2 Chronicles 15:12 (LSB)

Passage

They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul;

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 15:10 So they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.

2 Chronicles 15:11 And they sacrificed to Yahweh that day 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep from the spoil they had brought.

2 Chronicles 15:12 They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul;

2 Chronicles 15:13 and whoever would not seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.

2 Chronicles 15:14 Moreover, they swore an oath to Yahweh with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets and with horns.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "entered", "covenant", "seek", "yahweh", "fathers", "heart", and "soul". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "entered" and "covenant", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And they sacrificed to Yahweh that day..." into verse 13's "and whoever would not seek Yahweh the...", so "entered" and "covenant" 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 "entered" and "covenant" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.