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"But if you turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

But of the people of Israel Solomon made no slaves for his work; they were soldiers, and his officers, the commanders of his chariots, and his horsemen.

but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it; and behold, half the greatness of your wisdom was not told me; you surpass the report which I heard.

But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.

And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, "Thus shall you speak to the people who said to you, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but do you lighten it for us'; thus shall you say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.

And now, whereas my father laid upon you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.'"

King Rehobo'am spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions."

But Rehobo'am reigned over the people of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.

But the word of the LORD came to Shemai'ah the man of God:

When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemai'ah: "They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him. We have priests ministering to the LORD who are sons of Aaron, and Levites for their service.

They offer to the LORD every morning and every evening burnt offerings and incense of sweet spices, set out the showbread on the table of pure gold, and care for the golden lampstand that its lamps may burn every evening; for we keep the charge of the LORD our God, but you have forsaken him.

But Abi'jah grew mighty. And he took fourteen wives, and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

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. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

but when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.

But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded."

But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was blameless all his days.

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

but sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments, and not according to the ways of Israel.

But Jehosh'aphat said, "Is there not here another prophet of the LORD of whom we may inquire?"