English Bible Presentation Sharing - 2-Chronicles Book, chapter 15, verse 5 in Nlv Version

2 Chronicles 15 : 1 (NLV)

The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.

2 Chronicles 15 : 2 (NLV)

Azariah 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 look for Him, He will let you find Him. But if you leave Him, He will leave you.

2 Chronicles 15 : 3 (NLV)

For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching religious leader, and without law.

2 Chronicles 15 : 4 (NLV)

But in their trouble they turned to the Lord God of Israel. They looked for Him, and He let them find Him.

2 Chronicles 15 : 5 (NLV)

In those times there was no peace for him who went out, or for him who came in. For much trouble came to all the people of the lands.

2 Chronicles 15 : 6 (NLV)

Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God sent every kind of trouble upon them.

2 Chronicles 15 : 7 (NLV)

But you be strong. Do not lose strength of heart. For you will be paid for your work."

2 Chronicles 15 : 8 (NLV)

When Asa heard these words and the words of Azariah the son of Oded, his heart became strong. He put away the sinful false gods from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim. He built again the altar of the Lord which was in front of the porch of the Lord's house.

2 Chronicles 15 : 9 (NLV)

Then he gathered all Judah and Benjamin and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon, who lived with them. For many had left Israel to come to him when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

2 Chronicles 15 : 10 (NLV)

So they gathered together at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's rule.

2 Chronicles 15 : 11 (NLV)

They killed animals on the altar in worship to the Lord that day. They killed and gave 700 cattle and 7,000 sheep from the animals they had taken in battle.

2 Chronicles 15 : 12 (NLV)

And they agreed to follow the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and soul.

2 Chronicles 15 : 13 (NLV)

Whoever would not follow the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, young or old, man or woman.

2 Chronicles 15 : 14 (NLV)

They made a promise to the Lord with a loud voice, calling out and blowing horns.

2 Chronicles 15 : 15 (NLV)

All Judah was filled with joy because of the promise. For they had promised with their whole heart. They had looked for the Lord with a pure heart. And He let them find Him. So the Lord gave them rest on every side.

2 Chronicles 15 : 16 (NLV)

King Asa even stopped his mother from being queen mother. Because she had made a sinful object of the false goddess Asherah. Asa cut down her sinful object. He crushed it and burned it at the Kidron River.

2 Chronicles 15 : 17 (NLV)

But the high places were not taken away from Israel. Yet Asa's heart was without blame all his days.

2 Chronicles 15 : 18 (NLV)

He brought into the house of God the holy things of his father and his own holy things. He brought in silver and gold and the things used for the worship.

2 Chronicles 15 : 19 (NLV)

And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's rule.