2 Chronicles 15:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he was encouraged. He removed the detestable idols from the entire land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had seized in the Ephraimite hill country. He repaired the altar of the LORD in front of the porch of the LORD’s temple.

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  • 2 Chr 8:12 : 12 Then Solomon offered burnt sacrifices to the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built in front of the temple’s porch.
  • 2 Chr 13:19 : 19 Abijah chased Jeroboam; he seized from him these cities: Bethel and its surrounding towns, Jeshanah and its surrounding towns, and Ephron and its surrounding towns.
  • 2 Chr 4:1 : 1 He made a bronze altar, 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.
  • Lev 18:30 : 30 You must obey my charge not to practice any of the abominable statutes that have been done before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.’”
  • Deut 27:15 : 15 ‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image– something abhorrent to the LORD, the work of the craftsman– and sets it up in a secret place.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
  • 1 Kgs 11:5 : 5 Solomon worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.
  • 1 Kgs 11:7 : 7 Furthermore, on the hill east of Jerusalem Solomon built a high place for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.
  • 2 Kgs 16:14 : 14 He moved the bronze altar that stood in the LORD’s presence from the front of the temple(between the altar and the LORD’s temple) and put it on the north side of the new altar.
  • 2 Kgs 18:22 : 22 Perhaps you will tell me,‘We are trusting in the LORD our God.’ But Hezekiah is the one who eliminated his high places and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem,‘You must worship at this altar in Jerusalem.’
  • 2 Kgs 23:13 : 13 The king ruined the high places east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Destruction, that King Solomon of Israel had built for the detestable Sidonian goddess Astarte, the detestable Moabite god Chemosh, and the horrible Ammonite god Milcom.
  • 2 Chr 19:11 : 11 Take note, Amariah the chief priest will oversee you in every matter pertaining to the LORD and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the family of Judah, in every matter pertaining to the king. The Levites will serve as officials before you. Act courageously! And may the LORD be with those who do well!”
  • 2 Chr 29:18 : 18 They went to King Hezekiah and said:“We have purified the entire temple of the LORD, including the altar of burnt sacrifice and all its equipment, and the table for the Bread of the Presence and all its equipment.
  • Isa 44:14 : 14 He cuts down cedars and acquires a cypress or an oak. He gets trees from the forest; he plants a cedar and the rain makes it grow.
  • Isa 65:4 : 4 They sit among the tombs and keep watch all night long. They eat pork, and broth from unclean sacrificial meat is in their pans.
  • Jer 16:18 : 18 Before I restore them I will punish them in full for their sins and the wrongs they have done. For they have polluted my land with the lifeless statues of their disgusting idols. They have filled the land I have claimed as my own with their detestable idols.”
  • Ezek 8:10 : 10 So I went in and looked. I noticed every figure of creeping thing and beast– detestable images– and every idol of the house of Israel, engraved on the wall all around.
  • Acts 28:15 : 15 The brothers from there, when they heard about us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. When he saw them, Paul thanked God and took courage.
  • 1 Pet 4:3 : 3 For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.
  • Rev 17:4-5 : 4 Now the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet clothing, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup filled with detestable things and unclean things from her sexual immorality. 5 On her forehead was written a name, a mystery:“Babylon the Great, the Mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth.”

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  • 2 Chr 14:2-3
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    2 Asa’s Religious and Military Accomplishments(14:1) Asa did what the LORD his God desired and approved.

    3 He removed the pagan altars and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.

  • 1 Kgs 15:11-15
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    11 Asa did what the LORD approved like his ancestor David had done.

    12 He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols his ancestors had made.

    13 He also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen mother because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her loathsome pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

    14 The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD throughout his lifetime.

    15 He brought the holy items that he and his father had made into the LORD’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.

  • 2 Chr 33:15-16
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    15 He removed the foreign gods and images from the LORD’s temple and all the altars he had built on the hill of the LORD’s temple and in Jerusalem; he threw them outside the city.

    16 He erected the altar of the LORD and offered on it peace offerings and thank offerings. He told the people of Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 15:9-10
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    9 He assembled all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the settlers from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had come to live with them. Many people from Israel had come there to live when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

    10 They assembled in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.

  • 2 Chr 15:15-18
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    15 All Judah was happy about the oath, because they made the vow with their whole heart. They willingly sought the LORD and he responded to them. He made them secure on every side.

    16 King Asa also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen mother because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her loathsome pole and crushed and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

    17 The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD throughout his lifetime.

    18 He brought the holy items that his father and he had made into God’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.

  • 1 Kgs 15:22
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    22 King Asa ordered all the men of Judah(no exemptions were granted) to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. King Asa used the materials to build up Geba(in Benjamin) and Mizpah.

  • 2 Chr 15:7
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    7 But as for you, be strong and don’t get discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”

  • 2 Chr 17:6
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    6 He was committed to following the LORD; he even removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.

  • 2 Chr 15:1-2
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    1 God’s Spirit came upon Azariah son of Oded.

    2 He met Asa and told him,“Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are loyal to him. If you seek him, he will respond to you, but if you reject him, he will reject you.

  • 2 Chr 19:3
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    3 Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow God.”

  • 2 Chr 34:3
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    3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David. In his twelfth year he began ridding Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.

  • 2 Chr 17:2
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    2 He placed troops in all of Judah’s fortified cities and posted garrisons throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized.

  • 2 Chr 34:7-8
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    7 he tore down the altars and Asherah poles, demolished the idols, and smashed all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

    8 In the eighteenth year of his reign, he continued his policy of purifying the land and the temple. He sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the city official, and Joah son of Joahaz the secretary to repair the temple of the LORD his God.

  • 2 Chr 31:1
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    1 When all this was over, the Israelites who were in the cities of Judah went out and smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished all the high places and altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. Then all the Israelites returned to their own homes in their cities.

  • 1 Kgs 15:18
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    18 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the LORD’s temple and of the royal palace and handed it to his servants. He then told them to deliver it to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:

  • 2 Chr 16:6-7
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    6 King Asa ordered all the men of Judah to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. He used the materials to build up Geba and Mizpah.

    7 At that time Hanani the prophet visited King Asa of Judah and said to him:“Because you relied on the king of Syria and did not rely on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.

  • 1 Kgs 22:46
    70%

    46 He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa.

  • 2 Chr 16:2
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    2 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the LORD’s temple and of the royal palace and sent it to King Ben Hadad of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:

  • 2 Chr 20:32-33
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    32 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.

    33 However, the high places were not eliminated; the people were still not devoted to the God of their ancestors.

  • 1 Kgs 15:9
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    9 Asa’s Reign over Judah In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became the king of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 14:7
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    7 He said to the people of Judah:“Let’s build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. The land remains ours because we have followed the LORD our God; we have followed him, and he has made us secure on all sides.” So they built the cities and prospered.

  • 2 Chr 14:12
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    12 The LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah. The Cushites fled,

  • 1 Kgs 22:43
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    43 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.(22:44) However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

  • 2 Chr 14:5
    69%

    5 He removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom had rest under his rule.

  • 2 Chr 16:9-11
    3 verses
    68%

    9 Certainly the LORD watches the whole earth carefully and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.”

    10 Asa was so angry at the prophet, he put him in jail. Asa also oppressed some of the people at that time.

    11 Asa’s Reign Ends The events of Asa’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

  • 2 Chr 29:19
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    19 We have prepared and consecrated all the items that King Ahaz removed during his reign when he acted unfaithfully. They are in front of the altar of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 21:12
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    12 Jehoram received this letter from Elijah the prophet:“This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David says:‘You have not followed in the footsteps of your father Jehoshaphat and of King Asa of Judah,

  • 1 Kgs 15:20
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    20 Ben Hadad accepted King Asa’s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. They conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, and all the territory of Naphtali, including the region of Kinnereth.

  • 2 Kgs 23:14-15
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    14 He smashed the sacred pillars to bits, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled those shrines with human bones.

    15 He also tore down the altar in Bethel at the high place made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin. He burned all the combustible items at that high place and crushed them to dust; including the Asherah pole.

  • 2 Chr 34:5
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    5 He burned the bones of the pagan priests on their altars; he purified Judah and Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 23:12
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    12 The king tore down the altars the kings of Judah had set up on the roof of Ahaz’s upper room, as well as the altars Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the LORD’s temple. He crushed them up and threw the dust in the Kidron Valley.

  • 2 Chr 32:12
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    12 Hezekiah is the one who eliminated the LORD’s high places and altars and then told Judah and Jerusalem,“At one altar you must worship and offer sacrifices.”

  • 2 Chr 34:33
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    33 Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the areas belonging to the Israelites and encouraged all who were in Israel to worship the LORD their God. Throughout the rest of his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD God of their ancestors.

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