Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about {them} walls, and towers, gates, and bars, {while} the land {is} yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought {him}, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of {our} soul {is} to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they {are} the rejoicing of my heart.

But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all {ye that are} upright in heart.

And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was {done} suddenly.

And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD {is} with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. {to meet...: Heb. before Asa}

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth {his} face, who then can behold him? whether {it be done} against a nation, or against a man only:

And Nehemiah, which {is} the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day {is} holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. {the Tirshatha: or, the governor}

And thou shalt rejoice in every good {thing} which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that {is} among you.

Her ways {are} ways of pleasantness, and all her paths {are} peace.

I have sworn, and I will perform {it}, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old {and} stricken in age. {stricken...: Heb. come into days}

For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity. {destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces}

And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.

Now {it is} in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD {is} with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. {to meet...: Heb. before Asa}

But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find {him}, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.

But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.

And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from {being} queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt {it} by the brook Kidron. {destroyed: Heb. cut off}

And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.