2 Chronicles 14:4

2 Chronicles 14:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
• New International Version (NIV)He commanded Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his laws and commands.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and commanded Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, and to keep the law and the commandment.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandment.

Context of 2 Chronicles 14:4

2And Asa did what was good and right in the sight of Jehovah his God; 3and he took away the altars of the strange [gods] and the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs; and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, and to practise the law and the commandment. 5And he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images; and the kingdom was quiet before him. 6And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because Jehovah had given him rest.

2 Chronicles 14:4 word by word

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לִֽיהוּדָ֔ה לִדְר֕וֹשׁ אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם וְלַעֲשׂ֖וֹת הַתּוֹרָ֥ה וְהַמִּצְוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 14:4

• 2 Chronicles 29:21And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he-goats for a sin-offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer [them] upon the altar of Jehovah.
• 2 Chronicles 30:12The hand of God was also upon Judah to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of Jehovah.
• 2 Chronicles 33:16And he reinstated the altar of Jehovah, and sacrificed on it peace-offerings and thank-offerings, and commanded Judah to serve Jehovah the God of Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 34:32And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand [to it]. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
• Genesis 18:19For I know him that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice, in order that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham what he hath spoken of him.
• Joshua 24:15And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods whom your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or the gods of the Amorite, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
• 1 Samuel 3:13For I have declared to him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he hath known: because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
• Ezra 10:7And they made proclamation in Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;
• Nehemiah 13:9And I commanded, and they purified the chambers; and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, the oblation and the frankincense.
• Psalms 101:2I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. When wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.
• 2 Chronicles 11:16— And after them, those out of all the tribes of Israel that set their heart to seek Jehovah the God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to Jehovah the God of their fathers.
• 2 Chronicles 30:19that has directed his heart to seek God, Jehovah the God of his fathers, although not according to the purification of the sanctuary.
• Isaiah 55:6Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.
• Amos 5:4For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
• Nehemiah 10:29joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which had been given by Moses the servant of God, and to keep and do all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
• Psalms 119:10With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 14:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The phrase seek the LORD is the Chronicler’s way of describing how to restore faith. It highlights and critiques Asa’s reign (see 2 Chronicles 15:2, 12–13; 16:12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-52Ch 14:1-5. Asa Destroys Idolatry. 1. In his days the land was quiet ten years--This long interval of peace was the continued effect of the great battle of Zemaraim (compare 1Ki 15:11-14).Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• God
• Judah
• Quiet
• Chronicles, Books of
• Criticism

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings