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2 Chronicles 14:4

and commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers and to comply with the Law and the commandment.
2 Chronicles 14:4 · New American Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB and commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and to obey his law and command.
  • KJV And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
  • BSB He commanded the people of Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandments.
  • NKJV He commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandment.
  • NLT He commanded the people of Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his law and his commands.

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Quick answer

Asa commands all Judah to seek the Lord and keep His law. Reform is not only removing evil but positively pursuing God.

Overview

Beyond tearing down idols, Asa directs the nation toward obedience to the God of their fathers. 'Seeking Yahweh' is a key Chronicles theme: wholehearted pursuit of God that brings life and blessing. This call to seek God and obey His word finds its fullest answer in the gospel, where God is sought and found through Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 19

  • 2 Chr 33:16He built up Yahweh’s altar, and offered sacrifices of peace offerings and of thanksgiving on it, and commanded Judah to serve Yahweh, the God of Israel.
  • Gen 18:19For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”
  • Neh 13:9Then I commanded, and they cleansed the rooms. I brought into them the vessels of God’s house, with the meal offerings and the frankincense again.
  • Ps 119:10With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.
  • 1 Sam 3:13For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn’t restrain them.
  • Josh 24:15If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”
  • 2 Chr 29:21They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. He commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on Yahweh’s altar.
  • Isa 55:6–7Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
  • Amos 5:4For Yahweh says to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live;
  • Ps 101:2–8I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
  • 2 Chr 30:19who sets his heart to seek God, Yahweh, the God of his fathers, even if they aren’t clean according to the purification of the sanctuary.”
  • 2 Chr 11:16After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
  • 2 Chr 34:32–33He caused all who were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand. The inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
  • 2 Chr 30:12Also the hand of God came on Judah to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by Yahweh’s word.
  • Ezra 10:7–12They made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together to Jerusalem;
  • Neh 10:29–39they joined with their brothers, 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 Yahweh our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
  • 2 Chr 29:30Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to Yahweh with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.
  • 2 Chr 29:27Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, Yahweh’s song also began, along with the trumpets and David king of Israel’s instruments.
  • Neh 13:19–22It came to pass that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. I set some of my servants over the gates, so that no burden should be brought in on the Sabbath day.

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Christ at the center

Temple, priesthood, and the repeated need for a faithful king who seeks the LORD all point past every imperfect reign to the King and Temple who finally and fully dwell with God's people.

How 2 Chronicles 14:4 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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