²⁵ 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 did any like him arise after him.^(A)

⁵ He relied on the Lord, the God of Israel, so that there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah after him or among those who were before him.^(A)

¹³ When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart,^(A)

³ The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, to follow the Lord, keeping his commandments, his decrees, and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. All the people joined in the covenant.^(A)

⁴⁸ if they repent with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive and pray to you toward their land that you gave to their ancestors, the city that you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name,^(A)

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

¹⁹ “Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why are you looking for an opportunity to kill me?”^(A)

¹⁷ The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.^(A)

⁴ Remember the teaching of my servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.^(A)

²⁹ join with their kin, their nobles, and enter into a curse and an oath 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.^(A)