1The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded:

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2 Chronicles 24:20, 2 Chronicles 20:14, 2 Chronicles 24:20, 2 Chronicles 20:14, Numbers 24:2

2and 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; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

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James 4:8, James 4:8, 2 Chronicles 24:20, 2 Chronicles 24:20, 2 Chronicles 15:4

3Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

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Nehemiah 8:9, Nehemiah 8:9, Leviticus 10:11, 2 Chronicles 17:8, 2 Chronicles 17:9

4But when in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.

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Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:6, Deuteronomy 4:29, Deuteronomy 4:30, Deuteronomy 4:29

5In those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in; but great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.

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Judges 5:6, Judges 5:6, Psalms 121:8, Psalms 121:8, Matthew 24:6

6They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.

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Luke 21:22, Luke 21:24, Luke 21:22, Luke 21:24, Isaiah 10:6

7But you be strong, and do not let your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded."

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Joshua 1:7, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Joshua 1:7, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Joshua 1:9

8When Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations 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 the Lord, that was before the porch of the Lord.

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2 Chronicles 13:19, 2 Chronicles 8:12, 2 Chronicles 13:19, 2 Chronicles 8:12, 2 Chronicles 4:1

9He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who lived 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.

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2 Chronicles 11:16, 2 Chronicles 11:16, Acts 9:31, Acts 9:31, Zechariah 8:21

10So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

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Esther 8:9, Esther 8:9

11They sacrificed to the Lord in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep.

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2 Chronicles 14:13, 2 Chronicles 14:15, 2 Chronicles 14:13, 2 Chronicles 14:15, 1 Samuel 15:15

12They entered into the covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;

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Deuteronomy 10:12, Acts 24:14, 2 Chronicles 23:16, Deuteronomy 10:12, Acts 24:14

13and that whoever would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

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Exodus 22:20, Exodus 22:20, Deuteronomy 29:18, 1 Kings 18:40, Psalms 115:13

14They swore to the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

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Psalms 81:1, Psalms 81:4, Nehemiah 5:13, Nehemiah 10:29, Psalms 81:1

15All 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 all around.

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2 Chronicles 14:7, 2 Chronicles 14:7, 2 Chronicles 15:12, 2 Chronicles 15:12, 2 Corinthians 1:12

16Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed 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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1 Kings 15:13, 1 Kings 15:24, 1 Kings 15:13, 1 Kings 15:24, 1 Kings 15:2

17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

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2 Kings 12:3, 2 Kings 14:4, 1 Kings 22:43, 2 Chronicles 14:3, 2 Chronicles 14:5

18He brought into God's house the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

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1 Chronicles 26:20, 1 Chronicles 26:26, 1 Kings 7:51, 1 Kings 15:14, 1 Kings 15:15

19There was no more war to the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

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1 Kings 15:31, 2 Chronicles 16:1, 1 Kings 15:16, 1 Kings 15:17, 1 Kings 15:33