2 Chr 15:7 "But you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work."
2 Chr 15:8 ¶ Now when Asa heard these words and the prophecy which Azariah the son of Oded the prophet spoke, he took courage and removed the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD which was in front of the porch of the LORD.
2 Chr 15:9 He gathered all Judah and Benjamin and those from Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who resided with them, for many defected to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
2 Chr 15:10 So they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.
2 Chr 15:11 They sacrificed to the LORD that day 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep from the spoil they had brought.
2 Chr 15:12 They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and soul;
2 Chr 15:13 and whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.
2 Chr 15:14 Moreover, they made an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets and with horns.
2 Chr 15:15 All Judah rejoiced concerning the oath, for they had sworn with their whole heart and had sought Him earnestly, and He let them find Him. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.
2 Chr 15:16 ¶ He also removed Maacah, the mother of King Asa, from the position of queen mother, because she had made a horrid image as an Asherah, and Asa cut down her horrid image, crushed it and burned it at the brook Kidron.
2 Chr 15:17 But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa's heart was blameless all his days.
2 Chr 15:18 He brought into the house of God the dedicated things of his father and his own dedicated things: silver and gold and utensils.
2 Chr 15:19 And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign.
2 Chr 16:1 In the thirty-sixth year of Asa's reign Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.
2 Chr 16:2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the king's house, and sent them to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying,
2 Chr 16:3 "Let there be a treaty between you and me, as between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you silver and gold; go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so that he will withdraw from me."
2 Chr 16:4 So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and they conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim and all the store cities of Naphtali.
2 Chr 16:5 When Baasha heard of it, he ceased fortifying Ramah and stopped his work.
2 Chr 16:6 Then King Asa brought all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had been building, and with them he fortified Geba and Mizpah.
2 Chr 16:7 ¶ At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, "Because you have relied on the king of Aram and have not relied on the LORD your God, therefore the army of the king of Aram has escaped out of your hand.