2 Chronicles 29:10

2 Chronicles 29:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, in order that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that His fierce wrath may turn away from us.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But now I will make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger will turn away from us.

Context of 2 Chronicles 29:10

8Therefore, the anger of the Lord has fallen on Judah and Jerusalem; he has made them an object of dread and horror and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes. 9This is why our fathers have fallen by the sword and why our sons and daughters and our wives are in captivity. Now I intend to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger will turn away from us. 11My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him and serve him, to minister before him and to burn incense.” 12Then these Levites set to work: from the Kohathites, Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah; from the Merarites, Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel; from the Gershonites, Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah;

2 Chronicles 29:10 word by word

עַתָּה֙ עִם־לְבָבִ֔י לִכְר֣וֹת בְּרִ֔ית לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְיָשֹׁ֥ב מִמֶּ֖נּוּ חֲר֥וֹן אַפּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• in mine heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• to makeכָּרַתkârath · to cut: make(covenant)H3772
• a covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• with the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• that his fierceחָרוֹןchârôn chârôn · burning angerH2740
• wrathאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• may turn awayשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 29:10

• 2 Chronicles 6:7“My father David had it in his heart to build a temple for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 15:12They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.
• 2 Chronicles 23:16Jehoiada then made a covenant that he, the people and the king would be the Lord’s people.
• 2 Chronicles 34:30He went up to the temple of the Lord with the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests and the Levites—all the people from the least to the greatest. He read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant, which had been found in the temple of the Lord.
• Ezra 10:3Now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all these women and their children, in accordance with the counsel of my lord and of those who fear the commands of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.
• Nehemiah 9:38“In view of all this, we are making a binding agreement, putting it in writing, and our leaders, our Levites and our priests are affixing their seals to it.”
• Nehemiah 10:1Those who sealed it were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah. Zedekiah,
• Jeremiah 34:15Recently you repented and did what is right in my sight: Each of you proclaimed freedom to your own people. You even made a covenant before me in the house that bears my Name.
• Jeremiah 50:5They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and bind themselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.
• 2 Corinthians 8:5And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us.
• 2 Kings 23:3The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant in the presence of the Lord—to follow the Lord and keep his commands, statutes and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 29:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10To make a covenant - To renew the covenant under which the whole people were constantly considered, and of which circumcision was the sign; and the spirit of which was, I will be your God: Ye shall be my people.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-11Hezekiah's speech used words common during exile to describe the nation's failure. Like during Rehoboam's separation (2 Chronicles 12:1; see 13:10), the people were unfaithful when they abandoned the Lord.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1110-11. Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God--Convinced of the sin and bitter fruits of idolatry, Hezekiah intended to reverse the policy of his father, and to restore, in all its ancient purity and glory, the worship of the true God. His commencement of this resolution at the beginning of his reign attests his sincere piety. It also proves the strength of his conviction that righteousness exalteth a nation; for, instead of waiting…Read the comment

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• God
• Israel
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• Jacob, Israel
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Covenant
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• Hezekiah
• Covenant, in the Old Testament

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 29

• 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