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Then they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
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and whoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
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Then they took an oath before the Lord with a loud voice, with shouting and trumpets and rams' horns.
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And all Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and sought Him with all their soul; and He was found by them, and the Lord gave them rest all around.
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Also he removed Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, from being queen mother, because she had made an obscene image of Asherah; and Asa cut down her obscene image, then crushed and burned it by the Brook Kidron.
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But the high places were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was loyal all his days.
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He also brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated and that he himself had dedicated: silver and gold and utensils.
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And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.