2 Chronicles 15:1-7

The Spirit of God Comes on Azariah

Now ^athe Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded, 2 and he went out ¹to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: ^aYahweh is with you when you are with Him. And ^bif you seek Him, He will be found; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you. 3 ^aNow for many days Israel was without the true God and without ^ba teaching priest and without law. 4 But ^ain their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and they searched for Him, and He was found by them. 5 ^aNow in those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for much confusion was upon all the inhabitants of the lands. 6 ^aAnd nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God threw them into confusion with every kind of distress. 7 But you, ^abe strong and do not let your hands fall limp, for there is ^breward for your work.”