and he went to meet King Asa. He called out, "Listen to me, King Asa, and all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you as long as you are with him. If you look for him, he will let you find him, but if you turn away, he will abandon you.

Many people had come over to Asa's side from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon, and were living in his kingdom, because they had seen that the LORD was with him. Asa summoned all of them and the people of Judah and Benjamin.

The LORD was with Joseph and made him successful. He lived in the house of his Egyptian master,

who saw that the LORD was with Joseph and had made him successful in everything he did.

But the LORD was with Joseph and blessed him, so that the jailer was pleased with him.

God answered, "I will be with you, and when you bring the people out of Egypt, you will worship me on this mountain. That will be the proof that I have sent you."

Now, go! I will help you to speak, and I will tell you what to say."

Joshua, no one will be able to defeat you as long as you live. I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will always be with you; I will never abandon you.

Remember that I have commanded you to be determined and confident! Do not be afraid or discouraged, for I, the LORD your God, am with you wherever you go."

Whenever the LORD gave Israel a leader, the LORD would help that leader and would save the people from their enemies as long as that leader lived. The LORD would have mercy on them because they groaned under their suffering and oppression.

The LORD's angel appeared to him there and said, "The LORD is with you, brave and mighty man!"

He grew stronger all the time, because the LORD God Almighty was with him.

He said, "The LORD your God has been with you and given you peace on all sides. He let me conquer all the people who used to live in this land, and they are now subject to you and to the LORD.

The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.

The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.

Make your plans! But they will never succeed. Talk all you want to! But it is all useless, because God is with us.

Do not be afraid---I am with you! I am your God---let nothing terrify you! I will make you strong and help you; I will protect you and save you.

"A virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and he will be called Immanuel" (which means, "God is with us").

For where two or three come together in my name, I am there with them."

and teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And I will be with you always, to the end of the age."

The Lord be with your spirit. God's grace be with you all.

David ruled over all of Israel and made sure that his people were always treated fairly and justly.

He sinned against the LORD and was not true to him as his father David had been.

He committed the same sins as his father and was not completely loyal to the LORD his God, as his great-grandfather David had been.

But for David's sake the LORD his God gave Abijah a son to rule after him in Jerusalem and to keep Jerusalem secure.

He did what was pleasing to the LORD, but he was not like his ancestor King David; instead, he did what his father Joash had done.

at the age of twenty, and he ruled in Jerusalem for sixteen years. He did not follow the good example of his ancestor King David; instead, he did what was not pleasing to the LORD his God

Following the example of his ancestor King David, he did what was pleasing to the LORD.

Josiah did what was pleasing to the LORD; he followed the example of his ancestor King David, strictly obeying all the laws of God.

LORD, do not forget David and all the hardships he endured.

"I will not go home or go to bed;

until I provide a place for the LORD, a home for the Mighty God of Jacob."

Asa pleased the LORD, his God, by doing what was right and good.

He commanded the people of Judah to do the will of the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his teachings and commands.

When Asa heard the prophecy that Azariah son of Oded had spoken, he was encouraged. He did away with all the idols in the land of Judah and Benjamin and all the idols in the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He also repaired the altar of the LORD that stood in the Temple courtyard.

They assembled in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year that Asa was king.

They made a covenant in which they agreed to worship the LORD, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.

Then the people of Israel sinned against the LORD and began to serve the Baals.

After Gideon's death the people of Israel were unfaithful to God again and worshiped the Baals. They made Baal-of-the-Covenant their god,

How can you say you have not defiled yourself, that you have never worshiped Baal? Look how you sinned in the valley; see what you have done. You are like a wild camel in heat, running around loose,