2 Chronicles 31:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He wholeheartedly and successfully reinstituted service in God’s temple and obedience to the law, in order to follow his God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 6:5 : 5 You must love the LORD your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.
  • Deut 10:12 : 12 An Exhortation to Love Both God and People Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being,
  • Deut 29:9 : 9 The Present Covenant Setting“Therefore, keep the terms of this covenant and obey them so that you may be successful in everything you do.
  • Josh 1:7-8 : 7 Make sure you are very strong and brave! Carefully obey all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep! Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful in all you do. 8 This law scroll must not leave your lips! You must memorize it day and night so you can carefully obey all that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful.
  • 1 Kgs 2:4 : 4 and the LORD will fulfill his promise to me,‘If your descendants watch their step and live faithfully in my presence with all their heart and being, then,’ he promised,‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’
  • 1 Chr 22:13 : 13 Then you will succeed, if you carefully obey the rules and regulations which the LORD ordered Moses to give to Israel. Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic!
  • 1 Chr 22:19 : 19 Now seek the LORD your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! Get up and build the sanctuary of the LORD God! Then you can bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant and the holy items dedicated to God’s service into the temple that is built to honor the LORD.”
  • 2 Chr 14:7 : 7 He said to the people of Judah:“Let’s build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. The land remains ours because we have followed the LORD our God; we have followed him, and he has made us secure on all sides.” So they built the cities and prospered.
  • 2 Chr 20:26 : 26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, where they praised the LORD. So that place is called the Valley of Berachah to this very day.
  • 2 Chr 26:5 : 5 He followed God during the lifetime of Zechariah, who taught him how to honor God. As long as he followed the LORD, God caused him to succeed.
  • Ps 1:2-3 : 2 Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the LORD’s commands; he meditates on his commands day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.
  • Jer 29:13 : 13 When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul,
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
  • Matt 7:24-27 : 24 Hearing and Doing“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. 25 The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because its foundation had been laid on rock. 26 Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed– it was utterly destroyed!”

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    20This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the LORD his God considered good and right and faithful.

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    4He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

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    2He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

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    5He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after.

    6He was loyal to the LORD and did not abandon him. He obeyed the commandments which the LORD had given to Moses.

    7The LORD was with him; he succeeded in all his endeavors. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to submit to him.

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    30Hezekiah dammed up the source of the waters of the Upper Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah succeeded in all that he did.

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    3Do the job the LORD your God has assigned you by following his instructions and obeying his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish,

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    2The People Contribute to the Temple Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks– to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the LORD’s sanctuary.

    3The king contributed some of what he owned for burnt sacrifices, including the morning and evening burnt sacrifices and the burnt sacrifices made on Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and at other appointed times prescribed in the law of the LORD.

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    19everyone who has determined to follow God, the LORD God of his ancestors, even if he is not ceremonially clean according to the standards of the temple.”

    20The LORD responded favorably to Hezekiah and forgave the people.

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    3He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • Isa 38:3
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    3“Please, LORD. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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    31The king stood by his pillar and renewed the covenant before the LORD, agreeing to follow the LORD and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, by carrying out the terms of this covenant recorded on this scroll.

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    11The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning After Solomon finished building the LORD’s temple and the royal palace, and accomplished all his plans for the LORD’s temple and his royal palace,

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    36Hezekiah and all the people were happy about what God had done for them, for it had been done quickly.

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    11Hezekiah ordered that storerooms be prepared in the LORD’s temple. When this was done,

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    61May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the LORD our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments, as you are presently doing.”

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    25No king before or after repented before the LORD as he did, with his whole heart, soul, and being in accordance with the whole law of Moses.

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    34He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.

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    3“Please, LORD. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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    20Early the next morning King Hezekiah assembled the city officials and went up to the LORD’s temple.

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    32He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.

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    10Now Ezra had dedicated himself to the study of the law of the LORD, to its observance, and to teaching its statutes and judgments in Israel.

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    17I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.

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    3Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow God.”

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    4but instead sought the God of his ancestors and obeyed his commands, unlike the Israelites.

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    8When Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the LORD and pronounced blessings on his people Israel.

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    3He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

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    21For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant.

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    13He gave him the regulations for the divisions of priests and Levites, for all the assigned responsibilities within the LORD’s temple, and for all the items used in the service of the LORD’s temple.

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    22They observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, for the LORD had given them joy and had changed the opinion of the king of Assyria toward them, so that he assisted them in the work on the temple of God, the God of Israel.

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    13Then you will succeed, if you carefully obey the rules and regulations which the LORD ordered Moses to give to Israel. Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic!