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I. THE SOLEMN ENGAGEMENT INTO WHICH THEY ENTERED, AND THE TEMPER THEY MANIFESTED THEREIN.

1. They bound themselves to nothing new. It was to seek the Lord God of their fathers.

2. They swore to do this.

3. They entered into this engagement with great sincerity and with great cheerfulness.

II. THE HAPPY CONSEQUENCE OF JUDAH'S SOLEMN ENGAGEMENT. "The Lord was found of them."

(Job Orton.)

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

WEB: They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;