Cross References And when Asa had heard the words, and the prophecy of Azarias the son of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and took away the idols out of all the land of Juda, and out of Benjamin, and out of the cities of mount Ephraim, which he had taken, and he dedicated the altar of the Lord, which was before the porch of the Lord. 2 Chronicles 4:1 He made also an altar of brass twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits broad, and ten cubits high. 2 Chronicles 8:12 Then Solomon offered holocausts to the Lord upon the altar of the Lord which he had built before the porch, 2 Chronicles 13:19 And Abia pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel and her daughters, and Jesana with her daughters, Ephron also and her daughters. 2 Chronicles 17:2 And he placed numbers of soldiers in all the fortified cities of Juda. And he put garrisons in the land of Juda, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. 2 Chronicles 19:4 And Josaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again to the people from Bersabee to mount Ephraim, and brought them back to the Lord the God of their fathers. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And when Asa had heard the words, and the prophecy of Azarias the son of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and took away the idols out of all the land of Juda, and out of Benjamin, and out of the cities of mount Ephraim, which he had taken, and he dedicated the altar of the Lord, which was before the porch of the Lord. Oded 2 Chronicles 15:1 And the spirit of God came upon Azarias the son of Oded, took courage 2 Chronicles 19:11 And Amarias the priest your high priest shall be chief in the things which regard God: and Zabadias the son of Ismahel, who is ruler in the house of Juda, shall be over those matters which belong to the king's office: and you have before you the Levites for masters, take courage and do diligently, and the Lord will be with you in good things. Isaiah 44:14 He hath cut down cedars, taken the holm, and the oak that stood among the trees of the forest: he hath planted the pine tree, which the rain hath nourished. Acts 28:15 And from thence, when the brethren had heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns. Whom when Paul saw, he gave thanks to God and took courage. abominable idols [heb] abominations Leviticus 18:30 Keep my commandments. Do not the things which they have done, that have been before you: and be not defiled therein. I am the Lord your God. Deuteronomy 27:15 Cursed be the man that maketh a graven and molten thing, the abomination of the Lord, the work of the hands of artificers, and shall put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say: Amen. 1 Kings 11:5,7 But Solomon worshipped Astarthe, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Moloch, the idol of the Ammonites. . . . 2 Kings 23:13 The high places also that were at Jerusalem, on the right side of the Mount of Offence, which Solomon, king of Israel, had built to Astaroth, the idol of the Sidonians, and to Chamos, the scandal of Moab, and to Melchom, the abomination of the children of Ammon, the king defiled. Isaiah 65:4 That dwell in sepulchres, and sleep in the temple of idols: that eat swine's flesh, and profane broth is in their vessels. Jeremiah 16:18 And I will repay first their double iniquities, and their sins: because they have defiled my land with the carcasses of their idols, and they have filled my inheritance with their abominations. Ezekiel 8:10 And I went in and saw, and behold every form of creeping things, and of living creatures, the abominations, and all the idols of the house of Israel, were painted on the wall all round about. 1 Peter 4:3 For the time past is sufficient to have fulfilled the will of the Gentiles, for them who have walked in riotousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings and unlawful worshipping of idols. Revelation 17:4,5 And the woman was clothed round about with purple and scarlet, and gilt with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of the abomination and filthiness of her fornication. . . . the cities 2 Chronicles 13:19 And Abia pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel and her daughters, and Jesana with her daughters, Ephron also and her daughters. the altar of the Lord 2 Chronicles 4:1 He made also an altar of brass twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits broad, and ten cubits high. 2 Chronicles 8:12 Then Solomon offered holocausts to the Lord upon the altar of the Lord which he had built before the porch, 2 Chronicles 29:18 And they went in to king Ezechias, and said to him: We have sanctified all the house of the Lord, and the altar of holocaust, and the vessels thereof, and the table of proposition with all its vessels, 2 Kings 16:14 But the altar of brass that was before the Lord, he removed from the face of the temple, and from the place of the altar, and from the place of the temple of the Lord: and he set it at the side of the altar towards the north. 2 Kings 18:22 But if you say to me: We trust in the Lord, our God: is it not he, whose high places and altars Ezechias hath taken away: and hath commanded Juda and Jerusalem: You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? Context Asa's Reforms8And when Asa had heard the words, and the prophecy of Azarias the son of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and took away the idols out of all the land of Juda, and out of Benjamin, and out of the cities of mount Ephraim, which he had taken, and he dedicated the altar of the Lord, which was before the porch of the Lord.9And he gathered together all Juda and Benjamin, and the strangers with them of Ephraim, and Manasses, and Simeon: for many were come over to him out of Israel, seeing that the Lord his God was with him.… Lexicon When Asaאָסָ֜א (’ā·sā) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 609: Asa -- perhaps 'healer', an Israelite name heard וְכִשְׁמֹ֨עַ (wə·ḵiš·mō·a‘) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently these הָאֵ֗לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh) Article | Pronoun - common plural Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those words הַדְּבָרִ֣ים (had·də·ḇā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause and the prophecy וְהַנְּבוּאָה֮ (wə·han·nə·ḇū·’āh) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5016: A prediction of Azariah son of Oded עֹדֵ֣ד (‘ō·ḏêḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5752: Oded -- 'restorer', two Israelites the prophet, הַנָּבִיא֒ (han·nā·ḇî) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet he took courage הִתְחַזַּ֗ק (hiṯ·ḥaz·zaq) Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer and removed וַיַּעֲבֵ֤ר (way·ya·‘ă·ḇêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on the detestable idols הַשִּׁקּוּצִים֙ (haš·šiq·qū·ṣîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 8251: Disgusting, filthy, idolatrous, an idol from וּמִן־ (ū·min-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of the whole מִכָּל־ (mik·kāl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every land אֶ֤רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land of Judah יְהוּדָה֙ (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites and Benjamin וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן (ū·ḇin·yā·min) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1144: Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites and from the cities הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (he·‘ā·rîm) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement he had captured לָכַ֖ד (lā·ḵaḏ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3920: To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere in the hill country מֵהַ֣ר (mê·har) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country of Ephraim. אֶפְרָ֑יִם (’ep̄·rā·yim) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory He then restored וַיְחַדֵּשׁ֙ (way·ḥad·dêš) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2318: To be new, to rebuild the altar מִזְבַּ֣ח (miz·baḥ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar of the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel that אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that was in front לִפְנֵ֖י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face of the portico אוּלָ֥ם (’ū·lām) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 197: A vestibule of the LORD�s temple. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Additional Translations When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD. And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah. And when Asa heard these words, and the prophesy of Adad the prophet, then he strengthened himself, and cast out the abominations from all the land of Juda and Benjamin, and from the cities which Jeroboam possessed, in mount Ephraim, and he renewed the altar of the Lord, which was before the temple of the Lord. And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah. And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD. And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD. When Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of Yahweh, that was before the porch of Yahweh. And at Asa's hearing these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he hath strengthened himself, and doth cause the abominations to pass away out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he hath captured from the hill-country of Ephraim, and reneweth the altar of Jehovah that is before the porch of Jehovah, Jump to Previous Abominable Abominations Altar Asa Benjamin Cities Country Courage Ephraim Heard Hill Idols Judah Mount Oded Porch Prophecy Prophet Renewed WordsJump to Next Abominable Abominations Altar Asa Benjamin Cities Country Courage Ephraim Heard Hill Idols Judah Mount Oded Porch Prophecy Prophet Renewed WordsExternal Links 2 Chronicles 15:8 NIV2 Chronicles 15:8 NLT 2 Chronicles 15:8 ESV 2 Chronicles 15:8 NASB 2 Chronicles 15:8 ASV 2 Chronicles 15:8 Bible Apps 2 Chronicles 15:8 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 15:8 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 15:8 French Bible 2 Chronicles 15:8 German Bible Alphabetical: abominable all altar and Asa Azariah Benjamin captured cities country courage detestable Ephraim from front had he heard hill hills idols in Judah land LORD Lord's Now Oded of porch portico prophecy prophet removed repaired restored son spoke temple that the then these OT History: 2 Chronicles 15:8 When Asa heard these words and (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |