Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 15:12
Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The people of Judah and Israel, acting collectively after offering a large sacrifice from their plunder, formally bind themselves to a mutual commitment before a decree of death is issued for noncompliance.
The words — בְּרִית (brit, covenant) and דָּרַשׁ (darash, seek) anchor the verse, describing a formal agreement to actively pursue Yahweh, the God of their ancestors.
The thread — This covenantal pursuit of God recurs in 2 Chronicles 23:16, where Jehoiada binds the king and people to the LORD, and in Acts 24:14, where Paul affirms worship of the God of the fathers. Deuteronomy 10:12 similarly frames the divine expectation as walking in God’s ways and fearing Him.
Why it lands — The text requires a wholehearted, voluntary commitment to pursue God, treating indifference as a capital offense and making collective faithfulness a binding public obligation.
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The Hebrew words
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;
Cross-references
- Acts 24:14 I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
- Deuteronomy 10:12 And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
- 2 Chronicles 23:16 Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.
- 2 Chronicles 29:10 Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.
- Deuteronomy 4:29 But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 29:1 These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites 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 into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He is making with you today, and into His oath,
- 1 Kings 8:48 and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,
- 2 Kings 23:3 So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.
- 2 Chronicles 15:4 But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.