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It was the divine will, for Ochozias’ punishment, that he should pay Joram this visit, and with him should offer battle to Jehu, son of Namsi, whom the Lord had anointed king to make an end of Achab’s line. (2 Chronicles 22, 7)
At last the divine spirit fell on the high priest Zacharias, that was son to Joiada; full in the presence of the people he stood up and gave them a message from the Lord God: What means it that you so transgress the Lord’s command, to your peril, forsaking him, and by him forsaken? (2 Chronicles 24, 20)
Count as thou wilt on the strength of thy array, God will give thy enemies the mastery; he alone sends victory and defeat. (2 Chronicles 25, 8)
After this victory over the Edomites, Amasias brought home with him some of the idols men worshipped there in Seir; and these gods he made his own, worshipping them himself and burning incense before them. (2 Chronicles 25, 14)
At the thought of thy victory over Edom, thy heart is puffed up with pride. Keep thyself at home, do not invite disaster, to thy own and Juda’s ruin. (2 Chronicles 25, 19)
As long as Zacharias lived, a man taught by divine visions, Ozias had recourse to the Lord, and as long as he had recourse to the Lord, all went well with him. (2 Chronicles 26, 5)
Such victory God gave him over the Philistines, the Arabs, too, that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Ammonites; (2 Chronicles 26, 7)
But there was a prophet of the Lord dwelling there at this time, Oded by name, who went out to meet the army on their way into the city, and expostulated with them. Here are the men of Juda, said he, left at your mercy, only because the Lord, the God of your fathers, is angry with them; and you have made murderous use of your victory; the tale of your cruelties mounts up to heaven. (2 Chronicles 28, 9)
Thus did the Lord humble Juda, to shew how Achaz had robbed them of all aid, by slighting the divine will.✻ (2 Chronicles 28, 19)
Mustering their brethren, they purified themselves, and so, obedient to the royal command and the divine will, entered into God’s house to cleanse it. (2 Chronicles 29, 15)
What else Josias did, all his acts of piety in carrying out the terms of the divine law, (2 Chronicles 35, 26)
Who is left among you of that race? To Jerusalem let him go, in Judaea, with divine aid to speed him; and there let him help to build the temple of the Lord God of Israel, who is the true God.✻ (Ezra 1, 3)
