1 The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded:
2 and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! the Lord is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
3 Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law.
4 But when in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.