fed you in the desert with manna (which your ancestors had never before known) so that he might by humbling you test you and eventually bring good to you.

So we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and he heard us and saw our humiliation, toil, and oppression.

They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods they had not known; to new gods who had recently come along, gods your ancestors had not known about.

So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long do you intend to put off occupying the land the Lord God of your ancestors has given you?

Now take your positions, so I may confront you before the Lord regarding all the Lord’s just actions toward you and your ancestors.

When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.

If a decision is not made, when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be considered state criminals.”

May he make us submissive, so we can follow all his instructions and obey the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.

Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord. They made him more jealous by their sins than their ancestors had done.

Manasseh passed away and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzzah, and his son Amon replaced him as king.

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

But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors and worshiped instead the gods of the native peoples whom God had destroyed before them.

Their relatives, listed in their genealogical records, numbered 956. All these men were leaders of their families.

O Lord God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, maintain the motives of your people and keep them devoted to you.

then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their ancestors.

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

That day the Israelites were defeated; the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the Lord God of their ancestors.

They abandoned the temple of the Lord God of their ancestors, and worshiped the Asherah poles and idols. Because of this sinful activity, God was angry with Judah and Jerusalem.

In one day King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel killed 120,000 warriors in Judah, because they had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors.

In every city throughout Judah he set up high places to offer sacrifices to other gods. He angered the Lord God of his ancestors.