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and the men of Judah shout -- and it cometh to pass, at the shouting of the men of Judah, that God hath smitten Jeroboam, and all Israel, before Abijah and Judah.

And the sons of Israel flee from the face of Judah, and God giveth them into their hand,

And the sons of Israel are humbled at that time, and the sons of Judah are strong, for they have leant on Jehovah, God of their fathers.

And Asa doth that which is good, and that which is right, in the eyes of Jehovah his God,

and saith to Judah to seek Jehovah, God of their fathers, and to do the law and the command;

And he saith to Judah, `Let us build these cities, and compass [them] with wall, and towers, two-leaved doors, and bars, while the land [is] before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God, we have sought, and He giveth rest to us round about;' and they build and prosper.

And Asa calleth unto Jehovah his God, and saith, `Jehovah! it is nothing with Thee to help, between the mighty and those who have no power; help us, O Jehovah, our God, for on Thee we have leant, and in Thy name we have come against this multitude; O Jehovah, our God thou [art]; let him not prevail with Thee -- mortal man!

And upon Azariah son of Oded hath been the Spirit of God,

and many days [are] to Israel without a true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law,

and it turneth back in its distress unto Jehovah, God of Israel, and they seek Him, and He is found of them,

and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God hath troubled them with every adversity;

and gathereth all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon -- for they have fallen unto him from Israel in abundance, in their seeing that Jehovah his God [is] with him.

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

and every one who doth not seek for Jehovah, God of Israel, is put to death, from small unto great, from man unto woman.

And he bringeth in the sanctified things of his father, and his own sanctified things, to the house of God, silver, and gold, and vessels.

And at that time hath Hanani the seer come in unto Asa king of Judah, and saith unto him, `Because of thy leaning on the king of Aram, and thou hast not leaned on Jehovah thy God, therefore hath the force of the king of Aram escaped from thy hand.

for to the God of his father he hath sought, and in His commands he hath walked, and not according to the work of Israel.

And the king of Israel gathereth the prophets, four hundred men, and saith unto them, `Do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?' And they say, `Go up, and God doth give [it] into the hand of the king.'

And Micaiah saith `Jehovah liveth, surely that which my God saith, it I speak.'

And it cometh to pass at the heads of the charioteers seeing Jehoshaphat, that they have said, `The king of Israel he is,' and they turn round against him to fight, and Jehoshaphat crieth out, and Jehovah hath helped him, and God enticeth them from him,