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1 And the spirit of God came upon Azarias the son of Oded,
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The spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.
2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him: Hear ye me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin: The Lord is with you, because you have been with him. If you seek him, you shall find: but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
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He went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you, while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.
3 And many days shall pass in Israel, without the true God, and without a priest a teacher, and without the law.
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For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;
4 And when in their distress they shall return to the Lord the God of Israel, and shall seek him, they shall find him.
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but when in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.
5 At that time there shall be no peace to him that goeth out and cometh in, but terrors on every side among all the inhabitants of the earth.
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In those times it was not safe for anyone to go or come, for great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands.
6 For nation shall fight against nation, and city against city, for the Lord will trouble them with all distress.
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They were broken in pieces, nation against nation and city against city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress.
7 Do you therefore take courage, and let not your hands be weakened: for there shall be a reward for your work.
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But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded."
8 And when Asa had heard the words, and the prophecy of Azarias the son of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and took away the idols out of all the land of Juda, and out of Benjamin, and out of the cities of mount Ephraim, which he had taken, and he dedicated the altar of the Lord, which was before the porch of the Lord.
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When Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim. He repaired the altar of the Lord that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the Lord.
9 And he gathered together all Juda and Benjamin, and the strangers with them of Ephraim, and Manasses, and Simeon: for many were come over to him out of Israel, seeing that the Lord his God was with him.
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He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were residing as aliens with them, for great numbers had deserted to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
10 And when they were come to Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa,
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They were gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
11 They sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils, and of the prey, that they had brought, seven hundred oxen, and seven thousand rams.
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They sacrificed to the Lord on that day, from the booty that they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
12 And he went in to confirm as usual the covenant, that they should seek the Lord the God of their fathers with all their heart, and with all their soul.
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They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and with all their soul.
13 And if any one, said he, seek not the Lord the God of Israel, let him die, whether little or great, man or woman.
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Whoever would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
14 And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice with joyful shouting, and with sound of trumpet, and sound of cornets,
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They took an oath to the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns.
15 All that were in Juda with a curse: for with all their heart they swore, and with all their will they sought him, and they found him, and the Lord gave them rest round about.
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All Judah rejoiced over the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the Lord gave them rest all around.
16 Moreover Maacha the mother of king Asa he deposed from the royal authority, because she had made in a grove an idol of Priapus: and he entirely destroyed it, and breaking it into pieces, burnt it at the torrent Cedron.
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King Asa even removed his mother Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, crushed it, and burned it at the Wadi Kidron.
17 But high places were left in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
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But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was true all his days.
18 And the things which his father had vowed, and he himself had vowed, he brought into the house of the Lord, gold and silver, and vessels of divers uses.
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He brought into the house of God the votive gifts of his father and his own votive gifts—silver, gold, and utensils.
19 And there was no war unto the five and thirtieth year of the kingdom of Asa.
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And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
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