Those who swear by the idols of Samaria, who say, 'By the god of Dan' or 'By the god of Beersheba'---those people will fall and not rise again."

"When you make an altar for the LORD your God, do not put beside it a wooden symbol of the goddess Asherah.

The people of Israel forgot the LORD their God; they sinned against him and worshiped the idols of Baal and Asherah.

Seth had a son whom he named Enosh. It was then that people began using the LORD's holy name in worship.

After that, he moved on south to the hill country east of the city of Bethel and set up his camp between Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There also he built an altar and worshiped the LORD.

Isaac left and went to Beersheba.

Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD. Then he set up his camp there, and his servants dug another well.

He named the well "Vow." That is how the city of Beersheba got its name.

God has always been your defense; his eternal arms are your support. He drove out your enemies as you advanced, and told you to destroy them all.

Before you created the hills or brought the world into being, you were eternally God, and will be God forever.

Don't you know? Haven't you heard? The LORD is the everlasting God; he created all the world. He never grows tired or weary. No one understands his thoughts.

"I am the high and holy God, who lives forever. I live in a high and holy place, but I also live with people who are humble and repentant, so that I can restore their confidence and hope.

But you, LORD, are the true God, you are the living God and the eternal king. When you are angry, the world trembles; the nations cannot endure your anger.

Ever since God created the world, his invisible qualities, both his eternal power and his divine nature, have been clearly seen; they are perceived in the things that God has made. So those people have no excuse at all!

Now, however, that truth has been brought out into the open through the writings of the prophets; and by the command of the eternal God it is made known to all nations, so that all may believe and obey.

To the eternal King, immortal and invisible, the only God---to him be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen.