TSK · 2 Chronicles 15:12

You must love the LORD your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.

Narrative Interlude(28:69) These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Horeb.

so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the LORD your God is making with you today.

When they return to you with all their heart and being in the land where they are held prisoner, and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor,

Those among all the Israelite tribes who were determined to worship the LORD God of Israel followed them to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD God of their ancestors.

Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow God.”

Now I intend to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, so that he may relent from his raging anger.

He made all who were in Jerusalem and Benjamin agree to it. The residents of Jerusalem acted in accordance with the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors.

hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders and enter into a curse and an oath to adhere to the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, along with his ordinances and his statutes.

They will ask the way to Zion; they will turn their faces toward it. They will come and bind themselves to the LORD in a lasting covenant that will never be forgotten.

And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.