And commanded Judah to seek. — amar with infinitive. (Compare to 1 Chronicles 21:17.) The chronicler’s own st…

And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers
To pray to him, and him only, and attend his worship and s…

Asa aimed at pleasing God and studied to commend himself to him. Happy are those who walk by this rule: not to do what is right in their own eyes, …