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But Abijah became powerful; and took fourteen wives to himself, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the LORD is with you when you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

"But in their distress they turned to the LORD God of Israel, and they sought Him, and He let them find Him.

"But you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work."

But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa's heart was blameless all his days.

In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa became diseased in his feet. His disease was severe, yet even in his disease he did not seek the LORD, but the physicians.

but sought the God of his father, followed His commandments, and did not act as Israel did.

But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not yet a prophet of the LORD here that we may inquire of him?"

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me but always evil. He is Micaiah, son of Imla." But Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so."

But Micaiah said, "As the LORD lives, what my God says, that I will speak."

Then the king said to him, "How many times must I adjure you to speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?"

Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?"

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you put on your robes." So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle.

Now the king of Aram had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, "Do not fight with small or great, but with the king of Israel alone."

So when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, "It is the king of Israel," and they turned aside to fight against him. But Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him, and God diverted them from him.

"But there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God."

He said to the judges, "Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for the LORD who is with you when you render judgment.

"O our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are on You."

and he said, "Listen, all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: thus says the LORD to you, 'Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but God's.

Their father gave them many gifts of silver, gold and precious things, with fortified cities in Judah, but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.