He passed away and his son Jehoiachin replaced him as king.

In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted in you and you rescued them.

What we have heard and learned – that which our ancestors have told us –

We have sinned like our ancestors; we have done wrong, we have done evil.

Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.

Then he will bring you to the land your ancestors possessed and you also will possess it; he will do better for you and multiply you more than he did your ancestors.

Do not move an ancient boundary stone which was put in place by your ancestors.

“As for your ancestors, where are they? And did the prophets live forever?

as he promised to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”

So Jacob went down to Egypt and died there, along with our ancestors,

Joram passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Ahaziah replaced him as king.

Azariah passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Jotham replaced him as king.

When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “Should I strike them down, my master?”

He did evil in the sight of the Lord as his ancestors had done.

The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps at the beginning of his reign. He did not seek the Baals,

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If the Lord your God enlarges your borders as he promised your ancestors and gives you all the land he pledged to them,

The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the ancestor of the Moabites of today.

Asa did what the Lord approved like his ancestor David had done.

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