2 Chronicles 29 · Verse 10

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 29:10, King James Version

2 Chronicles 29:10 in other translations

BSBNow it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.
WEBNow it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
ASVNow it is in my heart to make a covenant with Jehovah, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
YLT‘Now--with my heart--to make a covenant before Jehovah, God of Israel, and the fierceness of His anger doth turn back from us.
DARBYNow it is in my heart to make a covenant with Jehovah the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
BBENow it is my purpose to make an agreement with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that the heat of his wrath may be turned away from us.
WebsterNow it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

What does 2 Chronicles 29:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 29:10-11
10-11. 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 till his throne was consolidated, he devised measures of national reformation at the beginning of his reign and vigorously faced all the difficulties which, in such a course, he had to encounter, after the people's habits had so long been moulded to idolatry. His intentions were first disclosed to this meeting of the priests and Levites--for the agency of these officials was to be employed in carrying them into effect. 2Ch 29:12-36. The House of God Cleansed.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 To 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 29:1-19

When Hezekiah came to the crown, he applied at once to work reform. Those who begin with God, begin at the right end of their work, and it will prosper accordingly. Those that turn their backs upon God's ordinances, may truly be said to forsake God himself. There are still such neglects, if the word be not duly read and opened, for that was signified by the lighting the lamps, and also if prayers and praise be not…

Read the full comment on 2 Chronicles 29:1-19 →

2 Chronicles 29:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עַתָּה֙'a.TahnowH6258
עִם\־'im-[is] withH5973
לְבָבִ֔יle.va.Viheart myH3824
לִכְר֣וֹתlikh.Rotto makeH3772
בְּרִ֔יתbe.Rita covenantH1285
לַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וְיָשֹׁ֥בve.ya.Shoand it may turn backH7725
מִמֶּ֖נּוּmi.Me.nufrom usH4480
חֲר֥וֹןcha.Ron[the] burning ofH2740
אַפּֽוֹ\׃'a.Poanger hisH639

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 29:10

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Ezra 10:3

    Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

  • Nehemiah 9:38-10:39

    And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it. Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, …

  • 2 Chronicles 15:12-13

    And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 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 6:7-8

    Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel. But the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:

  • 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.

  • 2 Corinthians 8:5

    And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

  • 2 Chronicles 34:30-32

    And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord. And the king stood in his place, 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 his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book. And 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.

  • 2 Kings 23:26

    Notwithstanding the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.

  • Jeremiah 34:15

    And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:

  • Jeremiah 34:18

    And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Now it is.
6:7,8
to make a covenant.To renew that 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."
15:12,13; 23:16; 34:30-32; Ezr 10:3; Ne 9:38; 10:1-39; Jer 34:15,18
Jer 50:5; 2Co 8:5
that his fierce.
2Ki 23:3,26

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Chronicles 29:9

    For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

  • 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 29:11

    My sons, be not now negligent: for the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.

Read all of 2 Chronicles 29

2 Chronicles 29:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Ahora pues, yo he determinado hacer alianza con Jehová el Dios de Israel, para que aparte de nosotros la ira de su furor.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Maintenant, j’ai à cœur de faire alliance avec l’ Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël, afin que l’ardeur de sa colère se détourne de nous.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Nun ist es in meinem Herzen, einen Bund zu machen mit Jehova, dem Gott Israels, daß die Glut seines Zornes sich von uns abwende.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nunc ergo placet mihi ut ineamus fœdus cum Domino Deo Israël, et avertet a nobis furorem iræ suæ.