And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, O Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin, hear ye me, The Lord is with you, while ye be with him: and if ye seek him, he will be found of you, but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

Now for a long season Israel hath been without the [a]true God, and without Priest to teach, and without Law.

But whosoever returned in his affliction to the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he [b]was found of him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 15:3 For the space of twelve years under Rehoboam, and three years under Abijah, religion was neglected, and idolatry planted.
  2. 2 Chronicles 15:4 He showeth, that notwithstanding the wickedness of tyrants and their rage, yet God hath his, whom he heareth in their tribulation, as he delivered his from Zerah king of the Ethiopians, 2 Chron. 14:9, 12, and out of all other dangers, when they called upon the Lord.

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