2 Chronicles 15:12

12 They entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.

2 Chronicles 15:12 in Other Translations

12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul,

12 Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.

12 Then they bound themselves in a covenant to seek God, the God of their fathers, wholeheartedly, holding nothing back.

12 Then they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their ancestors with all their mind and all their heart.

2 Chronicles 15:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 15:12

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.

2 Chronicles 15:12 In-Context

10 They assembled at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.

11 At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep and goats from the plunder they had brought back.

12 They entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.

13 All who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.

14 They took an oath to the LORD with loud acclamation, with shouting and with trumpets and horns.

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Kings 11:17; 2 Chronicles 23:16; 2 Chronicles 34:31
• 2. S 1 Chronicles 16:11