1. And the spirit of God came upon Azarias the son of Oded,
2. And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him: Hear ye me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin: The Lord is with you, because you have been with him. If you seek him, you shall find: but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
3. And many days shall pass in Israel without the true God, and without a priest a teacher, and without the law.
4. And when in their distress they shall return to the Lord the God of Israel, and shall seek him, they shall find him.
5. At that time there shall be no peace to him that goeth out and cometh in, but terrors on every side among all the inhabitants of the earth.
6. For nation shall fight against nation, and city against city, for the Lord will trouble them with all distress.
7. Do you therefore take courage, and let not your hands he weakened: for there shall be a reward for your work.
8. And when Asa had heard the words, and the prophecy of Azarias the son of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and took away the idols out of all the land of Juda, and out of Benjamin, and out of the cities of mount Ephraim, which he had taken, and he dedicated the altar of the Lord, which was before the porch of the Lord.
9. And he gathered together all Juda and Benjamin, and the strangers with them of Ephraim, and Manasses, and Simeon: for many were come over to him out of Israel, seeing that the Lord his God was with him.