14:015:010 So they gathered themselves together at
Jerusalem in the third
month,
in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
14:015:011 And they offered unto the lord the
same time, of the spoil
which
they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand
sheep.
14:015:012 And they entered into a covenant to seek
the lord God of their
fathers
with all their heart and with all their soul;
14:015:013 That whosoever would not seek the lord
God of Israel should be
put
to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
14:015:014 And they sware unto the lord with
a loud voice, and with
shouting,
and with trumpets, and with cornets.
14:015:015 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.
14:015:016 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.
14:015:017 But the high places were not taken away
out of Israel:
nevertheless
the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
14:015:018 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.
14:015:019 And there was no more war unto the five
and thirtieth year of
the
reign of Asa.
14:016:001 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign
of Asa Baasha king
of
Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the
intent
that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king
of
Judah.
14:016:002 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out
of the treasures of
the
house of the lord and of the king’s house,
and sent to
Benhadad
king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
14:016:003 There is a league between me and thee,
as there was between my
father
and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver
and
gold;
go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that
he
may
depart from me.
14:016:004 And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and
sent the captains of
his
armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote
Ijon,
and
Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
14:016:005 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard
it, that he left off
building
of Ramah, and let his work cease.
14:016:006 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they
carried away the
stones
of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha
was
building;
and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.


