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2 Chronicles 15 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Spirit of God Comes on Azariah

2Ch 15:1

Now the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded,

2Ch 15:2and he went out [fn]to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Yahweh is with you when you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will be found; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
2Ch 15:3“Now for many days Israel was without the true God and without a teaching priest and without law.
2Ch 15:4“But in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and they searched for Him, and He was found by them.
2Ch 15:5“Now in those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for much confusion was upon all the inhabitants of the lands.
2Ch 15:6“And nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God threw them into confusion with every kind of distress.
2Ch 15:7“But you, be strong and do not let your hands fall limp, for there is reward for your work.”

Asa Takes Away Detestable Idols

2Ch 15:8

Now when Asa heard these words and the [fn]prophecy which Azariah the son of Oded the prophet spoke, he strengthened himself and took away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then renewed the altar of Yahweh which was in front of the porch of Yahweh.

2Ch 15:9And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin and those from Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who sojourned with them, for many defected to him from Israel when they saw that Yahweh his God was with him.
2Ch 15:10So they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
2Ch 15:11And they sacrificed to Yahweh that day 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep from the spoil they had brought.
2Ch 15:12They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul;
2Ch 15:13and whoever would not seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.
2Ch 15:14Moreover, they swore an oath to Yahweh with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets and with horns.
2Ch 15:15All Judah was glad concerning the oath, for they had sworn with their whole heart and had searched for Him with all their desire, and He was found by them. So Yahweh gave them rest on every side.
2Ch 15:16

He also removed Maacah, the mother of King Asa, from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image [fn]as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image, crushed it and burned it at the brook Kidron.

2Ch 15:17But the high places were not [fn]removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa’s heart was wholly devoted all his days.
2Ch 15:18And he brought into the house of God the holy things of his father and his own holy things: silver and gold and utensils.
2Ch 15:19And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.
LSB Footnotes
Lit before Asa
As in several ancient versions; Heb the prophecy, Oded the prophet
Or for Asherah
Or taken away, cf. 2 Kin 15:35; 18:4; 2 Chr 17:6
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