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[1]And the SpiritH7307 of GodH430 came upon AzariahH5838 the sonH1121 of OdedH5752:
[2]And he went outH3318[H8799] to meetH6440 AsaH609, and saidH559[H8799] unto him, HearH8085[H8798] ye me, AsaH609, and all JudahH3063 and BenjaminH1144; The LORDH3068 is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seekH1875[H8799] him, he will be foundH4672[H8735] of you; but if ye forsakeH5800[H8799] him, he will forsakeH5800 youH8799.
[3]Now for a longH7227 seasonH3117 IsraelH3478 hath been withoutH3808 the trueH571 GodH430, and without a teachingH3384[H8688] priestH3548, and without lawH8451.
[4]But when they in their troubleH6862 did turnH7725[H8799] unto the LORDH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, and soughtH1245[H8762] him, he was foundH4672 of themH8735.
[5]And in those timesH6256 there was no peaceH7965 to him that went outH3318[H8802], nor to him that came inH935[H8802], but greatH7227 vexationsH4103 were upon all the inhabitantsH3427[H8802] of the countriesH776.
[6]And nationH1471 was destroyedH3807[H8795] of nationH1471, and cityH5892 of cityH5892: for GodH430 did vexH2000[H8804] them with all adversityH6869.
[7]Be ye strongH2388[H8798] therefore, and let not your handsH3027 be weakH7503[H8799]: for your workH6468 shall beH3426 rewardedH7939.
[8]And when AsaH609 heardH8085[H8800] these wordsH1697, and the prophecyH5016 of OdedH5752 the prophetH5030, he took courageH2388[H8694], and put awayH5674[H8686] the abominable idolsH8251 out of all the landH776 of JudahH3063 and BenjaminH1144, and out of the citiesH5892 which he had takenH3920[H8804] from mountH2022 EphraimH669, and renewedH2318[H8762] the altarH4196 of the LORDH3068, that was beforeH6440 the porchH197 of the LORDH3068.
[9]And he gatheredH6908[H8799] all JudahH3063 and BenjaminH1144, and the strangersH1481[H8802] with them out of EphraimH669 and ManassehH4519, and out of SimeonH8095: for they fellH5307[H8804] to him out of IsraelH3478 in abundanceH7230, when they sawH7200[H8800] that the LORDH3068 his God was with himH430.
[10]So they gathered themselves togetherH6908[H8735] at JerusalemH3389 in the thirdH7992 monthH2320, in the fifteenthH2568[H6240] yearH8141 of the reignH4438 of AsaH609.
[11]And they offeredH2076[H8799] unto the LORDH3068 the same timeH3117, of the spoilH7998 which they had broughtH935[H8689], sevenH7651 hundredH3967 oxenH1241 and sevenH7651 thousandH505 sheepH6629.
[12]And they enteredH935[H8799] into a covenantH1285 to seekH1875[H8800] the LORDH3068 GodH430 of their fathersH1 with all their heartH3824 and with all their soulH5315;
[13]That whosoever would not seekH1875[H8799] the LORDH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478 should be put to deathH4191[H8714], whetherH4480 smallH6996 or greatH1419, whether manH376 or womanH802.
[14]And they swareH7650[H8735] unto the LORDH3068 with a loudH1419 voiceH6963, and with shoutingH8643, and with trumpetsH2689, and with cornetsH7782.
[15]And all JudahH3063 rejoicedH8055[H8799] at the oathH7621: for they had swornH7650[H8738] with all their heartH3824, and soughtH1245[H8765] him with their whole desireH7522; and he was foundH4672[H8735] of them: and the LORDH3068 gave them restH5117[H8799] round aboutH5439.
[16]And also concerning MaachahH4601 the motherH517 of AsaH609 the kingH4428, he removedH5493[H8689] her from being queenH1377, because she had madeH6213[H8804] an idolH4656 in a groveH842: and AsaH609 cut downH3772[H8799] her idolH4656, and stampedH1854[H8686] it, and burntH8313[H8799] it at the brookH5158 KidronH6939.
[17]But the high placesH1116 were not taken awayH5493[H8804] out of IsraelH3478: nevertheless the heartH3824 of AsaH609 was perfectH8003 all his daysH3117.
[18]And he broughtH935[H8686] into the houseH1004 of GodH430 the things that his fatherH1 had dedicatedH6944, and that he himself had dedicatedH6944, silverH3701, and goldH2091, and vesselsH3627.
[19]And there was no more warH4421 unto the fiveH2568 and thirtiethH7970 yearH8141 of the reignH4438 of AsaH609.
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