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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 Abijah 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 that whoever would not seek the Lord , the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true 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 practices of Israel.

But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not here another prophet of the Lord of whom we may inquire?"

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

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

But the king said to him, "How many times shall I make you swear that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord ?"

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

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

Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, "Fight with neither small nor great, but only with the king of Israel."

But a certain man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel between the scale armor and the breastplate. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, "Turn around and carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded."

But Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord ? Because of this, wrath has gone out against you from the Lord .

and said to the judges, "Consider what you do, for you judge not for man but for the Lord . He is with you in giving judgment.

O our God, will you not execute judgment on them? For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you."