2 Chronicles 15

Thomson^{(i) 1} the Spirit of the Lord came upon Azarias son of Oded, ² and 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. ³ And though for a long time Israel may be without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law, ⁴ yet when they shall turn to the Lord God of Israel, he will be found by them. ⁵ And 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; ⁶ though nation may fight against nation, and city against city, because God hath confounded them with all kinds of affliction; ⁷ yet strengthen ye yourselves, and let not your hands be weak; for your work shall be rewarded. ⁸ Upon 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, ⁹ he 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. ¹⁰ And when they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa, ¹¹ he offered as a sacrifice to the Lord on that day, of the prey which they had brought, seven hundred beeves and seven thousand sheep, ¹² and entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul; ¹³ and that whoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether young or old, whether man or woman. ¹⁴ And when they had sworn to the Lord with a loud voice, the trumpets and the cornets sounded, ¹⁵ and all Juda rejoiced at the oath; for they sword 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. ¹⁶ Moreover 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. ¹⁷ But the high places were not removed. They still remained in Israel. But Asa's heart was perfect all his days. ¹⁸ And he brought in the dedications of his father David, the holy things appertaining to the house of God, silver and gold and vessels. ¹⁹ Now Asa was engaged in no war, till the thirty fifth year of his reign.