2 Chronicles 15:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they entered into the covenant to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹאוּ בַבְּרִית לִדְרוֹשׁ אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם בְּכָל־לְבָבָם וּבְכָל־נַפְשָׁם

Transliteration

way·yā·ḇō·ʾū ḇab·bə·rîṯ liḏ·rōš ʾeṯ-Yəhwāh ʾĕ·lō·hê ʾă·ḇō·ṯê·hem bə·ḵāl-lə·ḇā·ḇām ū·ḇə·ḵāl-nap̄·šām

Grammar Details

*way·yā·ḇō·ʾū*: verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they entered
*ḇab·bə·rîṯ*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - into the covenant
*liḏ·rōš*: preposition + infinitive construct - to seek
*ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
*ʾĕ·lō·hê*: noun, masculine plural construct - God of
*ʾă·ḇō·ṯê·hem*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their fathers
*bə·ḵāl*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - with all
*lə·ḇā·ḇām*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their heart
*ū·ḇə·ḵāl*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - and with all
*nap̄·šām*: noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their soul

Word Meanings

*way·yā·ḇō·ʾū* *ḇab·bə·rîṯ*: entered into the covenant/came into an agreement
*liḏ·rōš*: to seek/to inquire of/to require
*lə·ḇā·ḇām*: their heart/mind/inner person
*nap̄·šām*: their soul/life/being

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 23:16 : 16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah's people.
2 Chr 29:10 : 10 Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Jehovah, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
Neh 10:29 : 29 They clave to their brethren, 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 Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
2 Kgs 23:3 : 3 And the king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, 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 Chr 15:4 : 4 But when in their distress they turned unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
Jer 29:12-13 : 12 And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Jer 50:5 : 5 They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces thitherward, [saying], Come ye, and join yourselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
Acts 24:14 : 14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the Way which they call a sect, so serve I the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;
2 Cor 8:5 : 5 and [this], not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.
2 Chr 34:31-32 : 31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, 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. 32 And he caused all that were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand [to it]. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
Neh 9:38 : 38 And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests, seal unto it.
Deut 4:29 : 29 But from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, when thou searchest after him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
Deut 10:12 : 12 And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
Deut 29:1 : 1 These are the words of the covenant which Jehovah commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
Deut 29:12 : 12 that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;
1 Kgs 8:48 : 48 if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Chr 15:13-15
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13and that whosoever would not seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
14And they sware unto Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
15And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and Jehovah gave them rest round about.
2 Kgs 23:2-3
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2And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Jehovah.
3And the king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, 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.
Neh 10:29
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29They clave to their brethren, 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 Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
2 Chr 34:30-33
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30And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of Jehovah.
31And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, 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.
32And he caused all that were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand [to it]. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
33And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Jehovah their God. All his days they departed not from following Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
2 Chr 11:16
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16And after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice unto Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
2 Chr 29:10
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10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Jehovah, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
Deut 29:12
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12that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;
2 Kgs 11:17
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17And Jehoiada made a covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people, that they should be Jehovah's people; between the king also and the people.
2 Chr 23:16
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16And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah's people.
1 Chr 22:19
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19Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Jehovah your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Jehovah.
2 Chr 15:11
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Deut 11:13
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Jer 50:5
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5They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces thitherward, [saying], Come ye, and join yourselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
2 Chr 14:4
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2 Kgs 17:35
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Deut 4:29
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29But from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, when thou searchest after him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
Jer 11:10
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2 Chr 23:3
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Exod 24:7
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2 Chr 29:15
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1 Kgs 8:58
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1 Kgs 8:61
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61Let your heart therefore be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
2 Chr 30:19
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19that setteth his heart to seek God, Jehovah, the God of his fathers, though [he be] not [cleansed] according to the purification of the sanctuary.
Judg 2:12
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Neh 5:12
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Deut 30:2
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2and shalt return unto Jehovah thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;
Jer 29:13
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13And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Deut 10:12
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12And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
Ezra 10:12
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12Then all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said concerning us, so must we do.
2 Chr 23:1
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2 Kgs 17:12
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Deut 26:16
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