He did what the <sc>Lordsc> approved,<n id="1" /> but not with wholehearted devotion.<n id="2" />p>

The people continued to offer sacrifices at the high places, but only to the <sc>Lordsc> their God.p>

The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the <sc>Lordsc> throughout his lifetime.<n id="1" />

There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb.<n id="1" /> (It was there that<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.)p>

But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.&#8217;<n id="1" />

The king said to him, &#8220;How many times must I make you solemnly promise in<n id="1" /> the name of the <sc>Lordsc> to tell me only the truth?&#8221;

He did what the <sc>Lordsc> approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.<n id="1" /> (He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.)<n id="2" /> Yet the people were still sinning.p>

And now you are planning<n id="1" /> to enslave<n id="2" /> the people<n id="3" /> of Judah and Jerusalem. Yet are you not also guilty before the <sc>Lordsc> your God?

But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals,<n id="1" /> so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished and the priests could consecrate themselves. (The Levites had been more conscientious about consecrating themselves than the priests.)<n id="2" />

I will not make Israel again leave the land I gave to their ancestors,<n id="1" /> provided that they carefully obey all I commanded them, the whole law, the rules and regulations given to Moses.&#8221;

Now, O <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, &#8216;You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel,<n id="1" /> provided that your descendants watch their step and obey my law as you have done.&#8217;<n id="2" />