2 Chronicles 15:11-19

11 On that day they sacrificed to the LORD a part of the loot they had brought with them: 700 cattle and 7,000 sheep.

12 They made an agreement with one another to dedicate their lives to serving the LORD God of their ancestors with all their heart and soul.

13 All people (young or old, male or female) who refused to dedicate their lives to the LORD God of Israel were to be killed.

14 Asa and the people swore their oath to the LORD with shouts, singing, and the blowing of trumpets and rams' horns.

15 All the people of Judah were overjoyed because of the oath, since they took the oath wholeheartedly. They took great pleasure in looking for the LORD, and he let them find him. So the LORD surrounded them with peace.

16 King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from the position of queen mother because she made a statue of the repulsive goddess Asherah. Asa cut the statue down, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

17 Although the illegal worship sites in Israel were not taken down, Asa remained committed [to the LORD] his entire life.

18 He brought into God's temple the silver, the gold, and the utensils he and his father had set apart as holy.

19 There was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign.

2 Chronicles 15:11-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 15

Asa returning from the battle, and with the spoil of the enemy, was met by a prophet of the Lord, who encouraged him to go on with the work of reformation, promising the presence and help of God with him, 2Ch 15:1-7, which inspired him with fresh courage, and he went about the work with great alacrity; and having offered sacrifices, he and his people entered into a solemn covenant with the Lord, to serve him, 2Ch 15:8-15 upon which he destroyed his mother's idol, brought the dedicated things into the house of God, and the effect of this was peace for a long time, 2Ch 15:16-19.