2 Chronicles 23:16

And Jehoiada makes a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, to be for a people to YHWH;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD’S people.

In Context

15And they make sides for her, and she comes to the entrance of the Horse Gate at the house of the king, and they put her to death there.

17and all the people enter the house of Ba‘al, and break it down, indeed, they have broken his altars and his images, and they have slain Mattan priest of Ba‘al before the altars.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:2Our God YHWH made a covenant with us in Horeb;

Deuteronomy 29:1These [are] the words of the covenant which YHWH has commanded Moses to make with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, apart from the covenant which He made with them in Horeb.

Joshua 24:21And the people say to Joshua, “No, but we serve YHWH!”

2 Chronicles 15:12and they enter into a covenant to seek YHWH, God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul,

2 Chronicles 15:15and all Judah rejoices concerning the oath, for they have sworn with all their heart, and they have sought Him with all their goodwill, and He is found by them, and YHWH gives rest to them all around.

2 Chronicles 34:31And the king stands on his station, and makes the covenant before YHWH to walk after YHWH, and to keep His commands, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all his heart and with all his soul, to do the words of the covenant that are written on this scroll.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 23:13-21

Joash Crowned and Athaliah Slain. ( b. c. 878.) 12 Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the Lord : 13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of music, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. 14… Read the whole commentary →

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