Book 39 : KETUVIM - 2 CHRONICLES - Chapter 015
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And the spirit of G-d came upon Azariah the son of Oded
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and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him: 'Hear ye
me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: HaShem is with you, while ye are with Him;
and if ye seek Him, He will be found of you; but if ye forsake Him, He will
forsake you
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Now for long seasons Israel was without the true G-d, and
without a teaching priest, and without law
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but when in their distress they turned unto HaShem, the G-d
of Israel, and sought Him, He was found of them
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And in those times there was no peace to him that went out,
nor to him that came in, but great discomfitures were upon all the inhabitants
of the lands
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And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and
city against city; for G-d did discomfit them with all manner of adversity
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But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your
work shall be rewarded.
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And when Asa heard these words, even the prophecy of Oded
the prophet, he took courage, and put away the detestable things out of all the
land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the
hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of HaShem, that was before the
porch of HaShem
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And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and them that
sojourned 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 HaShem his G-d was
with him
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So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the
third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa
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And they sacrificed unto HaShem in that day, of the spoil
which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep
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And they entered into the covenant to seek HaShem, the G-d
of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul
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and that whosoever would not seek HaShem, the G-d of
Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman
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And they swore unto HaShem with a loud voice, and with
shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns
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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 HaShem gave them rest round about
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And also Maacah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her
from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and
Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron
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But the high places were not taken away out of Israel;
nevertheless the heart of Asa was whole all his days
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And he brought into the house of G-d the things that his
father had hallowed, and that he himself had hallowed, silver, and gold, and
vessels
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And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year
of the reign of Asa
Book 39 : KETUVIM - 2 CHRONICLES - Chapter 015
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