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if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
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Those from every tribe of Israel who set their hearts on seeking the Lord, the God of Israel, followed the Levites to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices to the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
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He did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the Lord.
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He commanded Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his laws and commands.
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He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
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They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.
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All who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.
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In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was afflicted with a disease in his feet. Though his disease was severe, even in his illness he did not seek help from the Lord, but only from the physicians.
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But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “First seek the counsel of the Lord.”
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There is, however, some good in you, for you have rid the land of the Asherah poles and have set your heart on seeking God.”
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The people of Judah came together to seek help from the Lord; indeed, they came from every town in Judah to seek him.
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who sets their heart on seeking God—the Lord, the God of their ancestors—even if they are not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary.”
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In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David. In his twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of high places, Asherah poles and idols.
