⁸ As soon as Asa heard these words, ^(A)the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, he took courage and put away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from ^(B)the cities that he had taken in ^(C)the hill country of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of the Lord ^(D)that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the Lord.^[a]

^17 (A)But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true all his days. ¹⁸ And he brought into the house of God the sacred gifts of his father and his own sacred gifts, silver, and gold, and vessels.