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2 Chronicles 30:12

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.
2 Chronicles 30:12 · King James Version
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  • WEB 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.
  • 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

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  • Jer 32:39And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
  • Phil 2:13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
  • Jer 24:7And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
  • Ps 110:3Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
  • 2 Chr 29:36And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
  • 2 Chr 29:25And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
  • Ezek 36:26A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
  • 2 Th 2:13–14But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
  • Deut 4:5–6Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
  • Acts 4:19But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
  • 1 Chr 29:18–19O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
  • Ezra 7:27Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
  • Deut 4:2Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
  • 1 Th 4:2For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

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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.

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