On the samedaythe kingconsecratedthe middleof the courtthat [was] beforethe houseof the LORD,becausetherehe offeredthe burntofferingand the grain offeringand the fatof the peaceofferings;for the bronzealtarthat [was] beforethe LORD[was] toosmallto holdthe burntofferingand the grain offeringand the fatof the peaceofferings.
Now when Asaheardthesewordsand the prophecywhich Azariahthe son of Odedthe prophetspoke, he tookcourageand removedthe abominableidolsfrom allthe landof Judahand Benjaminand from the citieswhichhe had capturedin the hillcountryof Ephraim.He then restoredthe altarof the LORDwhichwas in frontof the porchof the LORD.