10. The people gathered at Jerusalem in late spring, during the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
11. On that day they sacrificed to the lord 700 cattle and 7,000 sheep and goats from the plunder they had taken in the battle.
12. Then they entered into a covenant to seek the lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.
13. They agreed that anyone who refused to seek the lord, the God of Israel, would be put to death—whether young or old, man or woman.