They assembled in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.

The people of Judah<n id="1" /> assembled to ask for the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s help;<n id="2" /> they came from all the cities of Judah to ask for the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s help.<n id="3" />p>

He assembled the priests and Levites and ordered them, &#8220;Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the annual quota of silver from all Israel for repairs on the temple of your God. Be quick about it!&#8221; But the Levites delayed.p>

They traveled throughout Judah and assembled the Levites from all the cities of Judah, as well as the Israelite family leaders.p> <p class="bodytext">They came to Jerusalem,<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">He appointed military officers over the army<n id="1" /> and assembled them in the square at the city gate. He encouraged them,<n id="2" /> saying,

Lawless good-for-nothing men<n id="1" /> gathered around him and conspired<n id="2" /> against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was an inexperienced young man<n id="3" /> and could not resist them.

<p class="bodytext">He assembled all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the settlers<n id="1" /> from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had come to live with them. Many people from Israel had come there to live<n id="2" /> when they saw that the <sc>Lordsc> his God was with him.

So the king of Israel assembled 400 prophets and asked them, &#8220;Should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?&#8221;<n id="1" /> They said, &#8220;Attack! God<n id="2" /> will hand it over to the king.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Amaziah assembled the people of Judah<n id="1" /> and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age<n id="2" /> equipped with spears and shields.<n id="3" />

A large number of people gathered together and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the district.<n id="1" /> They reasoned,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?&#8221;