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1. The Spirit of God entered Azariah son of Oded.
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1. And the Spirit H7307 of God H430 came H1961 upon H5921 Azariah H5838 the son H1121 of Oded H5752 :
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2. Azariah went to meet Asa and said, "Listen to me, Asa and all you people of Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you obey him, you will find him, but if you leave him, he will leave you.
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2. And he went out H3318 to meet H6440 Asa H609 , and said H559 unto him, Hear H8085 ye me, Asa H609 , and all H3605 Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144 ; The LORD H3068 is with H5973 you , while ye be H1961 with H5973 him ; and if H518 ye seek H1875 him , he will be found H4672 of you ; but if H518 ye forsake H5800 him , he will forsake H5800 you.
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3. For a long time Israel was without the true God and without a priest to teach them and without the teachings.
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3. Now for a long season H7227 H3117 Israel H3478 hath been without H3808 the true H571 God H430 , and without H3808 a teaching H3384 priest H3548 , and without H3808 law H8451 .
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4. But when they were in trouble, they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel. They looked for him and found him.
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4. But when they in their trouble H6862 did turn H7725 unto H5921 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , and sought H1245 him , he was found H4672 of them.
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5. In those days no one could travel safely. There was much trouble in all the nations.
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5. And in those H1992 times H6256 there was no H369 peace H7965 to him that went out H3318 , nor to him that came in H935 , but H3588 great H7227 vexations H4103 were upon H5921 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the countries H776 .
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6. One nation would destroy another nation, and one city would destroy another city, because God troubled them with all kinds of distress.
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6. And nation H1471 was destroyed H3807 of nation H1471 , and city H5892 of city H5892 : for H3588 God H430 did vex H2000 them with all H3605 adversity H6869 .
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7. But you should be strong. Don't give up, because you will get a reward for your good work."
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7. Be ye strong H859 H2388 therefore , and let not H408 your hands H3027 be weak H7503 : for H3588 your work H6468 shall be H3426 rewarded H7939 .
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8. Asa felt brave when he heard these words and the message from Azariah son of Oded the prophet. So he removed the hateful idols from all of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hills of Ephraim. He repaired the Lord's altar that was in front of the porch of the Temple of the Lord.
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8. And when Asa H609 heard H8085 these H428 words H1697 , and the prophecy H5016 of Oded H5752 the prophet H5030 , he took courage H2388 , and put away H5674 the abominable idols H8251 out of all H4480 H3605 the land H776 of Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144 , and out of H4480 the cities H5892 which H834 he had taken H3920 from mount H4480 H2022 Ephraim H669 , and renewed H2318 H853 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 , that H834 was before H6440 the porch H197 of the LORD H3068 .
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9. Then Asa gathered all the people from Judah and Benjamin and from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were living in Judah. Many people came to Asa even from Israel, because they saw that the Lord, Asa's God, was with him.
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9. And he gathered H6908 H853 all H3605 Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144 , and the strangers H1481 with H5973 them out of Ephraim H4480 H669 and Manasseh H4519 , and out of Simeon H4480 H8095 : for H3588 they fell H5307 to H5921 him out of Israel H4480 H3478 in abundance H7230 , when they saw H7200 that H3588 the LORD H3068 his God H430 was with H5973 him.
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10. Asa and these people gathered in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's rule.
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10. So they gathered themselves together H6908 at Jerusalem H3389 in the third H7992 month H2320 , in the fifteenth H2568 H6240 year H8141 of the reign H4438 of Asa H609 .
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11. At that time they sacrificed to the Lord seven hundred bulls and seven thousand sheep and goats from the valuable things Asa's army had taken from their enemies.
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11. And they offered H2076 unto the LORD H3068 the same H1931 time H3117 , of H4480 the spoil H7998 which they had brought H935 , seven H7651 hundred H3967 oxen H1241 and seven H7651 thousand H505 sheep H6629 .
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12. Then they made an agreement to obey the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with their whole being.
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12. And they entered H935 into a covenant H1285 to seek H1875 H853 the LORD H3068 God H430 of their fathers H1 with all H3605 their heart H3824 and with all H3605 their soul H5315 ;
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13. Anyone who refused to obey the Lord, the God of Israel, was to be killed. It did not matter if that person was important or unimportant, a man or woman.
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13. That whosoever H3605 H834 would not H3808 seek H1875 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 should be put to death H4191 , whether H4480 small H6996 or H5704 great H1419 , whether man H4480 H376 or H5704 woman H802 .
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14. Then Asa and the people made a promise before the Lord, shouting with a loud voice and blowing trumpets and sheep's horns.
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14. And they swore H7650 unto the LORD H3068 with a loud H1419 voice H6963 , and with shouting H8643 , and with trumpets H2689 , and with cornets H7782 .
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15. All the people of Judah were happy about the promise, because they had promised with all their heart. They looked for God and found him. So the Lord gave them peace in all the country.
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15. And all H3605 Judah H3063 rejoiced H8055 at H5921 the oath H7621 : for H3588 they had sworn H7650 with all H3605 their heart H3824 , and sought H1245 him with their whole H3605 desire H7522 ; and he was found H4672 of them : and the LORD H3068 gave them rest H5117 round about H4480 H5439 .
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16. King Asa also removed Maacah, his grandmother, from being queen mother, because she had made a terrible Asherah idol. Asa cut down that idol, smashed it into pieces, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
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16. And also H1571 concerning Maachah H4601 the mother H517 of Asa H609 the king H4428 , he removed H5493 her from being queen H4480 H1377 , because H834 she had made H6213 an idol H4656 in a grove H842 : and Asa H609 cut down H3772 H853 her idol H4656 , and stamped H1854 it , and burnt H8313 it at the brook H5158 Kidron H6939 .
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17. But the places of worship to gods were not removed from Judah. Even so, Asa was faithful all his life.
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17. But the high places H1116 were not H3808 taken away H5493 out of Israel H4480 H3478 : nevertheless H7535 the heart H3824 of Asa H609 was H1961 perfect H8003 all H3605 his days H3117 .
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18. Asa brought into the Temple of God the gifts he and his father had given: silver, gold, and utensils.
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18. And he brought into H935 the house H1004 of God H430 H853 the things that his father H1 had dedicated H6944 , and that he himself had dedicated H6944 , silver H3701 , and gold H2091 , and vessels H3627 .
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19. There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's rule.
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19. And there was H1961 no H3808 more war H4421 unto H5704 the five H2568 and thirtieth H7970 year H8141 of the reign H4438 of Asa H609 .
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