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2 Chronicles 15:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They made a solemn promise to faithfully worship the LORD God their ancestors had worshipped,

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Jehoiada the priest asked King Joash and the people to promise that they would be faithful to each other and to the LORD.

After Josiah had finished reading, he stood by one of the columns. He asked the people to promise in the LORD's name to obey the LORD faithfully and to follow his commands. The people agreed to do everything written in the book.

But some of the people from Israel wanted to worship the LORD God, just as their ancestors had done. So they followed the priests and Levites to Jerusalem, where they could offer sacrifices to the LORD.

But whenever trouble came, Israel turned back to the LORD their God and worshipped him.

But not everything about you is bad. You destroyed the sacred poles used in worshipping the goddess Asherah—that shows you have tried to obey the LORD.

Jehoiada asked King Joash and the people to join with him in being faithful to the LORD. They agreed,

So I have decided to renew our agreement with the LORD God of Israel. Perhaps then he will stop being so angry with us.

And so, a firm agreement was made that had the official approval of the leaders, the Levites, and priests.

You will ask the way to Zion and then come and join with me in making an agreement you won't break or forget.

I admit that their leaders think that the Lord's Way which I follow is based on wrong beliefs. But I still worship the same God that my ancestors worshipped. And I believe everything written in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets.

And they did more than we had hoped. They gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, just as God wanted them to do.

People of Israel, what does the LORD your God want from you? The LORD wants you to respect and follow him, to love and serve him with all your heart and soul,

So Moses finished telling the Israelites what they had to do in order to keep the agreement the LORD was making with them in Moab, which was in addition to the one the LORD had made with them at Mount Sinai.

In all your troubles, you may finally decide that you want to worship only the LORD. And if you turn back to him and obey him completely, he will again be your God.

So love the LORD your God with all your heart, soul, and strength.

Joshua helped Israel make an agreement with the LORD that day at Shechem. Joshua made laws for Israel




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