and that whoever would not seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
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and that whoever would not seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
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That 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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and that whosoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
Cross-references (13)
Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 15:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 22:20 “He who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only, shall be utterly destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 29:18 lest there should be among you man, woman, family, or tribe whose heart turns away today from Yahweh our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that produces bitter poison;
- Deuteronomy 13:5-15 That prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to draw you aside out of the way which Yahweh your God commanded you to walk in. So you shall remove the evil from among you. If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods”—which you have not known, you, nor your fathers; of the gods of the peoples who are around you, near to you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth— you shall not consent to him nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him; but you shall surely kill him. Your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people. You shall stone him to death with stones, because he has sought to draw you away from Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. All Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall not do any more wickedness like this among you. If you hear about one of your cities, which Yahweh your God gives you to dwell there, that certain wicked fellows have gone out from among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods,” which you have not known, then you shall inquire, investigate, and ask diligently. Behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such abomination was done among you, you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, with all that is therein and its livestock, with the edge of the sword.
- Deuteronomy 17:2-5 If there is found among you, within any of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you, a man or woman who does that which is evil in Yahweh your God’s sight in transgressing his covenant, and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the stars of the sky, which I have not commanded, and you are told, and you have heard of it, then you shall inquire diligently. Behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in Israel, then you shall bring out that man or that woman who has done this evil thing to your gates, even that same man or woman; and you shall stone them to death with stones.
- 1 Kings 18:40 Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let one of them escape!” They seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
- Psalms 115:13 He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great.
- Acts 26:22 Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,
- Revelation 20:12 I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
- Genesis 19:11 They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
- Exodus 12:29 At midnight, Yahweh struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of livestock.
- Job 3:19 The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.
- Job 34:19 He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.
- Revelation 6:15 The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain These were the words of their covenant, which commanded…
These were the words of their covenant, which commanded all idolaters to be put to death, according to the Law of God, Deut. 13:5, 9, 15.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 15:13 That whosoever would not seek the LORD…
2Ch 15:13 That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
Ver. 13. That whosoever would not seek the Lord,] i.e., Be subject to the Lord, but seek to other gods.
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Should be put to death.] According to the law. {Deu 13:9} Say not, This is Old Testament, we find no such thing in gospel. See Zec 13:3; Zec 12:10; Rom 13:4; 1Pe 2:13-14; and distinguish not where the Scripture doth not distingnish. See 2Ch 34:33 Ezr 7:26 Dan 3:29. Heathen magistrates are commended for interesting themselves in matters of religion. Good kings, as here, and 2Ch 34:33, are commended for putting upon their people wholesome laws and strait, binding them to the purity of religion and power of godliness. Neither is this any impeachment to their Christian liberty, - as Anabaptists hold, and the Donatists afore them, asking malapertly, Quid imperatori cum ecclesia? What hath the civil magistrate to do with the Church? - it is rather an ornament to their beauty, &c.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Whosoever should obstinately refuse to pay unto God that…
Whosoever should obstinately refuse to pay unto God that solemn worship which he required at his temple in Jerusalem, or should disown God, or serve other gods,
should be put to death, by virtue of all those laws which command that such persons should be cut off, and in pursuance of that law, Deu 17:2. Compare Heb 10:28.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of…
That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death,.... That obstinately refused to worship him, and served other gods, which by the law was deserving of death, Deu 17:2,
whether small or great, whether man or woman; without any regard to rank or dignity, age or sex.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 15:13. That whosoever would not seek the Lord…
2Ch 15:13. That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel — Would either worship other gods, or refuse to join with them in the worship of the true God; that was either an obstinate idolater, or an obstinate atheist, should be put to death — Which was not a new law of their own making, but an order to put in execution the law of God to this purpose, contained Deu 18:2, &c., which, if it had been duly executed in former times, would have kept the land clear of those many abominable idols which were found in and brought God’s wrath upon it: compare Heb 10:28. But though they might do well in executing the sentence of the law upon idolaters, this ought not to be pleaded by any persons professing Christianity as a precedent for persecuting any of their fellow-Christians, much less for putting them to death who may happen to differ from them in any point of doctrine, or mode of worship; because all Christians, as such, however they may disagree as to some lesser points, yet worship one and the same living and true God; and, added to this, the spirit of the gospel is very different from that of the Jewish law: see Luk 9:55. Nor may we, under our mild dispensation, attempt to compel by force any man to become religious. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Said he, is not in Hebrew, &c. (Haydock) ---…
Said he, is not in Hebrew, &c. (Haydock) --- Die, according to Deuteronomy xvii. 7.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 13. Whosoever would not seek the Lord… should be…
13. Whosoever would not seek the Lord… should be put to death — The stern requirement of the ancient law. See at Exo_22:20; Deu_13:6-17; Deu_17:2-7.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. should be put to death] According to the…
13. should be put to death] According to the Law; Deu_17:2-7.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (13) That.—And.
(13) That.—And.
Whosoever would not seek the Lord God . . .—Part of the solemn oath of the king and people; a sanction prescribed by the law of Deu_13:6, sqq., Deu_17:2-6.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Whosoever would not should be put to death (see…
Whosoever would not should be put to death (see Exo_22:20; Deu_13:9 Deu_17:2-6)
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