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New Revised Standard
2 Chronicles 15:12
They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord , the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and with all their soul.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Then they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their ancestors with all their heart and all their soul.
Then they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their ancestors with all their heart and all their soul.
Hebrew Names Version
They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
King James Version
And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
English Standard Version
And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord , the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul,
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 Century Version
Then they made an agreement to obey the Lord , the God of their ancestors, with their whole being.
Then they made an agreement to obey the Lord , the God of their ancestors, with their whole being.
New English Translation
They solemnly agreed to seek the Lord God of their ancestors with their whole heart and being.
They solemnly agreed to seek the Lord God of their ancestors with their whole heart and being.
Amplified Bible
They entered into a covenant (solemn agreement) to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and soul;
They entered into a covenant (solemn agreement) to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and soul;
New American Standard Bible
They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and soul;
They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and soul;
World English Bible
They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they made a couenant to seeke the Lorde God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soule.
And they made a couenant to seeke the Lorde God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soule.
Legacy Standard Bible
They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul;
They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul;
Berean Standard Bible
Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.
Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.
Contemporary English Version
They made a solemn promise to faithfully worship the Lord God their ancestors had worshiped,
They made a solemn promise to faithfully worship the Lord God their ancestors had worshiped,
Complete Jewish Bible
and they entered into a covenant to seek Adonai , the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and with all their being;
and they entered into a covenant to seek Adonai , the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and with all their being;
Darby Translation
And they entered into a covenant to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,
And they entered into a covenant to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then they made an agreement to serve the Lord God with all their heart and with all their soul. He is the God their ancestors served.
Then they made an agreement to serve the Lord God with all their heart and with all their soul. He is the God their ancestors served.
George Lamsa Translation
And they entered into a covenant to pray to the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
And they entered into a covenant to pray to the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
Good News Translation
They made a covenant in which they agreed to worship the Lord , the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.
They made a covenant in which they agreed to worship the Lord , the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.
Lexham English Bible
And they entered into a covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and with all their inmost being,
And they entered into a covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and with all their inmost being,
Literal Translation
And they entered into the covenant to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.
And they entered into the covenant to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they entred in to ye couenaunt, that they wolde seke the LORDE God of their fathers, with all their hert and with all their soule.
And they entred in to ye couenaunt, that they wolde seke the LORDE God of their fathers, with all their hert and with all their soule.
American Standard Version
And they entered into the covenant to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
And they entered into the covenant to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
Bible in Basic English
And they made an agreement to be true to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and all their soul;
And they made an agreement to be true to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and all their soul;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they made a couenaunt to seeke the Lorde God of their fathers, with all their heart, and all their soule.
And they made a couenaunt to seeke the Lorde God of their fathers, with all their heart, and all their soule.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
And they entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
King James Version (1611)
And they entred into a couenant to seeke the Lord God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soule:
And they entred into a couenant to seeke the Lord God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soule:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he entered into a covenant that they should seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.
And he entered into a covenant that they should seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.
English Revised Version
And they entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
And they entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Asa entride bi custom to make strong the boond of pees, that thei schulden seke the Lord God of her fadris in al her herte, and in al her soule.
And Asa entride bi custom to make strong the boond of pees, that thei schulden seke the Lord God of her fadris in al her herte, and in al her soule.
Update Bible Version
And they entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
And they entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
Webster's Bible Translation
And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
New King James Version
Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
New Living Translation
Then they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord , the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.
Then they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord , the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.
New Life Bible
And they agreed to follow the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and soul.
And they agreed to follow the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and soul.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they entered into a covenant, to seek Yahweh, God of their fathers, - with all their heart, and with all their soul;
And they entered into a covenant, to seek Yahweh, God of their fathers, - with all their heart, and with all their soul;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he went in to confirm as usual the covenant, that they should seek the Lord the God of their fathers with all their heart, and with all their soul.
And he went in to confirm as usual the covenant, that they should seek the Lord the God of their fathers with all their heart, and with all their soul.
Revised Standard Version
And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
Young's Literal Translation
and they enter into a covenant to seek Jehovah, God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,
and they enter into a covenant to seek Jehovah, God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and soul;
They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and soul;
Contextual Overview
8 When Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim. He repaired the altar of the Lord that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the Lord . 9 He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were residing as aliens with them, for great numbers had deserted to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him. 10 They were gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 11 They sacrificed to the Lord on that day, from the booty that they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. 12 They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord , the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and with all their soul. 13 Whoever would not seek the Lord , the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman. 14 They took an oath to the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns. 15 All Judah rejoiced over the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the Lord gave them rest all around. 16 King Asa even removed his mother Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, crushed it, and burned it at the Wadi Kidron. 17 But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was true all his days.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
they entered: 2 Chronicles 23:16, 2 Chronicles 29:10, 2 Chronicles 34:31, 2 Chronicles 34:32, Deuteronomy 29:1, Deuteronomy 29:12, 2 Kings 23:3, Nehemiah 9:38, Nehemiah 10:29, Jeremiah 50:5, 2 Corinthians 8:5
seek: 2 Chronicles 15:4, Deuteronomy 4:29, Deuteronomy 10:12, 1 Kings 8:48, Jeremiah 29:12, Jeremiah 29:13, Acts 24:14
Reciprocal: Joshua 24:25 - made 2 Kings 11:4 - made a covenant 2 Kings 11:17 - made a covenant 2 Chronicles 15:15 - sought him 2 Chronicles 34:30 - great and small Nehemiah 13:25 - made them Jeremiah 29:14 - I will be Jeremiah 34:8 - had
Cross-References
Genesis 2:21
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, "You have given me no offspring, and so a slave born in my house is to be my heir."
And Abram said, "You have given me no offspring, and so a slave born in my house is to be my heir."
Genesis 15:5
He brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your descendants be."
He brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your descendants be."
Genesis 15:8
But he said, "O Lord God , how am I to know that I shall possess it?"
But he said, "O Lord God , how am I to know that I shall possess it?"
Genesis 15:9
He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
Genesis 15:13
Then the Lord said to Abram, "Know this for certain, that your offspring shall be aliens in a land that is not theirs, and shall be slaves there, and they shall be oppressed for four hundred years;
Then the Lord said to Abram, "Know this for certain, that your offspring shall be aliens in a land that is not theirs, and shall be slaves there, and they shall be oppressed for four hundred years;
Genesis 15:14
but I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions.
but I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions.
1 Samuel 26:12
So David took the spear that was at Saul's head and the water jar, and they went away. No one saw it, or knew it, nor did anyone awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen upon them.
So David took the spear that was at Saul's head and the water jar, and they went away. No one saw it, or knew it, nor did anyone awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen upon them.
Job 33:15
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on mortals, while they slumber on their beds,
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on mortals, while they slumber on their beds,
Acts 20:9
A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, began to sink off into a deep sleep while Paul talked still longer. Overcome by sleep, he fell to the ground three floors below and was picked up dead.
A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, began to sink off into a deep sleep while Paul talked still longer. Overcome by sleep, he fell to the ground three floors below and was picked up dead.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And they entered into a covenant,.... Asa and all his people; that is, as Piscator remarks, they went between the pieces of the calf cut asunder, for the confirmation of the covenant, see Jeremiah 34:18,
to seek the Lord God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul; to serve and worship him most truly, sincerely, and cordially.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Solemn 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 the directions of the Law, and called down God’s curse upon them if they forsook it.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Chronicles 15:12. They entered into a covenant — The covenant consisted of two parts:
1. 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 services.
