And the Spiritof GodcameuponAzariahthe sonof Oded: And he went outto meetAsa, and saidunto him, Hearye me, Asa, and allJudahand Benjamin; The LORD is withyou, while ye bewithhim; and ifye seekhim, he will be foundof you; but ifye forsakehim, he will forsakeyou. Now for a long seasonIsrael hath been withoutthe trueGod, and withouta teachingpriest, and withoutlaw. But when they in their troubledid turnuntothe LORDGodof Israel, and soughthim, he was foundof them. And in thosetimes there was nopeaceto him that went out, nor to him that came in, butgreatvexations were uponallthe inhabitantsof the countries. And nationwas destroyedof nation, and cityof city: forGoddid vexthem with alladversity. Be ye strongtherefore, and let notyour handsbe weak: foryour workshall berewarded. And when Asaheardthesewords, and the prophecyof Odedthe prophet, he took courage, and put awaythe abominable idolsout of allthe landof Judahand Benjamin, and out ofthe citieswhichhe had takenfrom mountEphraim, and renewedthe altarof the LORD, that was beforethe porchof the LORD. And he gatheredallJudahand Benjamin, and the strangerswiththem out of Ephraimand Manasseh, and out of Simeon: forthey felltohim out of Israelin abundance, when they sawthatthe LORDhis God was withhim. So they gathered themselves togetherat Jerusalemin the thirdmonth, in the fifteenthyearof the reignof Asa. And they offeredunto the LORDthe sametime, ofthe spoil which they had brought, sevenhundredoxenand seventhousandsheep. And they enteredinto a covenantto seekthe LORDGodof their fatherswith alltheir heartand with alltheir soul; That whosoeverwould notseekthe LORDGodof Israelshould be put to death, whethersmallorgreat, whether manorwoman. And they sworeunto the LORDwith a loudvoice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. And allJudahrejoicedatthe oath: forthey had swornwith alltheir heart, and soughthim with their wholedesire; and he was foundof them: and the LORDgave them restround about. And also concerning Maachahthe motherof Asathe king, he removedher from being queen, becauseshe had madean idolin a grove: and Asacut downher idol, and stamped it , and burnt it at the brookKidron. But the high placeswere nottaken awayout of Israel: neverthelessthe heartof Asawasperfectallhis days. And he brought intothe houseof Godthe things that his fatherhad dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. And there wasno more waruntothe fiveand thirtiethyearof the reignof Asa.