2 Chronicles 15:12

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

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 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.
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