Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
They also entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their ancestors with all their heart and soul,
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.
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 They sacrificed to the LORD that day 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep from the spoil that they had brought with them. 12 They also entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their ancestors with all their heart and soul, 13 and they further agreed that whoever would refuse to seek the LORD God of Israel was to be executed, whether important or unimportant, man or woman.
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Names
Cross References
2 Chronicles 23:16
After this, Jehoiada drew up a covenant between himself as an individual with all the people, and between himself as king, that they would be the LORD's people.
2 Kings 23:3
The king stood beside a pillar and made a covenant in the presence of the LORD: to follow after the LORD, to keep his commandments, his testimonies, and his statutes with all of his heart and soul, and to carry out what was written in the covenant contained in the book. All the people consented to enter into the covenant.
2 Chronicles 29:10
I'm intending to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel so his burning anger may turn away from us.
Nehemiah 10:29
joined with their relatives and their leaders. They entered into an oath enforced by a curse to walk in God's Law that was given through God's servant Moses, and to be careful to obey all of the commands of the LORD, our Lord, as well as his regulations and statutes:
Deuteronomy 4:29
If from there you will seek the LORD your God, then you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and soul.
Deuteronomy 10:12
"Now Israel, what does the LORD your God desire from you? Only this: fear him, walk in all his ways, love him, serve him with all your heart and in all your life,
Deuteronomy 29:1
These are the terms of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelis in the land of Moab in addition to the covenant that he made with them in Horeb.
Deuteronomy 29:12
to enter into a covenant with the LORD your God and into the oath that he is about to make with you today,
1 Kings 8:48
if they return to you with all of their heart and with all of their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, as they pray to you in the direction of their land that you have given to their ancestors and to the city that you have chosen, and to the Temple that I have built for your name,
2 Chronicles 15:4
but they turned to the LORD God of Israel in their distress. When they sought him, he let them become reacquainted with him.
2 Chronicles 34:31-32
While standing in his appointed place, the king made a public covenant with the LORD to follow the LORD, to keep his commandments, his testimonies, and his statutes, and to do so with all of his heart and soul, and to carry out what was written in the covenant contained in the book.
Nehemiah 9:38
"Because of all this, we are making a binding agreement, putting it in writing, and our leaders, our descendants of Levi, and our priests hereby set their seals upon it."
Jeremiah 29:12-13
When you call out to me and come and pray to me, I'll hear you.
Jeremiah 50:5
They'll ask the way to Zion, turning their faces in that direction. They'll come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that won't be forgotten.
Acts 24:14
However, I admit to you that in accordance with the Way, which they call a heresy, I worship the God of our ancestors and believe in everything written in the Law and the Prophets.
2 Corinthians 8:5
We did not expect that! They gave themselves to the Lord first and then to us, since this was God's will.