Text: Jeremiah 29:13-14
OT Text Referred to: 2 Chronicles 15:2
Subject: Repentance and turning to God
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Analogy
Significance: Both texts articulate the principle that wholehearted seeking of God results in being found by Him. Jeremiah 29:13 promises "You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart" (בְּכָל־לְבַבְכֶם, bekhol-levavkhem), while 2 Chronicles 15:2 declares "The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you" (אִם־תִּדְרְשֻׁהוּ יִמָּצֵא לָכֶם, im-tidreshuhu yimmatse lakhem). Both use the verb דָּרַשׁ (darash, "to seek") paired with מָצָא (matsa, "to find") to express the covenantal reciprocity between divine availability and human earnestness. Jeremiah applies this principle to exiles in Babylon, assuring them that God can be found even in a foreign land, while the Chronicler applies it to Asa's reform — showing this as an enduring covenant principle spanning Israel's history.
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Text: 2 Chronicles 15:2
OT Text Referred to: Jeremiah 29:13-14
Subject: Azariah speaks of seeking and finding Yahweh
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: The prophet Azariah's declaration to Asa—"The LORD is with you when you are with Him; if you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you" (2 Chr 15:2)—shares the same reciprocal seeking theology as Jeremiah 29:13-14: "You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart." Both texts use the verb darash ("seek") as the key to divine-human relationship, and both promise that genuine seeking results in being "found" (matsa). This verbal and theological parallel establishes a consistent prophetic principle spanning from the early monarchy to the exile: God is accessible to those who earnestly seek Him.