2 Chronicles 15:1-8

1The Ruach Elohim came upon Azariah the son of Oded.

2He went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Listen to me Asa, all Judah and Benjamin. Adonai is with you as long as you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you. But if you forsake Him, He will spurn you.

3For many days Israel was without the true God, without a teaching kohen and without Torah.

4But in their distress they turned to Adonai, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.

5In those times there was no shalom for anyone coming or going, for there were many conflicts among all the inhabitants of the lands.

6Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress.

7But you, chazak! Do not let your hands be slack for there is reward for your labor.”

8When Asa heard these words as well as the prophecy of the prophet Oded, he took courage and removed the abominations from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns that he had seized in the hill country of Ephraim. He also repaired Adonai’s altar that was in front of Adonai’s entryway.