Gen 18:19, Jos 24:15, 1Sa 3:13, 2Ch 29:21, 27, 30, 30:12, 33:16, 34:32-33 | ESV | STEP | For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice , so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.

a[Amos 3:2]

c 1 Kgs. 18:21; Ezek. 20:39

d ver. 22

e[See ver. 14 above]

f Ex. 23:24, 32, 33; 34:15; Deut. 13:7; 29:18; Judg. 6:10

g Gen. 18:19

h[See ver. 12 above]

i ch. 2:12, 17, 22

Genesis 18:19

19 For I have ^achosen ^{▼▼Hebrew known} him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”

Joshua 24:15

15 ^cAnd if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, ^dchoose this day whom you will serve, whether ^ethe gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or ^fthe gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. ^gBut as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

1 Samuel 3:13

13 ^hAnd I declare to him that I am about to punish his house forever, for the iniquity that he knew, ⁱbecause his sons were blaspheming God, ^{▼▼Or blaspheming for themselves} ^kand he did not restrain them.

2 Chronicles 29:21

21 And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats ^lfor a sin offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 29:27

27 Then Hezekiah commanded that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, ^mthe song to the Lord began also, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.

2 Chronicles 29:30

30 And Hezekiah the king and the officials commanded the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.

2 Chronicles 30:12

12 The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded ⁿby the word of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 33:16

16 He also restored the altar of the Lord and offered on it sacrifices of peace offerings and of thanksgiving, and he commanded Judah to serve the Lord, the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 34:32-33

32 Then he made all who were present in Jerusalem and in Benjamin join in it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. 33 And Josiah took away ^oall the abominations from all the territory that belonged to the people of Israel and made all who were present in Israel serve the Lord their God. All his days they did not turn away from following the Lord, the God of their fathers.