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2 Chronicles 29:10

Covenant and promises

8 Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.

12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:

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BSB
Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.
KJV
Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
WEB
Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
ASV
Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Jehovah, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
DARBY
Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Jehovah the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
BLB
Now [it is] with my heart to cut a covenant before YHWH, God of Israel, that the burning of His anger may turn away from us.
ÅB
Nå har jeg i sinne å gjøre en pakt med Herren, Israels Gud, så hans brennende vrede kan vende seg bort fra oss.
OTB
Nå er jeg bestemt på å inngå en pakt med Herren, Israels Gud, så Hans voldsomme vrede kan vende seg bort fra oss.
B1930
Nu har jeg i sinne å gjøre en pakt med Herren, Israels Gud, så hans brennende vrede kan vende sig bort fra oss.

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 50:5

    They 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.

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  • 2 Chronicles 23:16

    And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD’s people.

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  • Ezra 10:3

    Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

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  • Nehemiah 9:38–10:39

    And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.

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  • 2 Chronicles 15:12–13

    And 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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  • 2 Chronicles 6:7–8

    Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

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  • 2 Kings 23:3

    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.

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  • 2 Corinthians 8:5

    And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

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