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2 Chronicles 14:4
He commanded the people of Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandments.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The king commands the people of Judah to seek Yahweh and observe His law immediately after dismantling foreign altars, high places, and Asherah poles.
The words — The text emphasizes לִדְרֹשׁ (li/d.Ro.osh, to seek) and לַעֲשׂוֹת (la./'a.Sot, to observe/do), presenting covenant loyalty as both active pursuit and concrete practice.
The thread — This command aligns with Genesis 18:19’s instruction to direct households to keep the way of the LORD, Joshua 24:15’s demand to choose whom to serve, and 1 Samuel 3:13’s record of divine judgment for ignoring God’s commands.
Why it lands — The verse requires readers to actively pursue Yahweh and obey His law and commandments as a baseline requirement for sustained communal faithfulness.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
Cross-references
- Genesis 18:19 For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
- Joshua 24:15 But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
- 1 Samuel 3:13 I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.
- 2 Chronicles 11:16 Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 29:21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 29:27 And Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 29:30 Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped.
- 2 Chronicles 30:12 Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 30:19 who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not cleansed according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”
- 2 Chronicles 33:16 Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and he told Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.