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They were broken in pieces, nation against nation and city against city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress.

He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were residing as aliens with them, for great numbers had deserted to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord , the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and with all their soul.

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

He brought into the house of God the votive gifts of his father and his own votive gifts—silver, gold, and utensils.

At that time the seer Hanani came to King Asa of Judah, and said to him, "Because you relied on the king of Aram, and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped you.

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

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred of them, and said to them, "Shall we go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?" They said, "Go up; for God will give it into the hand of the king."

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

When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, "It is the king of Israel." So they turned to fight against him; and Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him. God drew them away from him,

Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the sacred poles out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God."

Jehoshaphat resided at Jerusalem; then he went out again among the people, from Beer-sheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to the Lord , the God of their ancestors.

Now, let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take care what you do, for there is no perversion of justice with the Lord our God, or partiality, or taking of bribes."

and said, "O Lord , God of our ancestors, are you not God in heaven? Do you not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? In your hand are power and might, so that no one is able to withstand you.

Did you not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of your friend Abraham?

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

And the Levites, of the Kohathites and the Korahites, stood up to praise the Lord , the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.

They rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God and you will be established; believe his prophets."

The fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the countries when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel.

And the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.