<p class="bodytext">God&#8217;s Spirit came upon Azariah son of Oded.

<p class="bodytext">When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he was encouraged.<n id="1" /> 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 <sc>Lordsc> in front of the porch of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Oded, a prophet of the <sc>Lordsc>, was there. He went to meet the army as they arrived in Samaria and said to them: &#8220;Look, because the <sc>Lordsc> God of your ancestors was angry with Judah he handed them over to you. You have killed them so mercilessly that God has taken notice.<n id="1" />