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When the Lord saw they were sorry for what they had done, the Lord spoke his word to Shemaiah, saying, "The king and the leaders are sorry. So I will not destroy them but will save them soon. I will not use Shishak to punish Jerusalem in my anger.

But the people of Jerusalem will become Shishak's servants so they may learn that serving me is different than serving the kings of other nations."

But Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of the officers of Solomon, David's son, turned against his master.

"But as for us, the Lord is our God; we have not left him. The priests who serve the Lord are Aaron's sons, and the Levites help them.

They offer burnt offerings and sweet-smelling incense to the Lord every morning and evening. They put the bread on the special table in the Temple. And they light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. We obey the command of the Lord our God, but you have left him.

But Jeroboam had sent some troops to sneak behind Judah's army. So while Jeroboam was in front of Judah's army, Jeroboam's soldiers were behind them.

But Abijah became strong. He married fourteen women and was the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

Azariah went to meet Asa and said, "Listen to me, Asa and all you people of Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you obey him, you will find him, but if you leave him, he will leave you.

But when they were in trouble, they turned to the Lord , the God of Israel. They looked for him and found him.

But you should be strong. Don't give up, because you will get a reward for your good work."

But the places of worship to gods were not removed from Judah. Even so, Asa was faithful all his life.

The Cushites and Libyans had a large and powerful army and many chariots and horsemen. But you depended on the Lord to help you, so he handed them over to you.

In the thirty-ninth year of his rule, Asa got a disease in his feet. Though his disease was very bad, he did not ask for help from the Lord , but only from the doctors.

but from the God of his father. He obeyed God's commands and did not live as the people of Israel lived.

Jehoshaphat also said to Ahab, "But first we should ask if this is the Lord 's will."

But Jehoshaphat asked, "Isn't there a prophet of the Lord here? Let's ask him what we should do."

Then King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "There is one other prophet. We could ask the Lord through him, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything good about me, but always something bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah." Jehoshaphat said, "King Ahab, you shouldn't say that!"

But Micaiah answered, "As surely as the Lord lives, I can tell him only what my God says."

But Ahab said to Micaiah, "How many times do I have to tell you to speak only the truth to me in the name of the Lord ?"

Then Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I told you! He never prophesies anything good about me, but only bad."