And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North,

He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from the God of his salvation.

Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.

And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.

Shabbethai and Jozabad, two leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;

Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.