¹⁵ And all Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and ^(A)sought Him with all their soul; and He was found by them, and the Lord gave them ^(B)rest all around.

⁷ Therefore he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us, because we have sought the Lord our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

¹² Then they ^(A)entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

⁴ but ^(A)when in their trouble they turned to the Lord God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found by them.

Paul’s Sincerity

¹² For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in ^[a]simplicity and ^(A)godly sincerity, ^(B)not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.

³⁶ Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced that God had prepared the people, since the events took place so suddenly.

^23 [a]For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a ^(A)desire to depart and be with Christ, which is ^(B)far better.