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The activities of Rechav‘am from beginning to end are written in the genealogically organized histories of Sh'ma‘yah the prophet and ‘Iddo the seer. But there were continual wars between Rechav‘am and Yarov‘am.

"But we are different. Adonai is our God, and we have not abandoned him. We have cohanim performing the service for Adonai , descendants of Aharon. With the L'vi'im doing their work,

they burn to Adonai every morning and evening burnt offerings and sweet incense; they arrange the showbread on the pure table, and they prepare the gold menorah with its lamps to burn every evening. For we observe the order of Adonai our God. But you have abandoned him.

But Yarov‘am prepared to ambush them from behind, so that the main body was ahead of Y'hudah, while the ambush was behind them.

But Aviyahu grew strong; he married fourteen wives and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

he went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Listen to me, Asa, and all Y'hudah and Binyamin! Adonai is with you, as long as you are with him; if you seek him, you will find him; but if you abandon him, he will abandon you!

But when, in their distress, they turned to Adonai the God of Isra'el and sought him, they found him.

But you, be strong, and don't slack off; for your work will be rewarded."

But the high places were not removed from Isra'el. Nevertheless, Asa was wholehearted throughout his life.

But Asa became angry at the seer; in fact, because of his rage at him over this matter he threw him in prison. Moreover, at the same time, he mistreated some of the people.

In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa suffered from a disease in his legs. It was a very serious disease, yet even with this disease he did not seek out Adonai but turned to the physicians.

but seeking the God of his father and living by his mitzvot, not by what Isra'el did.

But Y'hoshafat said to the king of Isra'el, "First, we should seek the word of Adonai ."

But Y'hoshafat said, "Besides these, isn't there a prophet of Adonai here that we can consult?"

The king of Isra'el said to Y'hoshafat, "Yes, there is still one man through whom we can consult Adonai ; but I hate him, because he never prophesies anything good for me, only bad! It's Mikhay'hu the son of Yimlah." Y'hoshafat replied, "The king shouldn't say such a thing."

But Mikhay'hu answered, "As Adonai lives, whatever my God says is what I will say."

The king said to him, "How many times do I have to warn you to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of Adonai ?"

The king of Isra'el said to Y'hoshafat, "Didn't I tell you that he wouldn't prophesy good things about me, but bad?"

The king of Isra'el said to Y'hoshafat, "I will disguise myself and go into battle; but you, put on your robes." So the king of Isra'el disguised himself and went into battle.

So when the chariot commanders saw Y'hoshafat they said, "This is the king of Isra'el," and turned to attack him. But Y'hoshafat called out, and Adonai came to his aid — God moved them to leave him alone,