48 and if they turn back(A) to you with all their heart(B) and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray(C) to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple(D) I have built for your Name;(E)

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58 May he turn our hearts(A) to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave our ancestors.

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61 And may your hearts(A) be fully committed(B) to the Lord our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time.”

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66 On the following day he sent the people away. They blessed the king and then went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good(A) things the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

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The Lord said to him:

“I have heard(A) the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name(B) there forever. My eyes(C) and my heart will always be there.

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“As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart(A) and uprightness, as David(B) your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,(C)

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24 The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom(A) God had put in his heart.

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They were from nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry(A) with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love.

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As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods,(A) and his heart was not fully devoted(B) to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

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The Lord became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared(A) to him twice.

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37 However, as for you, I will take you, and you will rule(A) over all that your heart desires;(B) you will be king over Israel.

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I tore(A) the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, but you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commands and followed me with all his heart, doing only what was right(B) in my eyes.

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He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted(A) to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been.

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14 Although he did not remove(A) the high places, Asa’s heart was fully committed(B) to the Lord all his life.

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37 Answer me, Lord, answer me, so these people will know(A) that you, Lord, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.”

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24 Then Jehu drew his bow(A) and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart and he slumped down in his chariot.

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31 Yet Jehu was not careful(A) to keep the law of the Lord, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins(B) of Jeroboam, which he had caused Israel to commit.

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19 Because your heart was responsive and you humbled(A) yourself before the Lord when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its people—that they would become a curse[a](B) and be laid waste(C)—and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I also have heard you, declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 22:19 That is, their names would be used in cursing (see Jer. 29:22); or, others would see that they are cursed.

The king stood by the pillar(A) and renewed the covenant(B) in the presence of the Lord—to follow(C) the Lord and keep his commands, statutes and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant.

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25 Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him who turned(A) to the Lord as he did—with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, in accordance with all the Law of Moses.(B)

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29 As the ark of the covenant of the Lord was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David dancing and celebrating, she despised him in her heart.

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10 Glory in his holy name;(A)
    let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

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David said to Solomon: “My son, I had it in my heart(A) to build(B) a house for the Name(C) of the Lord my God.

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19 Now devote your heart and soul to seeking the Lord your God.(A) Begin to build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the Lord.”

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