And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: 2Ch 20:142Ch 24:20Num 24:22Pe 1:21Jdg 3:102Sa 23:2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. 1 Jas 4:82Ch 24:202Ch 15:41Ch 28:9Heb 10:38Jer 29:12-14Isa 55:6-72Ch 15:15 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. Neh 8:92Ch 17:8-9Lev 10:11Jer 10:10Ezk 44:21-23Hos 3:4Mal 2:7Mat 2:4-5 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. Isa 55:6Deu 4:29-302Ch 15:15Hos 6:1Isa 65:1-2Hos 14:1-3Psa 106:44Rom 10:20 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. Jdg 5:6Psa 121:81Sa 13:6Mat 24:6-7Luk 21:25 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity. 2 Luk 21:22-242Ch 12:152Ch 13:172Ch 33:112Ch 36:17Amo 3:6Isa 10:6Jdg 2:14 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded. 1Co 15:58Jos 1:7Heb 10:35Jos 1:91Ch 28:20Gen 15:12Jn 1:8Psa 58:11
And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD. 3 2Ch 13:192Ch 8:122Ch 4:11Ki 11:51Ki 11:71Pe 4:32Ch 19:112Ch 29:18 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. 2Ch 11:16Act 9:31Zec 8:21-231Ch 12:191Ki 12:191Ki 3:281Sa 18:282Ch 30:1-11 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. Est 8:9 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. 4 2Ch 14:13-151Ch 26:26-271Sa 15:151Sa 15:212Ch 1:62Ch 7:5Num 31:28-29Num 31:50 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; Act 24:142Ch 23:16Deu 10:122Ch 29:101Ki 8:482Ch 15:42Ch 34:31-322Co 8:5 That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. Exo 22:20Deu 29:181Ki 18:40Act 26:22Deu 13:5-15Deu 17:2-5Psa 115:13Rev 20:12 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. Neh 10:29Neh 5:13Psa 81:1-4 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about. 2Ch 14:72Ch 15:122Co 1:12Isa 26:82Ch 15:4Psa 119:111Psa 32:112Ch 15:2
¶ And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. 5 6 1Ki 15:13-241Ki 15:101Ki 15:22Ki 23:152Ki 23:6Exo 34:132Ch 14:2-52Ch 34:7 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. 1Ki 11:41Ki 22:432Ch 14:3-52Ki 12:32Ki 14:4Deu 12:13-141Ki 3:2-42Ch 16:7-12
¶ And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. 1Ch 26:20-261Ki 15:14-151Ki 7:51 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa. 1Ki 15:16-171Ki 15:311Ki 15:332Ch 16:1