Also 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.
Parallel translations
- KJV Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
- BSB 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.
- NKJV Also the hand of God was on Judah to give them singleness of heart to obey the command of the king and the leaders, at the word of the Lord.
- NASB The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of the Lord.
- NLT At the same time, God’s hand was on the people in the land of Judah, giving them all one heart to obey the orders of the king and his officials, who were following the word of the Lord.
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Quick answer
God's hand was on Judah to give them one heart to obey the king's command according to His word. It matters because it credits the people's unity and obedience to God's own work.
Overview
The Chronicler attributes Judah's wholehearted, unified obedience directly to 'the hand of God.' True devotion is shown to be a gift, as God works in His people to give them a single heart to obey His word. This foreshadows the new-covenant promise of one heart God gives His people, accomplished through the Spirit on the basis of Christ's work.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Jer 32:39and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good, and of their children after them:
- Phil 2:13For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
- Jer 24:7I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Yahweh: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return to me with their whole heart.
- Ps 110:3Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
- 2 Chr 29:36Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced, because of that which God had prepared for the people; for the thing was done suddenly.
- 2 Chr 29:25He set the Levites in Yahweh’s house with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was from Yahweh by his prophets.
- Ezek 36:26I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
- 2 Th 2:13–14But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;
- Deut 4:5–6Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you should do so in the middle of the land where you go in to possess it.
- Acts 4:19But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,
- 1 Chr 29:18–19Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this desire forever in the thoughts of the heart of your people, and prepare their heart for you;
- Ezra 7:27Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem;
- Deut 4:2You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you.
- 1 Th 4:2For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
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