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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Chronicles 15</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_chronicles/15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//2_chronicles/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/2_chronicles/">2 Chronicles</a> > 2 Chronicles 15</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_chronicles/14.htm" title="2 Chronicles 14">◄</a> 2 Chronicles 15 <a href="../2_chronicles/16.htm" title="2 Chronicles 16">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/15.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/15.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/15.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/15.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/15.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/15.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/15.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Prophecy of Azariah<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.” <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">Asa’s Reforms<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_kings/15.htm#9">1 Kings 15:9–15</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So they gathered together in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from all the plunder they had brought back. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and rams’ horns. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side. <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>King Asa also removed his grandmother<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And he brought into the house of God the silver and gold articles that he and his father had dedicated. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Vulgate and Syriac (see also verse 1 and LXX); Hebrew does not include <i>Azariah son of</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Hebrew <i>his mother</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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