the strangers

2 Chronicles 11:16
Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 30:1-11, 25
Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel. . . .

they fell

1 Kings 12:19
So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.

1 Chronicles 12:19
Some from Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (They did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers consulted and sent David away, saying, "It will cost us our heads if he defects to his master Saul.")

they saw

Genesis 39:3
When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,

1 Samuel 18:28
When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,

1 Kings 3:28
When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

Zechariah 8:21-23
and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: 'Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.' . . .

Acts 7:9, 10
Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him . . .

Acts 9:31
Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.