2 Chronicles 15:12

12 1They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and 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 So they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.
11 They sacrificed to the LORD that day 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep from the spoil they had brought.
12 They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and soul;
13 and whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.
14 Moreover, they made an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets and with horns.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 2 Chronicles 23:16
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