Parallel Verses
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;
New American Standard Bible
Holman Bible
Then they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their ancestors with all their mind and all their heart.
International Standard Version
They also entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their ancestors with all their heart and soul,
A Conservative Version
And they entered into the covenant to seek LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul.
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;
Amplified
They entered into a covenant (solemn agreement) to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and 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;
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,
Julia Smith Translation
And they will come into a covenant to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
King James 2000
And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
Lexham Expanded 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,
Modern King James verseion
And they entered into a covenant to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they made a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers, with all their hearts and all their souls:
NET Bible
They solemnly agreed to seek the Lord God of their ancestors with their whole heart and being.
New Heart English Bible
They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
The Emphasized Bible
And they entered into a covenant, to seek Yahweh, God of their fathers, - with all their heart, and with all their soul;
Webster
And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their 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;
Youngs Literal Translation
and they enter into a covenant to seek Jehovah, God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,
Themes
Covenant » Instances of » Jews with each other, to serve God
Covenant » Of man with God » Asa
Covenants » Illustrative » Of the united determination of a people to serve God
Decision » Exhibited in » Seeking God with the heart
Iconoclasm » Destroyed by » Asa
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » For God's favor under the reproofs of azariah
Preaching » Effective » By azariah
Repentance » Instances of » israelites » In the time of asa, by the preaching of azariah
Seeking God » Saints » Engage in, with the whole heart
Simeon » Tribe of » Joined with the people of judah and benjamin in the renewal of the passover
Interlinear
B@riyth
'elohiym
'ab
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 15:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Asa's Religious Reforms
11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. 12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 13 That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
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.
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 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.
Nehemiah 10:29
They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;
Deuteronomy 4:29
But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
Deuteronomy 10:12
And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
Deuteronomy 29:1
These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
Deuteronomy 29:12
That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:
1 Kings 8:48
And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
2 Chronicles 15:4
But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
2 Chronicles 34:31-32
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.
Nehemiah 9:38
And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
Jeremiah 29:12-13
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
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.
Acts 24:14
But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
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.