2 Chronicles 15:1-9 ▼

1 Now the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded,

2 and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Yahweh is with you when you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will be found; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

3 Now for many days Israel was without the true God and without a teaching priest and without law.

4 But in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and they searched for Him, and He was found by them.

5 Now in those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for much confusion was upon all the inhabitants of the lands.

6 And nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God threw them into confusion with every kind of distress.

7 But you, be strong and do not let your hands fall limp, for there is reward for your work.”

8 Now when Asa heard these words and the prophecy which Azariah the son of Oded the prophet spoke, he strengthened himself and took away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then renewed the altar of Yahweh which was in front of the porch of Yahweh.

9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin and those from Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who sojourned with them, for many defected to him from Israel when they saw that Yahweh his God was with him.