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1 # And the Spirit <07307> of God <0430> came upon Azariah <05838> the son <01121> of Oded <05752>:
 - SPIRIT OF GOD
2 And he went out <03318> (8799) to meet <06440> Asa <0609>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Hear <08085> (8798) ye me, Asa <0609>, and all Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144>; The LORD <03068> is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek <01875> (8799) him, he will be found <04672> (8735) of you; but if ye forsake <05800> (8799) him, he will forsake <05800> (8799) you.
3 Now for a long <07227> season <03117> Israel <03478> hath been without <03808> the true <0571> God <0430>, and without a teaching <03384> (8688) priest <03548>, and without law <08451>.
4 But when they in their trouble <06862> did turn <07725> (8799) unto the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, and sought <01245> (8762) him, he was found <04672> (8735) of them.
5 And in those times <06256> there was no peace <07965> to him that went out <03318> (8802), nor to him that came in <0935> (8802), but great <07227> vexations <04103> were upon all the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the countries <0776>.
6 And nation <01471> was destroyed <03807> (8795) of nation <01471>, and city <05892> of city <05892> : for God <0430> did vex <02000> (8804) them with all adversity <06869>.
7 Be ye strong <02388> (8798) therefore, and let not your hands <03027> be weak <07503> (8799): for your work <06468> shall be <03426> rewarded <07939>.
 - BUSINESS BLESSING - PROVISION - FINANCIAL - WORK
8 # And when Asa <0609> heard <08085> (8800) these words <01697>, and the prophecy <05016> of Oded <05752> the prophet <05030>, he took courage <02388> (8694), and put away <05674> (8686) the abominable idols <08251> out of all the land <0776> of Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144>, and out of the cities <05892> which he had taken <03920> (8804) from mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>, and renewed <02318> (8762) the altar <04196> of the LORD <03068>, that was before <06440> the porch <0197> of the LORD <03068>.
9 And he gathered <06908> (8799) all Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144>, and the strangers <01481> (8802) with them out of Ephraim <0669> and Manasseh <04519>, and out of Simeon <08095>: for they fell <05307> (8804) to him out of Israel <03478> in abundance <07230>, when they saw <07200> (8800) that the LORD <03068> his God <0430> was with him.
10 So they gathered themselves together <06908> (8735) at Jerusalem <03389> in the third <07992> month <02320>, in the fifteenth <02568> <06240> year <08141> of the reign <04438> of Asa <0609>.
11 And they offered <02076> (8799) unto the LORD <03068> the same time <03117>, of the spoil <07998> which they had brought <0935> (8689), seven <07651> hundred <03967> oxen <01241> and seven <07651> thousand <0505> sheep <06629>.
12 And they entered <0935> (8799) into a covenant <01285> to seek <01875> (8800) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of their fathers <01> with all their heart <03824> and with all their soul <05315>;
13 That whosoever would not seek <01875> (8799) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> should be put to death <04191> (8714), whether <04480> small <06996> or great <01419>, whether man <0376> or woman <0802>.
14 And they sware <07650> (8735) unto the LORD <03068> with a loud <01419> voice <06963>, and with shouting <08643>, and with trumpets <02689>, and with cornets <07782>.
15 And all Judah <03063> rejoiced <08055> (8799) at the oath <07621>: for they had sworn <07650> (8738) with all their heart <03824>, and sought <01245> (8765) him with their whole desire <07522>; and he was found <04672> (8735) of them: and the LORD <03068> gave them rest <05117> (8799) round about <05439>.
16 And also concerning Maachah <04601> the mother <0517> of Asa <0609> the king <04428>, he removed <05493> (8689) her from being queen <01377>, because she had made <06213> (8804) an idol <04656> in a grove <0842>: and Asa <0609> cut down <03772> (8799) her idol <04656>, and stamped <01854> (8686) it, and burnt <08313> (8799) it at the brook <05158> Kidron <06939>.
17 But the high places <01116> were not taken away <05493> (8804) out of Israel <03478>: nevertheless the heart <03824> of Asa <0609> was perfect <08003> all his days <03117>.
18 And he brought <0935> (8686) into the house <01004> of God <0430> the things that his father <01> had dedicated <06944>, and that he himself had dedicated <06944>, silver <03701>, and gold <02091>, and vessels <03627>.
19 And there was no more war <04421> unto the five <02568> and thirtieth <07970> year <08141> of the reign <04438> of Asa <0609>.