12 Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the Lord: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.

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12 I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal,(A) and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.(B)’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”

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And Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.

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Then Jehoahaz sought(A) the Lord’s favor, and the Lord listened to him, for he saw(B) how severely the king of Aram was oppressing(C) Israel.

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14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

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14 if my people, who are called by my name,(A) will humble(B) themselves and pray and seek my face(C) and turn(D) from their wicked ways, then I will hear(E) from heaven, and I will forgive(F) their sin and will heal(G) their land.

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But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

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But in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him,(A) and he was found by them.

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12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

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12 In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled(A) himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.

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34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

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34 Whenever God slew them, they would seek(A) him;
    they eagerly turned to him again.

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58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.

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58 I have sought(A) your face with all my heart;
    be gracious to me(B) according to your promise.(C)

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19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

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19 I have not spoken in secret,(A)
    from somewhere in a land of darkness;(B)
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,(C)
    ‘Seek(D) me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
    I declare what is right.(E)

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22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

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22 “Turn(A) to me and be saved,(B)
    all you ends of the earth;(C)
    for I am God, and there is no other.(D)

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Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

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Seek(A) the Lord while he may be found;(B)
    call(C) on him while he is near.

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19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the Lord, and besought the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.

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19 “Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did not Hezekiah(A) fear the Lord and seek(B) his favor? And did not the Lord relent,(C) so that he did not bring the disaster(D) he pronounced against them? We are about to bring a terrible disaster(E) on ourselves!”

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13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

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13 Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come on us, yet we have not sought the favor of the Lord(A) our God by turning from our sins and giving attention to your truth.(B)

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Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.

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Afterward the Israelites will return and seek(A) the Lord their God and David their king.(B) They will come trembling(C) to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.(D)

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