⁵ He set himself to seek God ^(A)in the days of Zechariah, ^(B)who instructed him in the fear of God, and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper.

² and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: ^(A)The Lord is with you while you are with him. ^(B)If you seek him, he will be found by you, ^(C)but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

^2 (A)And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

^13 (A)Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the rules that the Lord commanded Moses for Israel. ^(B)Be strong and courageous. Fear not; do not be dismayed.

^16 (A)But I have heard that you can give interpretations and ^(B)solve problems. ^(C)Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, ^(D)you shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around your neck and ^(E)shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”

Daniel's Terrifying Vision of a Man

10 ^(A)In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, ^(B)who was named Belteshazzar. And ^(C)the word was true, and it was a great conflict.^[a] And ^(D)he understood the word and ^(E)had understanding of the vision.

¹⁹ Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in ^(A)a vision of the night. Then Daniel ^(B)blessed the ^(C)God of heaven.

¹⁷ As for these four youths, ^(A)God gave them learning and ^(B)skill in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had ^(C)understanding in all visions and dreams.

⁸ But go, act, be strong for the battle. Why should you suppose that God will cast you down before the enemy? ^(A)For God has power to help or to cast down.”