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2 Chronicles 15:12–15

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And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.
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From verse 12

  1. Acts 24:14Rank 1 from verse 12
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    14But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

  2. 2 Chronicles 23:16Rank 2 from verse 12
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    16¶ And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the Lord’s people.

  3. Deuteronomy 10:12Rank 3 from verse 12
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    12¶ And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

  4. 2 Chronicles 29:10Rank 4 from verse 12
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    10Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

  5. 1 Kings 8:48Rank 5 from verse 12
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    48And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

  6. 2 Chronicles 15:4Rank 6 from verse 12
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    4But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

  7. 2 Chronicles 34:31–32Rank 7 from verse 12
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    31And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

    32And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

  8. 2 Corinthians 8:5Rank 8 from verse 12
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    5And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

  9. 2 Kings 23:3Rank 9 from verse 12
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    3¶ And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

  10. Deuteronomy 29:1Rank 10 from verse 12
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    1THESE are the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

  11. Deuteronomy 29:12Rank 11 from verse 12
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    12That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day:

  12. Deuteronomy 4:29Rank 12 from verse 12
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    29But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

  13. Jeremiah 29:12–13Rank 13 from verse 12
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    12Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

    13And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

  14. Jeremiah 50:5Rank 14 from verse 12
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    5They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.

  15. Nehemiah 10:29Rank 15 from verse 12
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    29They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

  16. Nehemiah 9:38Rank 16 from verse 12
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    38And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.

From verse 13

  1. Exodus 22:20Rank 1 from verse 13
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    20¶ He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

  2. Deuteronomy 29:18Rank 2 from verse 13
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    18Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

  3. 1 Kings 18:40Rank 3 from verse 13
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    40And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

  4. Acts 26:22Rank 4 from verse 13
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    22Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:

  5. Deuteronomy 13:5–15Rank 5 from verse 13
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    5And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

    6¶ If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

    7Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;

    8Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

    9But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

    10And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

    11And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.

    12¶ If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

    13Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;

    14Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;

    15Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

  6. Deuteronomy 17:2–5Rank 6 from verse 13
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    2¶ If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

    3And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;

    4And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:

    5Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.

  7. Psalms 115:13Rank 7 from verse 13
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    13He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great.

  8. Revelation 20:12Rank 8 from verse 13
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    12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

  9. Exodus 12:29Rank 9 from verse 13
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    29¶ And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.

  10. Genesis 19:11Rank 10 from verse 13
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    11And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

  11. Job 3:19Rank 11 from verse 13
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    19The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

  12. Job 34:19Rank 12 from verse 13
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    19How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

  13. Revelation 6:15Rank 13 from verse 13
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    15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

From verse 14

  1. Nehemiah 10:29Rank 1 from verse 14
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    29They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

  2. Nehemiah 5:13Rank 2 from verse 14
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    13Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise.

  3. Psalms 81:1–4Rank 3 from verse 14
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    1SING aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

    2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

    3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

    4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

From verse 15

  1. 2 Chronicles 14:7Rank 1 from verse 15
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    7Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the Lord our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

  2. 2 Chronicles 15:12Rank 2 from verse 15
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    12And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

  3. 2 Corinthians 1:12Rank 3 from verse 15
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    12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

  4. Isaiah 26:8Rank 4 from verse 15
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    8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

  5. 2 Chronicles 15:4Rank 5 from verse 15
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    4But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

  6. Psalms 119:111Rank 6 from verse 15
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    111Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

  7. Psalms 32:11Rank 7 from verse 15
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    11Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

  8. 2 Chronicles 15:2Rank 8 from verse 15
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    2And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

  9. 2 Chronicles 15:6Rank 9 from verse 15
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    6And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.

  10. 2 Chronicles 29:36Rank 10 from verse 15
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    36And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

  11. Deuteronomy 26:11Rank 11 from verse 15
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    11And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.

  12. Isaiah 45:19Rank 12 from verse 15
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    19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

  13. Job 34:29Rank 13 from verse 15
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    29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

  14. Joshua 23:1Rank 14 from verse 15
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    1AND it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.

  15. Nehemiah 8:9Rank 15 from verse 15
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    9¶ And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

  16. Philippians 1:23Rank 16 from verse 15
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    23For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

  17. Proverbs 3:17Rank 17 from verse 15
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    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

  18. Psalms 119:106Rank 18 from verse 15
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    106I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

  19. 2 Chronicles 23:16–21Rank 19 from verse 15
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    16¶ And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the Lord’s people.

    17Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

    18Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the Lord by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the Lord, to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.

    19And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.

    20And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the Lord: and they came through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

    21And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

  20. 2 Chronicles 29:10Rank 20 from verse 15
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    10Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

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2 Chronicles 15:12

COMBINED MEANING

entered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of enter, meaning to go or come in; to penetrate; to become an ingredient or constituent part; to enter the mind.

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COMBINED MEANING

covenant

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Sense 1: A binding agreement, promise, pledge, or appointed order. Sense 2: The stated words, terms, testimony, or written record of such an agreement or promise.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2 Chronicles 15:13

COMBINED MEANING

Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

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small

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1. Little or limited in size, amount, number, extent, strength, power, rank, or importance. 2. Fine or minute; broken or ground into small particles. 3. In “no small,” considerable or great. 4. In “small cattle,” sheep and goats, as distinguished from oxen or larger cattle.

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COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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DEFINED WORDS

2 Chronicles 15:14

COMBINED MEANING

shouting

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The act or sound of crying out loudly in joy, worship, harvest, alarm, battle, or tumult.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

2 Chronicles 15:15

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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sworn

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Bound, promised, affirmed, testified, or covenanted by a solemn oath; or caused another to enter such an obligation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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desire

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Sense 1: A wish, longing, request, pleasure, or thing wished for. Sense 2: To wish for, long for, request, or take pleasure in.

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gave

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1. Bestowed, delivered, or granted. 2. Caused or appointed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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rest

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Sense 1: To cease from labour or motion, lie still, settle, remain, or rely; also repose, peace, security, or an abiding place. Sense 2: The remaining persons or things after a part is distinguished.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

about

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1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.

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15:8And 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.

15:9And 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 saw that the Lord his God was with him.

15:10So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

15:11And they offered unto the Lord the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

15:12And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

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15:13That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

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15:14And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

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15:15And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.

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