2 Chronicles 15:6-8

New International Reader's Version

⁶ One nation was crushing another. One city was crushing another. That’s because God was causing them to suffer terribly. ⁷ But be strong. Don’t give up. God will reward you for your work.”

⁸ Asa heard that prophecy. He paid attention to the words of Azariah the prophet, the son of Oded. So Asa became bolder than ever. He removed the statues of gods from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin. He also removed them from the towns he had captured in the hills of Ephraim. He did it because the Lord hated those gods. Asa repaired the altar of the Lord. It was in front of the porch of the Lord’s temple.