And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded, the prophet, that is, of the son of Oded, v. 1, he took courage, he was filled with a holy zeal and bravery, and put away the abominable idols, the statues and pillars of the heathen gods and goddesses, out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from Mount Ephraim, for he was probably an officer of his father in the war with Israel, 2 Chronicles 13:19, and renewed the altar of the Lord that was before the porch of the Lord, 2 Chronicles 4:1; 2 Chronicles 6:12, by repairing and embellishing it.

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