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2 Chronicles 23:16

Jehoiada

14 And Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, saying, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”

15 So they seized Athaliah as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate to the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.

Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.

17 So all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.

18 Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David.

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BSB
Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.
KJV
And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD’s people.
WEB
Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, all the people, and the king, that they should be the LORD’s people.
ASV
And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah`s people.
DARBY
And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king, that they should be the people of Jehovah.
BLB
And Jehoiada cut a covenant between himself, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be for a people of YHWH.
ÅB
Og Jojada gjorde en pakt mellom seg og alt folket og kongen at de skulle være Herrens folk.
OTB
Så opprettet Jojada en pakt mellom seg selv, hele folket og kongen, at de skulle være Herrens folk.
B1930
Og Jojada gjorde en pakt mellem sig og alt folket og kongen at de skulde være Herrens folk.

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 29:10

    Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.

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  • Nehemiah 9:38

    In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”

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  • 2 Kings 11:17

    Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.

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  • Deuteronomy 5:2–3

    The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

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  • Nehemiah 10:29–39

    hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.

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  • 2 Chronicles 15:12

    Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.

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  • 2 Chronicles 34:31–32

    So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.

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  • Ezra 10:3

    So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.

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