Jehoshaphat stood before the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the Lord’s temple, in front of the new courtyard.

All the men of Judah were standing before the Lord, along with their infants, wives, and children.

He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved.

So look, the Lord is about to severely afflict your people, your sons, your wives, and all you own.

The Lord stirred up against Jehoram the Philistines and the Arabs who lived beside the Cushites.

After all this happened, the Lord afflicted him with an incurable intestinal disease.

Another third of you will be stationed at the royal palace and still another third at the Foundation Gate. All the others will stand in the courtyards of the Lord’s temple.

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

He posted guards at the gates of the Lord’s temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter.

Joash did what the Lord approved throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.

Joash was determined to repair the Lord’s temple.

The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the Lord’s temple.

The Lord sent prophets among them to lead them back to him. They warned the people, but they would not pay attention.

They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.

He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

Azariah the priest and eighty other brave priests of the Lord followed him in.

He built the Upper Gate to the Lord’s temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel.

During his time of trouble King Ahaz was even more unfaithful to the Lord.

He did what the Lord approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the Lord’s temple and repaired them.