2 Chronicles 15:13

So that whosoever would not seek the Lord the God of Israel should be put to death, from the small even up to the great, whether it be man or woman.

Leeser Tanakh

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 they entered into the covenant to seek the Lord the God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

14And they swore unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with [joyful] shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:29And it came to pass at midnight, that the Lord smote every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that was to sit on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle.

Exodus 22:20(22:19) He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, shall be utterly destroyed.

Deuteronomy 17:2If there be found in the midst of thee, within any one of thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee. a man or a woman, that doth the wickedness in the eyes of the Lord thy God, to transgress his covenant,

1 Kings 18:40And Elijah said unto them, Seize the prophets of Ba'al; not one of them must escape; and they seized them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slaughtered them there.

Job 34:19Whereas he is one that showeth no favor to chieftains, and distinguisheth not the rich before the indigent; for all of them are the work of his hands.

Zephaniah 1:6And those that are turned away from following the Lord; and those that have not sought for the Lord, and have not inquired of 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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