2 Chronicles 15:12

2 Chronicles 15:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
• New International Version (NIV)They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

Context of 2 Chronicles 15:12

10The people gathered at Jerusalem in late spring, during the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign. 11On that day they sacrificed to the Lord 700 cattle and 7,000 sheep and goats from the plunder they had taken in the battle. Then they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul. 13They agreed that anyone who refused to seek the Lord, the God of Israel, would be put to death—whether young or old, man or woman. 14They shouted out their oath of loyalty to the Lord with trumpets blaring and rams’ horns sounding.

2 Chronicles 15:12 word by word

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ בַבְּרִ֔ית לִדְר֕וֹשׁ אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם בְּכָל־לְבָבָ֖ם וּבְכָל־נַפְשָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they enteredבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into a covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• to seekדָּרַשׁdârash · to seekH1875
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of their fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• with all their heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• and with all their soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 15:12

• 2 Chronicles 23:16Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the Lord’s people.
• 2 Chronicles 29:10But now I will make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger will turn away from us.
• 2 Chronicles 34:31The king took his place of authority beside the pillar and renewed the covenant in the Lord’s presence. He pledged to obey the Lord by keeping all his commands, laws, and decrees with all his heart and soul. He promised to obey all the terms of the covenant that were written in the scroll.
• Deuteronomy 29:1These are the terms of the covenant the Lord commanded Moses to make with the Israelites while they were in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Mount Sinai.
• 2 Kings 23:3The king took his place of authority beside the pillar and renewed the covenant in the Lord’s presence. He pledged to obey the Lord by keeping all his commands, laws, and decrees with all his heart and soul. In this way, he confirmed all the terms of the covenant that were written in the scroll, and all the people pledged themselves to the covenant.
• Nehemiah 9:38The people responded, “In view of all this, we are making a solemn promise and putting it in writing. On this sealed document are the names of our leaders and Levites and priests.”
• Nehemiah 10:29joined their leaders and bound themselves with an oath. They swore a curse on themselves if they failed to obey the Law of God as issued by his servant Moses. They solemnly promised to carefully follow all the commands, regulations, and decrees of the Lord our Lord:
• Jeremiah 50:5They will ask the way to Jerusalem and will start back home again. They will bind themselves to the Lord with an eternal covenant that will never be forgotten.
• 2 Corinthians 8:5They even did more than we had hoped, for their first action was to give themselves to the Lord and to us, just as God wanted them to do.
• 2 Chronicles 15:4But whenever they were in trouble and turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him out, they found him.
• Deuteronomy 4:29But from there you will search again for the Lord your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.
• Deuteronomy 10:12“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? He requires only that you fear the Lord your God, and live in a way that pleases him, and love him and serve him with all your heart and soul.
• 1 Kings 8:48If they turn to you with their whole heart and soul in the land of their enemies and pray toward the land you gave to their ancestors—toward this city you have chosen, and toward this Temple I have built to honor your name—
• Jeremiah 29:12In those days when you pray, I will listen.
• Acts 24:14“But I admit that I follow the Way, which they call a cult. I worship the God of our ancestors, and I firmly believe the Jewish law and everything written in the prophets.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 15:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12They entered into a covenant - The covenant consisted of two parts: We will seek the God of our fathers with all our heart, and with all our soul. 2. Whosoever, great or small, man or woman, will not worship the true God, and serve him alone, shall be put to death. Thus no toleration was given to idolatry, so that it must be rooted out: and that this covenant might be properly binding, they confirmed it with an oath; and God accepted them and their…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Solemn renewals of the original covenant which God made with their fathers in the wilderness Exodus 24:3-8 occur from time to time in the history of the Jews, following upon intervals of apostasy. This renewal in the reign of Asa is the first on record. The next falls 300 years later in the reign of Josiah. There is a third in the time of Nehemiah (see the marginal references). On such occasions, the people bound themselves by a solem oath to observe all…Read the comment
• 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

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 15:12

• Coercion
• Covenant
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• Intolerance, Religious
• Prayer
• Preaching
• Repentance
• Revivals
• Seekers
• Shouting
• Simeon

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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