He delivered us from there so that he could give us the land he had promised our ancestors.

and that you may enjoy long life in the land the Lord promised to give to your ancestors and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

so that your days and those of your descendants may be extended in the land which the Lord promised to give to your ancestors, like the days of heaven itself.

You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the Lord your God is giving you.

so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship their gods, causing you to sin against the Lord your God.

You must be sure to let the mother go, but you may take the young for yourself. Do this so that it may go well with you and you may have a long life.

You have eaten no bread and drunk no wine or beer – all so that you might know that I am the Lord your God!

“Therefore, keep the terms of this covenant and obey them so that you may be successful in everything you do.

The Lord your God will also cleanse your heart and the hearts of your descendants so that you may love him with all your mind and being and so that you may live.

The stones will be a reminder to you. When your children ask someday, ‘Why are these stones important to you?’

Joshua left those nations to test Israel. I wanted to see whether or not the people would carefully walk in the path marked out by the Lord, as their ancestors were careful to do.”

He left those nations simply because he wanted to teach the subsequent generations of Israelites, who had not experienced the earlier battles, how to conduct holy war.

Saul said, “They were brought from the Amalekites; the army spared the best of the flocks and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord our God. But everything else we slaughtered.”

Then they will obey you throughout their lifetimes as they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.

“Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation.

Nevertheless for David’s sake the Lord his God maintained his dynasty in Jerusalem by giving him a son to succeed him and by protecting Jerusalem.

But the Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah. He preserved Judah for the sake of his servant David to whom he had promised a perpetual dynasty.

This will happen because they have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to other gods, angering me with all the idols they have made. My anger will ignite against this place and will not be extinguished!’”

Then they will honor you by obeying you throughout their lifetimes as they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.

But Amaziah did not heed the warning, for God wanted to hand them over to Joash because they followed the gods of Edom.