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And behold, we have God with us at our head, and his priests, and the loud-sounding trumpets to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, do not fight with Jehovah the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

And the men of Judah gave a shout; and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

And the children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand.

And the children of Israel were humbled at that time, and the children of Judah were strengthened, because they relied upon Jehovah the God of their fathers.

And Asa did what was good and right in the sight of Jehovah his God;

and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, and to practise the law and the commandment.

And he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars, while the land is yet before us; for we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. And they built and prospered.

And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, it maketh no difference to thee to help, whether there be much or no power: help us, O Jehovah our God, for we rely on thee, and in thy name have we come against this multitude. Jehovah, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.

Now for a long while Israel [was] without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;

but in their trouble they turned to Jehovah the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found of them.

And nation was broken against nation, and city against city; for God disturbed them with all manner of distress.

And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell away to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.

And they entered into a covenant to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,

and that whoever would not seek Jehovah the God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

And he brought into the house of God the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and hast not relied on Jehovah thy God, therefore has the army of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand.

but he sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

And the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, Shall we go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up, and God will give it into the king's hand.

And Micah said, As Jehovah liveth, even what my God shall say, that will I declare.