Wednesday Bible Study: Judean Taliban

In Chapter 15, King Asa decides to please God by decreeing that everybody who doesn ' t worship the right God, in the right way, will be killed. This is indeed very pleasing to God. ' Nuff said.15 The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded.2 He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. TheLord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.3 For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach and without the law.4 But in their distress they turned to theLord, the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found by them.5 In those days it was not safe to travel about, for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil.6 One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another, because God was troubling them with every kind of distress.7 But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded. ”8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of[a] Oded the prophet, he took courage. He removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hills of Ephraim. He repaired the altar of theLord that was in front of the portico of theLord’s temple.9 Then he assembled all Judah and Benjamin and the people from Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who had settled among them, for large numbers had com...
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