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 (15:9)

So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa (15:10)

And they offered unto the Lord the same time, of the spoil [which] they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep (15:11)

And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; (15:12)

That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman (15:13)

And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets (15:14)

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 (15:15)

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 (15:16)

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days (15:17)

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 (15:18)

And there was no [more] war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa (15:19)

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