^25 (A)Now before him there was no king like him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses; nor after him did any arise like him.

⁵ He ^(A)trusted in the Lord God of Israel, ^(B)so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him.

³ Then the king ^(A)stood by a pillar and made a ^(B)covenant before the Lord, to follow the Lord and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people took a stand for the covenant.

⁴⁸ and when they ^(A)return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who led them away captive, and ^(B)pray to You toward their land which You gave to their fathers, the city which You have chosen and the temple which I have built for Your name:

^5 (A)You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, ^(B)with all your soul, and with all your strength.

^19 (A)Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? ^(B)Why do you seek to kill Me?”

¹⁷ For ^(A)the law was given through Moses, but ^(B)grace and ^(C)truth came through Jesus Christ.

²⁹ these joined with their brethren, their nobles, ^(A)and entered into a curse and an oath ^(B)to walk in God’s Law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes: