2 Chronicles 15:13

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

¹² 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.

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

¹⁵ 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.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
KJV: That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
WEB: and that whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
ASV: and that whosoever would not seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
DARBY: and that whoever would not seek Jehovah the God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
BLB: And whoever would not seek YHWH, God of Israel, was to be put to death, from small and to great, from man and to woman.

ÅB: og at hver den som ikke søkte Herren, Israels Gud, skulle drepes, enten det var en liten eller en stor, mann eller kvinne.
OTB: og de som ikke søkte Herren, Israels Gud, møtte alvorlige konsekvenser, uansett status eller kjønn.
B1930: og at hver den som ikke søkte Herren, Israels Gud, skulde drepes, enten det var en liten eller en stor, mann eller kvinne.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 22:20
He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
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Deuteronomy 29:18
Lest 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;
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Deuteronomy 17:2–5
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,
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Acts 26:22
Having 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:
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Psalms 115:13
He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
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1 Kings 18:40
And 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.
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Deuteronomy 13:5–15
And 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.
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Revelation 20:12
And 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.
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