2 Chronicles 15:12
And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
2 Chronicles 15:12 in other translations
| BSB | Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul. |
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| WEB | They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul; |
| ASV | And they entered into the covenant to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul; |
| YLT | and they enter into a covenant to seek Jehovah, God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul, |
| DARBY | And they entered into a covenant to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul, |
| BBE | And they made an agreement to be true to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and all their soul; |
| Webster | And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; |
What does 2 Chronicles 15:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 15:9-15
9-15. 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…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
2 Chronicles 15:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 15:12
- Acts 24:14
But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
- 2 Chronicles 23:16
And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the Lord’s people.
- Deuteronomy 10:12
And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
- 2 Chronicles 29:10
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.
- 2 Chronicles 15:4
But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
- Jeremiah 29:12-13
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
- Nehemiah 10:29
They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;
- Jeremiah 50:5
They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
- Nehemiah 9:38
And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
- Deuteronomy 29:12
That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day:
- 2 Kings 23:3
And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
- Deuteronomy 29:1
These are the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
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Context
- 2 Chronicles 15:11
And they offered unto the Lord the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
- 2 Chronicles 15:12
And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
- 2 Chronicles 15:13
That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
2 Chronicles 15:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y entraron en concierto de que buscarían á Jehová el Dios de sus padres, de todo su corazón y de toda su alma; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ils s’engagèrent ensemble à rechercher l’ Éternel, le Dieu de leurs pères, de tout leur cœur et de toute leur âme, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie gingen den Bund ein, Jehova, den Gott ihrer Väter, zu suchen mit ihrem ganzen Herzen und mit ihrer ganzen Seele; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et intravit ex more ad corroborandum fœdus ut quærerent Dominum Deum patrum suorum in toto corde, et in tota anima sua. |