<p class="poetry">This is the destiny of fools,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and of those who approve of their philosophy.<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

Those among all the Israelite tribes who were determined to worship the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel followed them to Jerusalem<n id="1" /> to sacrifice to the <sc>Lordsc> God of their ancestors.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">Do not chase after other gods until your shoes wear outp> <p class="poetry">and your throats become dry.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">But you say, &#8216;It is useless for you to try and stop mep> <p class="poetry">because I love those foreign gods<n id="2" /> and want to pursue them!&#8217;p>

<p class="bodytext">So Ahab<n id="1" /> assembled the 232 servants of the district governors. After that he assembled all the Israelite army, numbering 7,000.<n id="2" />