2 Chronicles 23:3

And all the convocation solemnised a covenant in the house of God, with the king,—and he said to them, Lo! the king’s son must reign, as spake Yahweh concerning the sons of David.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.

In Context

2And they went round throughout Judah, and gathered together the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the ancestral chiefs of Israel,—and they came into Jerusalem.

4This, is the thing that ye shall do,—A third of you entering on the sabbath, both of the priests and of the Levites, as doorkeepers of the porch;

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:3So all the elders of Israel came unto the king, in Hebron, and King David solemnised to them a covenant in Hebron, before Yahweh, —and they anointed David to be king over Israel.

2 Samuel 7:16So shall thy house and thy kingdom be made steadfast unto times age-abiding, before thee,—thy throne, shall be established unto times age-abiding.

1 Kings 9:5then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel, unto times age-abiding,—as I promised unto David thy father, saying, There shall not be cut off to thee a man, from off the throne of Israel.

1 Chronicles 9:9and their brethren, by their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six,—all these men, were ancestral chiefs, to their ancestral house.

2 Chronicles 6:16Now, therefore, O Yahweh—God of Israel, keep thou, for thy servant David my father, that which thou didst promise him, saying, There shall not be cut off to thee a man, from before me, to sit upon the throne of Israel, if only, thy sons take heed to their way, to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

2 Chronicles 21:7Howbeit Yahweh was not willing to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant which he had solemnised, unto David,—and as he had promised to give unto him a lamp, and unto his sons, all the days.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 23:2-12

Preparations to Restore Judah. ( b. c. 878.) 1 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. 2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. 3 And all the congregation made a covenant… Read the whole commentary →

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