⁹ And they will say, ‘^(A)Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them, therefore the Lord has brought all this adversity on them.’”

² and he went out ^[a]to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: ^(A)the Lord is with you when you are with Him. And ^(B)if you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.