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And Asa did the good and the right in the eyes of Jehovah his God.

And he commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, and to do the Law and the commandment.

And Asa called to Jehovah his God, and said, O Jehovah, it is nothing to You to help between the mighty and him with no strength. Help us, O Jehovah our God; for we rest on You, and in Your name we come against this host. O Jehovah, You areour God. Do not let man hold out against You.

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

Yea, Israel has been without a true God many days, and without a teaching priest, and without Law.

And they turned in their distress to Jehovah the God of Israel, and they sought Him, and He was found by them.

And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city. For God troubled them with every distress.

And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon. For they had fallen to him in abundance from Israel when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.

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

And everyone who did not seek after Jehovah the God of Israel was put to death, from the small to the great, from man and to woman.

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

And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa the king of Judah and said to him, Because you leaned on the king of Syria, and you have not leaned on Jehovah your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.

For he sought to the God of his father, and he walked in His commands, and not according to the deeds of Israel.

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

And Micaiah said, As Jehovah lives, surely that which my God says, that I shall speak.

And it happened, when the commanders of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, He is the king of Israel. And they turned around to fight against him. And Jehoshaphat cried out. And Jehovah helped him. And God drew them away from him.

But good things have been found with you, for you have burned the Asherahs out of the land, and have fixed your heart to seek God.

And Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and he went out again among the people, from Beer-sheba to the hills of Ephraim, and brought them back to Jehovah the God of their fathers.

and now, let the fear of Jehovah be upon you; watch and act, for there is no perverseness with Jehovah our God, nor lifting up of faces, nor taking of a bribe.

and said, O Jehovah, the God of our fathers, are not You the God in Heaven? Yea, You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, and in Your hand is power and might; and there is none able to withstand You.