What Does 2 Chronicles 15:15 Mean in the King James?
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.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Wholehearted seeking becomes encounter, and that encounter opens into rest that surrounds you.
THE MEANING
Your whole heart and desire gather into seeking, and God is found by you. The LORD gives you rest on every side, reaching beyond your inner state into the conditions around you.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that God remains unreachable even when you seek with your whole heart: the verse holds seeking and finding together.
THE ROOT
בִּקְשֻׁהוּ
biqshuhu
GROWS FROM
בקש
To seek, search for, or make a request of.
“sought” in this verse is biqshuhu. The word for seeking belongs to the same family as asking and requesting: it is an active reaching toward the one desired, not mere inner sentiment. The verse pairs this movement with “he was found,” so the search does not remain a private effort.
ALSO GROWS
mevaqqesh: One who seeks.
מְבַקֵּשׁ
The seeker is defined by the same root as the action in the verse, joining the person and the act of seeking.
baqqashah: A request or petition.
בַּקָּשָׁה
A request is seeking given a concrete voice; the verse’s wholehearted search carries the force of a direct appeal.
וַיָּנַח
vayyanach
GROWS FROM
נוח
To rest, settle, or come to rest.
This root carries the sense of settling into rest. Because the verse says the LORD gives rest “round about,” the settling reaches beyond an inward feeling and surrounds the reader.
ALSO GROWS
menuchah: Rest or a resting place.
מְנוּחָה
The resting place branch makes the verse’s gift feel like a settled condition one can inhabit.
noach: Restful, settled, or at ease.
נוֹחַ
This branch carries the settled quality of the rest the verse says surrounds you.
THE PATTERN
Seeking moves into encounter: the one who seeks finds, and the encounter opens into rest.
But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.THE THREAD
But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.The same Hebrew root בקש (baqash, seek) appears, followed again by “he was found of them.” The verse connects seeking amid distress with finding; 15:15 reveals the spacious endpoint as rest all around.
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