The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime.

There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.

When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying Ramah and abandoned the project.

Jehoshaphat’s power kept increasing. He built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah.

He had many supplies stored in the cities of Judah and an army of skilled warriors stationed in Jerusalem.

Later the Moabites and Ammonites, along with some of the Meunites, attacked Jehoshaphat.

He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty, for his mother gave him evil advice.

He remained in hiding in God’s temple for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.

Jehoiada then drew up a covenant stipulating that he, all the people, and the king should be loyal to the Lord.

When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.

He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.

Hezekiah and all the people were happy about what God had done for them, for it had been done quickly.

He built altars in the Lord’s temple, about which the Lord had said, “Jerusalem will be my permanent home.”

When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes.

you are granted wisdom and discernment. Furthermore I am giving you riches, wealth, and honor surpassing that of any king before or after you.”

He told David, ‘Since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel.

King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

They defeated all the cities surrounding Gerar, for the Lord caused them to panic. The men of Judah looted all the cities, for they contained a huge amount of goods.

He built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns, for he owned many herds in the lowlands and on the plain. He had workers in the fields and vineyards in the hills and in Carmel, for he loved agriculture.

The cherubs’ wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles.