³² And he made all the people in Jerusalem and Benjamin give their word to keep it. And the people of Jerusalem kept the agreement of God, the God of their fathers.

¹⁹ For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.

⁴ And he made Judah go after the Lord, the God of their fathers, and keep his laws and his orders.

²⁹ And at the end of the offering, the king and all who were present with him gave worship with bent heads.

¹² And in Judah the power of God gave them one heart to do the orders of the king and the captains, which were taken as the word of the Lord.

¹⁶ And he put the altar of the Lord in order, offering peace-offerings and praise-offerings on it, and said that all Judah were to be servants of the Lord, the God of Israel.

² I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.

¹⁰ But for all this, her false sister Judah has not come back to me with all her heart, but with deceit, says the Lord.