<vn='1'>And the <sn="7307">Spirit</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="5838">Azariah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5752">Oded</s>: </v>
<vn='2'>And he went <sn="3318">out</s> to <sn="6440">meet</s><sn="609">Asa</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="8085">Hear</s> ye me, <sn="609">Asa</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>; The <sn="3068">LORD</s> is <sn="5973">with</s> you, while ye <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5973">with</s> him; and <sn="518">if</s> ye <sn="1875">seek</s> him, he will be <sn="4672">found</s> of you; but <sn="518">if</s> ye <sn="5800">forsake</s> him, he will <sn="5800">forsake</s> you. </v>
<vn='3'>Now for a long <sn="7227 3117">season</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> hath been <sn="3808">without</s> the <sn="571">true</s><sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="3808">without</s> a <sn="3384">teaching</s><sn="3548">priest</s>, and <sn="3808">without</s><sn="8451">law</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>But when they in their <sn="6862">trouble</s> did <sn="7725">turn</s><sn="5921">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="1245">sought</s> him, he was <sn="4672">found</s> of them. </v>
<vn='5'>And in <sn="1992">those</s><sn="6256">times</s> there was <sn="369">no</s><sn="7965">peace</s> to him that went <sn="3318">out</s>, nor to him that came <sn="935">in</s>, <sn="3588">but</s><sn="7227">great</s><sn="4103">vexations</s> were <sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of the <sn="776">countries</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="1471">nation</s> was <sn="3807">destroyed</s> of <sn="1471">nation</s>, and <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="5892">city</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="430">God</s> did <sn="2000">vex</s> them with <sn="3605">all</s><sn="6869">adversity</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Be ye <sn="859 2388">strong</s> therefore, and let <sn="408">not</s> your <sn="3027">hands</s> be <sn="7503">weak</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> your <sn="6468">work</s> shall <sn="3426">be</s><sn="7939">rewarded</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And when <sn="609">Asa</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s>, and the <sn="5016">prophecy</s> of <sn="5752">Oded</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>, he took <sn="2388">courage</s>, and put <sn="5674">away</s> the abominable <sn="8251">idols</s> out of <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>, and out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s><sn="834">which</s> he had <sn="3920">taken</s> from <sn="4480 2022">mount</s><sn="669">Ephraim</s>, and <sn="2318">renewed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">that</s> was <sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="197">porch</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And he <sn="6908">gathered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>, and the <sn="1481">strangers</s><sn="5973">with</s> them out of <sn="4480 669">Ephraim</s> and <sn="4519">Manasseh</s>, and out of <sn="4480 8095">Simeon</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they <sn="5307">fell</s><sn="5921">to</s> him out of <sn="4480 3478">Israel</s> in <sn="7230">abundance</s>, when they <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> his <sn="430">God</s> was <sn="5973">with</s> him. </v>
<vn='10'>So they gathered themselves <sn="6908">together</s> at <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> in the <sn="7992">third</s><sn="2320">month</s>, in the <sn="2568 6240">fifteenth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of the <sn="4438">reign</s> of <sn="609">Asa</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And they <sn="2076">offered</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s> the <sn="1931">same</s><sn="3117">time</s>, <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="7998">spoil</s> which they had <sn="935">brought</s>, <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="1241">oxen</s> and <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="6629">sheep</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And they <sn="935">entered</s> into a <sn="1285">covenant</s> to <sn="1875">seek</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of their <sn="1">fathers</s> with <sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="3824">heart</s> and with <sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="5315">soul</s>; </v>
<vn='13'>That <sn="3605 834">whosoever</s> would <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1875">seek</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> should be put to <sn="4191">death</s>, <sn="4480">whether</s><sn="6996">small</s><sn="5704">or</s><sn="1419">great</s>, whether <sn="4480 376">man</s><sn="5704">or</s><sn="802">woman</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And they <sn="7650">swore</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s> with a <sn="1419">loud</s><sn="6963">voice</s>, and with <sn="8643">shouting</s>, and with <sn="2689">trumpets</s>, and with <sn="7782">cornets</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="8055">rejoiced</s><sn="5921">at</s> the <sn="7621">oath</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they had <sn="7650">sworn</s> with <sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="3824">heart</s>, and <sn="1245">sought</s> him with their <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="7522">desire</s>; and he was <sn="4672">found</s> of them: and the <sn="3068">LORD</s> gave them <sn="5117">rest</s> round <sn="4480 5439">about</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="1571">also</s> concerning <sn="4601">Maachah</s> the <sn="517">mother</s> of <sn="609">Asa</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, he <sn="5493">removed</s> her from being <sn="4480 1377">queen</s>, <sn="834">because</s> she had <sn="6213">made</s> an <sn="4656">idol</s> in a <sn="842">grove</s>: and <sn="609">Asa</s> cut <sn="3772">down</s><sn="*853"></s> her <sn="4656">idol</s>, and <sn="1854">stamped</s> it, and <sn="8313">burnt</s> it at the <sn="5158">brook</s><sn="6939">Kidron</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>But the high <sn="1116">places</s> were <sn="3808">not</s> taken <sn="5493">away</s> out of <sn="4480 3478">Israel</s>: <sn="7535">nevertheless</s> the <sn="3824">heart</s> of <sn="609">Asa</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="8003">perfect</s><sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And he brought <sn="935">into</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="*853"></s> the things that his <sn="1">father</s> had <sn="6944">dedicated</s>, and that he himself had <sn="6944">dedicated</s>, <sn="3701">silver</s>, and <sn="2091">gold</s>, and <sn="3627">vessels</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="3808">no</s> more <sn="4421">war</s><sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="2568">five</s> and <sn="7970">thirtieth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of the <sn="4438">reign</s> of <sn="609">Asa</s>. </v>