2 Chronicles 15:12 (DRB)

Passage

And 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.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 15:10 And when they were come to Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa,

2 Chronicles 15:11 They sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils, and of the prey, that they had brought, seven hundred oxen, and seven thousand rams.

2 Chronicles 15:12 And 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.

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.

2 Chronicles 15:14 And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice with joyful shouting, and with sound of trumpet, and sound of cornets,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "went", "confirm", "usual", "covenant", "should", "seek", "lord", and "fathers". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "went" and "confirm", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "They sacrificed to the Lord in that..." into verse 13's "And if any one said he seek...", so "went" and "confirm" belong inside that flow. In 2 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "went" and "confirm" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.