2 Chronicles 15:2
And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
Note d'étude
Study Note
The prophetic oracle to King Asa — 'the Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you' — is the most compact biblical statement of the conditional-covenantal divine presence principle. The parallel structure (seek→find; forsake→be forsaken) is a straightforward application of Deuteronomy's blessing-and-curse framework to the specific historical situation of Asa's reform following Zerah the Ethiopian's defeat. The Chronicler consistently interprets Israelite history through this retributive theology — seeking God produces prosperity, forsaking God produces adversity — which has been criticised as simplistic but reflects genuine theological insight about covenantal consequences. Jeremiah 29:13 ('ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart') and James 4:8 ('draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you') develop the same conditional proximity logic in different canonical contexts.
Autres traductions
and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
and he goeth out before Asa, and saith to him, `Hear, me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> with you--in your being with Him, and if ye seek Him, He is found of you, and if ye forsake Him, He forsaketh you;
And he came face to face with Asa and said to him, Give ear to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with him; if your heart's desire is for him, he will be near you, but if you give him up, he will give you up.
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