2 Chronicles 15:14

14 In a loud voice they took an oath in the Lord's name that they would keep the covenant, and then they shouted and blew trumpets.

2 Chronicles 15:14 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 15:14

And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice
As not being ashamed of the oath they took, and that there might be witnesses of it, and that it might be clear they did not equivocate in but expressed themselves in plain words:

and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets;
showing that the oath was not extorted from them unwillingly, but that they took it with the utmost cheerfulness, and with all the demonstrations of joy and gladness imaginable.

2 Chronicles 15:14 In-Context

12 They made a covenant in which they agreed to worship the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.

13 Anyone, young or old, male or female, who did not worship him was to be put to death.

14 In a loud voice they took an oath in the Lord's name that they would keep the covenant, and then they shouted and blew trumpets.

15 All the people of Judah were happy because they had made this covenant with all their heart. They took delight in worshiping the Lord, and he accepted them and gave them peace on every side.

16 King Asa removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother, because she had made an obscene idol of the fertility goddess Asherah. Asa cut down the idol, chopped it up, and burned the pieces in Kidron Valley.