9. Then he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, together with those of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were resident with them; for many had defected to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord, his God, was with him.
10. They gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign,
11. and sacrificed to the Lord on that day seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from the spoils they had brought.
12. They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul;
13. and everyone who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, was to be put to death, from least to greatest, man or woman.
14. They swore an oath to the Lord with a loud voice, with shouting and with trumpets and horns.
15. All Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with their whole heart and sought him with complete desire. The Lord was found by them, and gave them rest on every side.
16. He also deposed Maacah, the mother of King Asa, from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene object for Asherah; Asa cut down this object, smashed it, and burnt it in the Wadi Kidron.
17. The high places did not disappear from Israel, yet Asa’s heart was undivided as long as he lived.
18. He brought into the house of God his father’s and his own votive offerings: silver, gold, and vessels.
19. There was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.