Therefore

2 Chronicles 32:5
Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.

Acts 9:31
Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.

while the land

John 9:4
While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

John 12:35, 36
Then Jesus told them, "For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. . . .

Hebrews 3:13-15
But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness. . . .

we have sought

2 Chronicles 14:4
He commanded the people of Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandments.

1 Chronicles 28:9
As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

Psalm 105:3, 4
Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. . . .

Jeremiah 29:12-14
Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. . . .

1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."

and he hath given

2 Chronicles 14:6
Because the land was at peace, Asa built fortified cities in Judah. In those days no one made war with him, because the LORD gave him rest.

Joshua 23:1
A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and advanced in years,

Matthew 11:28, 29
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. . . .