2 Chronicles 14:4 KJV — MannaFest

2 Chronicles 14:4

And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

KJV

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ASV

and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

WEB

He commanded the people of Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandments.

YLT

and saith to Judah to seek Jehovah, God of their fathers, and to do the law and the command;

DBT

and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah theGod of their fathers, and to practise the law and the commandment.

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2 Chronicles — Solomon to the exile — retold through the southern kings only. A priestly history that keeps its lens on the temple, on reform kings, and on the repentance formula (7:14) that will be quoted in a thousand sermons.

Author: The Chronicler (traditional — Ezra)
Date: Post-exilic, c. 450–400 BC

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Nehemiah 10:29–39
They clave to their brethren, 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 the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;
Amos 5:4
For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
2 Chronicles 29:21
And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and 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.
Isaiah 55:6–7
Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
2 Chronicles 30:19
That prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.

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), they being a great provocation to a jealous God and a great temptation to a careless unthinking people. He hoped by destroying the idols to reform the idolaters, which he aimed at, rather than to ruin them. He revived and established the pure worship of God; and, since the priests did their part in attending God's altars, he obliged the people to do theirs (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

): He commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and not the gods of the heathen, and to do the law and the commandments, that is, to observe all divine institutions, which many had utterly neglected. In doing this, the land was quiet before him,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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