He abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors and did not follow the Lord’s instructions.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.

Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. Sheshan had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.

He did not seek the Lord’s guidance, so the Lord killed him and transferred the kingdom to David son of Jesse.

They did not neglect any detail of the king’s orders pertaining to the priests, Levites, and treasuries.

But as for us, the Lord is our God and we have not rejected him. Aaron’s descendants serve as the Lord’s priests and the Levites assist them with the work.

Jeroboam did not regain power during the reign of Abijah. The Lord struck him down and he died.

but instead sought the God of his ancestors and obeyed his commands, unlike the Israelites.

He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved.

He posted guards at the gates of the Lord’s temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter.

The Lord sent prophets among them to lead them back to him. They warned the people, but they would not pay attention.

King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came, but he gave him more trouble than support.

everyone who has determined to follow God, the Lord God of his ancestors, even if he is not ceremonially clean according to the standards of the temple.”

He did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done. Amon was guilty of great sin.

He did what the Lord approved and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but did not find them. They were therefore excluded from the priesthood.

They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but none were found. They were therefore excluded from the priesthood.

“But they – our ancestors – behaved presumptuously; they rebelled and did not obey your commandments.

However, due to your abundant mercy you did not do away with them altogether; you did not abandon them. For you are a merciful and compassionate God.

In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge God with moral impropriety.