2 Chronicles 15:13

2 Chronicles 15:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
• New International Version (NIV)All who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.
• English Standard Version (ESV)but that whoever would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and whoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

Context of 2 Chronicles 15:13

11They sacrificed to the Lord on that day seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from the spoils they had brought. 12They entered into the covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and soul; and whoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel was to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman. 14Moreover, they made an oath to the Lord with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and with horns. 15All Judah rejoiced concerning the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought Him earnestly, and He let them find Him. So the Lord gave them rest on every side.

2 Chronicles 15:13 word by word

וְכֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא־יִדְרֹ֛שׁ לַיהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יוּמָ֑ת לְמִן־קָטֹן֙ וְעַד־גָּד֔וֹל לְמֵאִ֖ישׁ וְעַד־אִשָּֽׁה׃Read the interlinear

• and whoeverאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• and whoeverכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• would not seekדָּרַשׁdârash · to seekH1875
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• was to be putמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• whetherמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• smallקָטֹןqâţân qâţôn · small: youngH6996
• orעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 15:13

• Exodus 22:20“He who sacrifices to any god, other than to the Lord alone, shall be utterly destroyed.
• Deuteronomy 13:5But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has spoken falsely against the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to drive you from the way in which the Lord your God commanded you to walk. So you shall eliminate the evil from among you.
• Deuteronomy 17:2“If there is found in your midst, in any of your towns which the Lord your God is giving you, a man or a woman who does what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, by violating His covenant,
• 1 Kings 18:40Then Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape.” So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slaughtered them there.
• Genesis 19:11Then they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, from the small to the great, so that they became weary of trying to find the doorway.
• Exodus 12:29Now it came about at midnight that the Lord struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of cattle.
• Deuteronomy 29:18so that there will not be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the Lord our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; that there will not be among you a root bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood.
• Job 34:19Who shows no partiality to the prominent, Nor regards the rich as above the poor, Since they are all the work of His hands?
• Psalms 115:13He will bless those who fear the Lord, The small together with the great.
• Acts 26:22So, having obtained help from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, stating nothing but what the Prophets and Moses said was going to take place,
• Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth and the eminent people, and the commanders and the wealthy and the strong, and every slave and free person hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;
• Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 15:13

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-15The covenant renewal ceremony in the third month likely took place during the Festival of Harvest, also known as Pentecost. This major festival attracted large crowds to the temple from nearby areas. Disloyalty to the covenant was seen as treason and was punishable by death (Deuteronomy 17:2–7). The sacrifices were offerings dedicated from the victory over Zerah (2 Chronicles 14:15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-159-15. he gathered all Judah and Benjamin--Not satisfied with these minor measures of purification and improvement, Asa meditated a grand scheme which was to pledge his whole kingdom to complete the work of reformation, and with this in view he waited for a general assembly of the people. and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh--The population of Asa's kingdom had been vastly increased by the continued influx of strangers, who, prompted by…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 15

• 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