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Text -- 2 Chronicles 15:2-19 (NET)
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15:2 He met Asa and told him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin ! The Lord is with you when you are loyal to him. If you seek him, he will respond to you, but if you reject him, he will reject you.
15:3 For a long time Israel had no true God , or priest to instruct them, or law .
15:4 Because of their distress , they turned back to the Lord God of Israel . They sought him and he responded to them.
15:5 In those days no one could travel safely , for total chaos had overtaken all the people of the surrounding lands .
15:6 One nation was crushed by another , and one city by another , for God caused them to be in great turmoil .
15:7 But as for you , be strong and don’t get discouraged , for your work will be rewarded .”
15:8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet , he was encouraged . He removed the detestable idols from the entire land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had seized in the Ephraimite hill country . He repaired the altar of the Lord in front of the porch of the Lord’s temple.
15:9 He assembled all Judah and Benjamin , as well as the settlers from Ephraim , Manasseh , and Simeon who had come to live with them. Many people from Israel had come there to live when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
15:10 They assembled in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign .
15:11 At that time they sacrificed to the Lord some of the plunder they had brought back, including 700 head of cattle and 7,000 sheep .
15:12 They solemnly agreed to seek the Lord God of their ancestors with their whole heart and being .
15:13 Anyone who would not seek the Lord God of Israel would be executed , whether they were young or old , male or female .
15:14 They swore their allegiance to the Lord , shouting their approval loudly and sounding trumpets and horns .
15:15 All Judah was happy about the oath , because they made the vow with their whole heart . They willingly sought the Lord and he responded to them. He made them secure on every side .
15:16 King Asa also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen mother because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole . Asa cut down her Asherah pole and crushed and burned it in the Kidron Valley .
15:17 The high places were not eliminated from Israel , yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime .
15:18 He brought the holy items that his father and he had made into God’s temple , including the silver , gold , and other articles .
Asa’s Failures
15:19 There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign .
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