TSK · 2 Chronicles 19:4

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer Sheba. There he worshiped the LORD, the eternal God.

Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

Samuel said to all the people of Israel,“If you are really turning to the LORD with all your hearts, remove from among you the foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth. Give your hearts to the LORD and serve only him. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he was encouraged. He removed the detestable idols from the entire land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had seized in the Ephraimite hill country. He repaired the altar of the LORD in front of the porch of the LORD’s temple.

Now I intend to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, so that he may relent from his raging anger.

The one who had received five talents went off right away and put his money to work and gained five more.