2 Chronicles 11:16

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¹⁴ For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.

¹⁵ And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.

Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

¹⁷ So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.

¹⁸ And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
KJV: And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.
WEB: After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek the LORD, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
ASV: And after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice unto Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
DARBY: And after them, those out of all the tribes of Israel that set their heart to seek Jehovah the God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to Jehovah the God of their fathers.
BLB: And after them, those from all the tribes of Israel who had set their heart to seek YHWH, God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to YHWH, God of their fathers.

ÅB: Og med dem[^3] fulgte fra alle Israels stammer de som vendte sitt hjerte til å søke Herren, Israels Gud; de kom til Jerusalem for å ofre til Herren, sine fedres Gud.
OTB: De fra alle Israels stammer som var viet til å søke Herren, Israels Gud, fulgte dem til Jerusalem for å ofre til Herren, deres fedres Gud.
B1930: Og med dem fulgte fra alle Israels stammer de som vendte sitt hjerte til å søke Herren, Israels Gud; de kom til Jerusalem for å ofre til Herren, sine fedres Gud. / < prestene og levittene, 2KR 11, 13. 14.>

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Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Chronicles 15:9
And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
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Hosea 4:8
They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.
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Deuteronomy 12:5–6
Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
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Deuteronomy 12:13–14
Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see;
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1 Chronicles 22:1
Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
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Haggai 1:5
Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
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Psalms 108:1
My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.
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1 Samuel 7:3–4
Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
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