2 Chronicles 15:14 (LSB)

Passage

Moreover, they swore an oath to Yahweh with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets and with horns.

Nearby Context

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.

2 Chronicles 15:15 All Judah was glad concerning the oath, for they had sworn with their whole heart and had searched for Him with all their desire, and He was found by them. So Yahweh gave them rest on every side.

2 Chronicles 15:16 He also removed Maacah, the mother of King Asa, from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image, crushed it and burned it at the brook Kidron.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "moreover", "swore", "oath", "yahweh", "loud", "voice", "shouting", and "trumpets". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "moreover" and "swore", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "and whoever would not seek Yahweh the..." into verse 15's "All Judah was glad concerning the oath...", so "moreover" and "swore" 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 "moreover" and "swore" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.