Parallel Verses
NET Bible
They solemnly agreed to seek the Lord God of their ancestors with their whole heart and being.
New American Standard Bible
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;
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:
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 At that time they sacrificed to the Lord some of the plunder they had brought back, including 700 head of cattle and 7,000 sheep. 12 They solemnly agreed to seek the Lord God of their ancestors with their whole heart and being. 13 Anyone who would not seek the Lord God of Israel would be executed, whether they were young or old, male or female.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
2 Chronicles 23:16
Jehoiada then drew up a covenant stipulating that he, all the people, and the king should be loyal to the Lord.
2 Kings 23:3
The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, by carrying out the terms of this covenant recorded on this scroll. All the people agreed to keep the covenant.
2 Chronicles 29:10
Now I intend to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, so that he may relent from his raging anger.
Nehemiah 10:29
hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders and enter into a curse and an oath to adhere to the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, along with his ordinances and his statutes.
Deuteronomy 4:29
But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.
Deuteronomy 10:12
Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being,
Deuteronomy 29:1
These are the words of the covenant that the Lord commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Horeb.
Deuteronomy 29:12
so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the Lord your God is making with you today.
1 Kings 8:48
When they return to you with all their heart and being in the land where they are held prisoner, and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor,
2 Chronicles 15:4
Because of their distress, they turned back to the Lord God of Israel. They sought him and he responded to them.
2 Chronicles 34:31-32
The king stood by his pillar and renewed the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, by carrying out the terms of this covenant recorded on this scroll.
Nehemiah 9:38
"Because of all of this we are entering into a binding covenant in written form; our leaders, our Levites, and our priests have affixed their names on the sealed document."
Jeremiah 29:12-13
When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers.
Jeremiah 50:5
They will ask the way to Zion; they will turn their faces toward it. They will come and bind themselves to the Lord in a lasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
Acts 24:14
But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way (which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets.
2 Corinthians 8:5
And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.