

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And they entered into a covenant to seek
the Lord God of their fathers with all

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their heart and with all their soul,
that whosoever would not seek the Lord God

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of Israel should be put to death,
whether small or great, whether man or

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woman.

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And they swear unto the Lord with a loud
voice, and with shouting, and with

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trumpets, and with cornets.

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And all Judah rejoiced at the oath,
for they had sworn with all their heart

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and sought him with their whole desire.

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And he was found of them, and the Lord
gave them rest round about.

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And also concerning Maachah, the mother of
Asa the king, he removed her from being

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queen, because she had made an idol in a
grove.

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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.

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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

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that he himself had dedicated,
silver and gold and vessels.

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And there was no more war until the five
and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.