2 Chronicles 15:13

And if any one, said he, seek not the Lord the God of Israel, let him die, whether little or great, man or woman.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

In Context

12And he went in to confirm as usual the covenant, that they should seek the Lord the God of their fathers with all their heart, and with all their soul.

14And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice with joyful shouting, and with sound of trumpet, and sound of comets,

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Cross References

Exodus 12:29And it came to pass at midnight, the Lord slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharao, who sat on his throne, unto the firstborn of the captive woman that was in the prison, and all the firstborn of cattle.

Exodus 22:20He that sacrificeth to gods, shall be put to death, save only to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 17:2When there shall be found among you within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, man or woman that do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, and transgress his covenant,

1 Kings 18:40And Elias said to them: Take the prophets of Baal, and let not one of them escape. And when they had taken them, Elias brought them down to the torrent Cison, and killed them there.

Job 34:19Who accepteth not the persons of princes : nor hath regarded the tyrant, when he contended against the poor man : for all are the work of his hands.

Zephaniah 1:6And them that turn away from following after the Lord, and that have not sought the Lord, nor searched after him.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 15:9-19

Asa Reforms His Kingdom. ( b. c. 940.) 8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the Lord , that was before the porch of the Lord . 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they… Read the whole commentary →

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