The LORD searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever. (1 Chr 28:9b) This means that God knows the orientation of heart, and that seeking the Lord one’s represents the essential and demanded orientation of heart. In summary, a close one’s connection between seeking the Lord/God and heart is salient in Chronicles, and demonstrates that the is the essential and demanded orientation of heart, ‘seeking Lord’ one’s inner self. one’s Seeking God in the Unresolved Tension The Retributive Implication of Seeking God/the Lord What is the peculiar implication of seeking the Lord the Chronicler wanted to convey? It might be initially proposed that to seek the Lord is to live in the observance of the laws. Substantial instances in Chronicles illustrate the importance of law observance as a specific act of seeking the Lord (e.g. 1 Chr 16:40; 22:2–13; 2 Chr 6:16: 12:1; 14:3–4; 15:3; 17:3–4; 17:9; 23:18; 25:4; 30:16; 31:3; 31:4; 31:21; 33:8; 34:14; 35:26; cf. Ezr 7:10). For instance, You may keep the law of the LORD your God. Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the rules that the LORD commanded Moses for (1 Chr 22:12–13 ESV) Israel… commanded Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to keep the … law and the commandment. (2 Chr 14:3–4 ESV) sought the God of his father and walked in his (2 Chr 17:3–4 …but commandments… ESV)
The LORD searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever. (1 Chr 28:9b) This means that God knows the orientation of one’s heart, and that seeking the Lord represents the essential and demanded orientation of one’s heart. In summary, a close connection between seeking the Lord/God and heart is salient in Chronicles, and demonstrates that ‘seeking the Lord’ is the essential and demanded orientation of one’s heart, one’s inner self. Seeking God in the Unresolved Tension The Retributive Implication of Seeking God/the Lord What is the peculiar implication of seeking the Lord the Chronicler wanted to convey? It might be initially proposed that to seek the Lord is to live in the observance of the laws. Substantial instances in Chronicles illustrate the importance of law observance as a specific act of seeking the Lord (e.g. 1 Chr 16:40; 22:2–13; 2 Chr 6:16: 12:1; 14:3–4; 15:3; 17:3–4; 17:9; 23:18; 25:4; 30:16; 31:3; 31:4; 31:21; 33:8; 34:14; 35:26; cf. Ezr 7:10). For instance, You may keep the law of the LORD your God. Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the rules that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel… (1 Chr 22:12–13 ESV) … commanded Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to keep the law and the commandment. (2 Chr 14:3–4 ESV) …but sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments… (2 Chr 17:3–4 ESV)
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