9. And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were residing with them, for great numbers had deserted to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
10. They were gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
11. They sacrificed to the Lord on that day from the spoil that they had brought 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep.
12. And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul,
13. but that whoever would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
14. They swore an oath to the Lord with a loud voice and with shouting and with trumpets and with horns.
15. And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the Lord gave them rest all around.
16. Even Maacah, his mother, King Asa removed from being queen mother because she had made a detestable image for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron.
17. But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true all his days.