"And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him. So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. And they offered unto the Lord the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul." "And He was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about." Verses 8-12, 15. 113

Så samlede han hele Juda og Benjamin og de folk fra Efraim, Manasse og Simeon, der boede som fremmede hos dem; thi en mængde israelitter var gået over til ham, da de så, at Herren hans Gud var med ham. De samledes i Jerusalem i den tredje måned i Asas femtende regeringsår og ofrede den dag Herren ofre af byttet, de havde medbragt, 700 stykker hornkvæg og 7000 stykker småkvæg. Derpå sluttede de en pagt om at søge Herren, deres fædres Gud, af hele deres hjerte og hele deres sjæl". "Og han lod sig finde af dem og lod dem få ro til alle sider." 2Krøn 15,8-12. og 15.