2 Chronicles 15:1-14

2 Chronicles 15:1-14

[1] And the Spirit  of God  came upon Azariah  the son  of Oded:  [2] And he went out  to meet  Asa,  and said  unto him, Hear  ye me, Asa,  and all Judah  and Benjamin;  The LORD  is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek  him, he will be found  of you; but if ye forsake  you. [3] Now for a long  season  Israel  hath been without  the true  God,  and without a teaching  priest,  and without law.  [4] But when they in their trouble  did turn  unto the LORD  God  of Israel,  and sought  him, he was found  of them. [5] 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 countries.  [6] And nation  was destroyed  of nation,  and city  for God  did vex  them with all adversity.  [7] Be ye strong  therefore, and let not your hands  be weak:  for your work  shall be  rewarded.  [8] And when Asa  heard  these words,  and the prophecy  of Oded  the prophet,  he took courage,  and put away  the abominable idols  out of all the land  of Judah  and Benjamin,  and out of the cities  which he had taken  from mount  Ephraim,  and renewed  the altar  of the LORD,  that was before  the porch  of the LORD.  [9] And he gathered  all Judah  and Benjamin,  and the strangers  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 the LORD  his God  was with him. [10] So they gathered themselves together  at Jerusalem  in the third  month,  in the fifteenth  year  of the reign  of Asa.  [11] And they offered  unto the LORD  the same time,  of the spoil  which they had brought,  seven  hundred  oxen  and seven  thousand  sheep.  [12] And they entered  into a covenant  to seek  the LORD  God  of their fathers  with all their heart  and with all their soul;  [13] That whosoever would not seek  God  of Israel  should be put to death,  whether  small  or great,  whether man  or woman.  [14] And they sware  unto the LORD  with a loud  voice,  and with shouting,  and with trumpets,  and with cornets.