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For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.

And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.

Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.

And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.

But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:

And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.

And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.

So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.

And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.