The king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah attacked Ramoth Gilead.

When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.

Later King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, who did evil.

Now I intend to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, so that he may relent from his raging anger.

When Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the Lord and pronounced blessings on his people Israel.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations whom the Lord drove out ahead of the Israelites.

Prepare yourselves by your families according to your divisions, as instructed by King David of Israel and his son Solomon.

and his accomplishments, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

The priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their towns, and all the rest of Israel lived in their towns.

When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin learned that the former exiles were building a temple for the Lord God of Israel,

and to bring silver and gold which the king and his advisers have freely contributed to the God of Israel, who resides in Jerusalem,

On the twenty-fourth day of this same month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting and wearing sackcloth, their heads covered with dust.

Those truly of Israelite descent separated from all the foreigners, standing and confessing their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.

And the rest of the Israelites, with the priests and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each on his own property.

The Lord God of Israel deserves praise in the future and forevermore! We agree! We agree!

He says: “Listen my people! I am speaking! Listen Israel! I am accusing you! I am God, your God!

Acknowledge God’s power, his sovereignty over Israel, and the power he reveals in the skies!

I will express my thanks to you with a stringed instrument, praising your faithfulness, O my God! I will sing praises to you accompanied by a harp, O Holy One of Israel!

when the anger of God flared up against them. He killed some of the strongest of them; he brought the young men of Israel to their knees.

He drove the nations out from before them; he assigned them their tribal allotments and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down.