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The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father’s early years[a] and did not worship the images of Baal.

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  1. 17:3 Some Hebrew manuscripts read the example of his father, David.

10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.
    Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you.
    I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.

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He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight and followed the example of his ancestor David. He did not turn away from doing what was right.

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22 May the Lord be with your spirit. And may his grace be with all of you.

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20 Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

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20 For where two or three gather together as my followers,[a] I am there among them.”

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  1. 18:20 Greek gather together in my name.

23 “Look! The virgin will conceive a child!
    She will give birth to a son,
and they will call him Immanuel,[a]
    which means ‘God is with us.’”

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  1. 1:23 Isa 7:14; 8:8, 10 (Greek version).

Israel, an Unfaithful Wife

23 “You say, ‘That’s not true!
    I haven’t worshiped the images of Baal!’
But how can you say that?
    Go and look in any valley in the land!
Face the awful sins you have done.
    You are like a restless female camel
    desperately searching for a mate.

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10 Call your councils of war, but they will be worthless.
    Develop your strategies, but they will not succeed.
    For God is with us![a]

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  1. 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel!

Psalm 132

A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

Lord, remember David
    and all that he suffered.
He made a solemn promise to the Lord.
    He vowed to the Mighty One of Israel,[a]
“I will not go home;
    I will not let myself rest.
I will not let my eyes sleep
    nor close my eyelids in slumber
until I find a place to build a house for the Lord,
    a sanctuary for the Mighty One of Israel.”

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  1. 132:2 Hebrew of Jacob; also in 132:5. See note on 44:4.

11 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is here among us;
    the God of Israel is our fortress. Interlude

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The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is here among us;
    the God of Israel[a] is our fortress. Interlude

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  1. 46:7 Hebrew of Jacob; also in 46:11. See note on 44:4.

When Asa heard this message from Azariah the prophet,[a] he took courage and removed all the detestable idols from the land of Judah and Benjamin and in the towns he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. And he repaired the altar of the Lord, which stood in front of the entry room of the Lord’s Temple.

Then Asa called together all the people of Judah and Benjamin, along with the people of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them. For many from Israel had moved to Judah during Asa’s reign when they saw that the Lord his God was with him. 10 The people gathered at Jerusalem in late spring,[b] during the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.

11 On that day they sacrificed to the Lord 700 cattle and 7,000 sheep and goats from the plunder they had taken in the battle. 12 Then they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul. 13 They agreed that anyone who refused to seek the Lord, the God of Israel, would be put to death—whether young or old, man or woman.

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  1. 15:8 As in Syriac version and Latin Vulgate (see also 15:1); Hebrew reads from Oded the prophet.
  2. 15:10 Hebrew in the third month. This month of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar usually occurs within the months of May and June.

and he went out to meet King Asa as he was returning from the battle. “Listen to me, Asa!” he shouted. “Listen, all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The Lord will stay with you as long as you stay with him! Whenever you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

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18 “The Lord your God is with you,” he declared. “He has given you peace with the surrounding nations. He has handed them over to me, and they are now subject to the Lord and his people.

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He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, just as his ancestor David had done.

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In this way, Solomon did what was evil in the Lord’s sight; he refused to follow the Lord completely, as his father, David, had done.

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15 So David reigned over all Israel and did what was just and right for all his people.

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10 And David became more and more powerful, because the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies was with him.

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12 The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, “Mighty hero, the Lord is with you!”

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This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

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No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. For I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will not fail you or abandon you.

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12 Now go! I will be with you as you speak, and I will instruct you in what to say.”

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12 God answered, “I will be with you. And this is your sign that I am the one who has sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God at this very mountain.”

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11 Then Asa cried out to the Lord his God, “O Lord, no one but you can help the powerless against the mighty! Help us, O Lord our God, for we trust in you alone. It is in your name that we have come against this vast horde. O Lord, you are our God; do not let mere men prevail against you!”

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