No, for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice; so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”
2 Chronicles 14:4 - Revised Standard Version and commanded Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, and to keep the law and the commandment. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And commanded Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers [to inquire of and for Him and crave Him as a vital necessity], and to obey the law and the commandment. American Standard Version (1901) and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. Common English Bible and urged Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, by doing what the Instruction and the commandments required. Catholic Public Domain Version And he instructed Judah that they should seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, and that they should carry out the law and all the commandments. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he commanded Juda to seek the Lord the God of their fathers, and to do the law, and all the commandments. |
No, for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice; so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”
And those who had set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came after them from all the tribes of Israel to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord, the God of their fathers.
He took away the foreign altars and the high places, and broke down the pillars and hewed down the Asherim,
He also took out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the incense altars. And the kingdom had rest under him.
And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven he-goats for a sin offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the Lord.
Then Hezekiah commanded that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song to the Lord began also, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.
And Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.
The hand of God was also upon Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of the Lord.
who sets his heart to seek God, the Lord the God of his fathers, even though not according to the sanctuary's rules of cleanness.”
He also restored the altar of the Lord and offered upon it sacrifices of peace offerings and of thanksgiving; and he commanded Judah to serve the Lord the God of Israel.
Then I gave orders and they cleansed the chambers; and I brought back thither the vessels of the house of God, with the cereal offering and the frankincense.
With my whole heart I seek thee; let me not wander from thy commandments!
And if you be unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
And I tell him that I am about to punish his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons were blaspheming God, and he did not restrain them.