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But take courage and do not let your hands be slack, because there will be a reward for your work.

When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of[a] Oded the prophet, he took courage. He put away the disgusting idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had taken from the hill country of Ephraim. He repaired the altar of the Lord, which was in front of the porch of the Lord’s house.

He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, as well as those who had settled among them from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon, because people from Israel had gone over to Asa in great numbers since they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 15:8 The Hebrew text does not have the words Azariah son of, but they are supported by the ancient versions and by verse 1.