Parallel Verses
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;
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:
NET Bible
They solemnly agreed to seek the Lord God of their ancestors with their whole heart and being.
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 in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep. 12 They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul; 13 and that whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
2 Chronicles 23:16
Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be the LORD's people.
2 Kings 23:3
The king stood by the 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 his heart, and all his soul, to confirm 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 my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
Nehemiah 10:29
they joined with their brothers, 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 ordinances and his statutes;
Deuteronomy 4:29
But from there you shall seek the LORD your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 10:12
Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your 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, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
Deuteronomy 29:12
that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, and into his oath, which the LORD your God makes with you this day;
1 Kings 8:48
if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name:
2 Chronicles 15:4
But when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.
2 Chronicles 34:31-32
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 that were written in this book.
Nehemiah 9:38
Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our leaders, our Levites, and our priests, seal it."
Jeremiah 29:12-13
You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
Jeremiah 50:5
They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it, saying, "Come, and join yourselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten."
Acts 24:14
But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the Law, and which are written in the Prophets;
2 Corinthians 8:5
This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.