³² Then he made all who were present in Jerusalem and in Benjamin join in it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

¹⁰ Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to me ^(A)with her whole heart, but in pretense, declares the Lord.”

² I say:^[a] Keep the king's command, because of ^(A)God's oath to him.^[b]

¹⁶ He also restored the altar of the Lord and offered on it sacrifices of peace offerings and of thanksgiving, and he commanded Judah to serve the Lord, the God of Israel.

¹² The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded ^(A)by the word of the Lord.

²⁹ When the offering was finished, ^(A)the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped.

⁴ and commanded Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, and to keep the law and the commandment.

¹⁹ For I have ^(A)chosen^[a] him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”