¹⁸ that you too must turn away this day from following the Lord? And if ^(A)you too rebel against the Lord today then tomorrow ^(B)he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.

²² And they ^(A)fell on their faces and said, “O God, ^(B)the God of the spirits of all flesh, ^(C)shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?”

¹⁶ “Thus says the whole congregation of the Lord, ‘What is this breach of faith that you have committed against the God of Israel in turning away this day from following the Lord by building yourselves an altar this day ^(A)in rebellion against the Lord?

¹³ And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for ^(A)our great guilt, seeing that you, our ^(B)God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a ^(C)remnant as this, ¹⁴ shall we break your commandments again and ^(D)intermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations? Would you not be angry with us ^(E)until you consumed us, so that there should be no ^(F)remnant, nor any to escape?

³³ And Josiah took away ^(A)all 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.

²⁷ From the time when he turned away from the Lord they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there.

¹⁴ So the Lord sent a pestilence on Israel, and 70,000 men of Israel fell.

David's Census Brings Pestilence

21 ^(A)Then ^(B)Satan stood against Israel and incited David to number Israel.

^21 (A)When he had torn Israel from the house of David, ^(B)they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. And Jeroboam drove Israel from following the Lord ^(C)and made them commit great sin.

^6 (A)But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,