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| 2 Chronicles 15:1 |
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And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the
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| 2 Chronicles 15:2 |
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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. |
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| 2 Chronicles 15:3 |
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Now for a long season Israel hath been without
the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. |
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| 2 Chronicles 15:4 |
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But when they in their trouble did turn unto
the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. |
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| 2 Chronicles 15:5 |
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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 vexations were upon all the
inhabitants of the countries. |
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| 2 Chronicles 15:6 |
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And nation was destroyed of nation, and city
of city: for God did vex them with all adversity. |
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| 2 Chronicles 15:7 |
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Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands
be weak: for your work shall be rewarded. |
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| 2 Chronicles 15:8 |
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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. |
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| 2 Chronicles 15:9 |
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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. |
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| 2 Chronicles 15:10 |
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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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| 2 Chronicles 15:11 |
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And they offered unto the LORD the same time,
of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. |
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| 2 Chronicles 15:12 |
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And they entered into a covenant to seek the
LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; |
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| 2 Chronicles 15:13 |
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That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of
Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. |
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| 2 Chronicles 15:14 |
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And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice,
and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. |
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| 2 Chronicles 15:15 |
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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 the LORD gave them rest round about. |
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| 2 Chronicles 15:16 |
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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. |
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| 2 Chronicles 15:17 |
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But 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 Chronicles 15:18 |
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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. |
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| 2 Chronicles 15:19 |
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And there was no more war unto the five and
thirtieth year of the reign of Asa. |
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