2 Chronicles 23:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 2 Chr 29:10 : 10 Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that His fierce wrath may turn away from us.
  • 2 Kgs 11:17 : 17 Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD, the king, and the people, that they would be the LORD's people; and also between the king and the people.
  • Neh 9:38 : 38 And because of all this, we make a sure covenant and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests seal it.
  • Neh 10:29-39 : 29 They joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and His judgments and His statutes; 30 And that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons: 31 And if the people of the land bring goods or any food on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it from them on the Sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would forgo the seventh year and the exaction of every debt. 32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God; 33 For the showbread, for the continual grain offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the Sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God. 34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to the houses of our fathers, at the times appointed year by year, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law: 35 And to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, to the house of the LORD: 36 Also the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God: 37 And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all kinds of trees, of wine and of oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground to the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. 38 And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house. 39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the grain, of the new wine, and the oil, to the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests who minister, and the gatekeepers, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
  • Isa 44:5 : 5 One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
  • 2 Chr 15:12 : 12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
  • 2 Chr 15:14 : 14 And they swore to the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
  • 2 Chr 34:31-32 : 31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book. 32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
  • Ezra 10:3 : 3 Therefore, let us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and their children, according to the advice of my lord and those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the law.
  • Neh 5:12-13 : 12 Then they said, We will restore them, and will require nothing from them; we will do as you say. Then I called the priests and required an oath from them that they would do according to this promise. 13 I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. Even so may he be shaken out and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
  • Deut 5:2-3 : 2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3 The LORD did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive today.
  • Deut 26:17-19 : 17 You have declared the LORD this day to be your God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to listen to his voice: 18 And the LORD has declared you this day to be his special people, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments; 19 And to make you high above all nations which he has made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people to the LORD your God, as he has spoken.
  • Deut 29:1-9 : 1 These are the words of the covenant which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. 2 And Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, You have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land; 3 The great trials which your eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles: 4 Yet the LORD has not given you a heart to understand, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day. 5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes have not worn out upon you, and your shoes have not worn out upon your feet. 6 You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink: that you might know that I am the LORD your God. 7 And when you came to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us to battle, and we struck them down: 8 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh. 9 Therefore, keep the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do. 10 You stand this day all of you before the LORD your God: your leaders of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel, 11 Your little ones, your wives, and your foreigners that are in your camp, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water: 12 That you should enter into covenant with the LORD your God, and into his oath, which the LORD your God makes with you this day: 13 That he may establish you today as a people for himself, and that he may be to you a God, as he has said to you, and as he has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 14 I make this covenant and this oath not only with you; 15 But also with him who stands here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him who is not here with us this day:
  • Josh 24:21-25 : 21 And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve the LORD. 22 And Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. 23 Now therefore put away, said he, the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD God of Israel. 24 And the people said to Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. 25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

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  • 2 Kgs 11:16-20
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    95%

    16They seized her, and she went by the way of the horses' entrance to the king's house, and there she was slain.

    17Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD, the king, and the people, that they would be the LORD's people; and also between the king and the people.

    18All the people of the land went to the house of Baal and tore it down; they thoroughly broke his altars and images in pieces, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

    19He took the commanders over hundreds, the captains, the guard, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the house of the LORD; they came by way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

    20All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet, for they had killed Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.

  • 2 Chr 23:3
    80%

    3And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said to them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD has said of the sons of David.

  • 2 Kgs 23:1-3
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    79%

    1And the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to him.

    2And the king went up to the house of the LORD, with all the men of Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, the priests, the prophets, and all the people, both small and great. And he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.

    3And the king stood by a pillar and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD and to keep His commandments, His testimonies, and His statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood for the covenant.

  • 2 Chr 23:17-18
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    78%

    17Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

    18Also Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had assigned in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as was ordained by David.

  • 2 Chr 23:1
    77%

    1And in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah son of Jeroham, and Ishmael son of Jehohanan, and Azariah son of Obed, and Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri, into covenant with him.

  • 2 Chr 23:10-12
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    75%

    10And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, around the king.

    11Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.

    12Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:

  • 2 Kgs 11:4-5
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    4In the seventh year, Jehoiada sent and brought the commanders of hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath from them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son.

    5He commanded them, saying, 'This is what you will do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the king's house.

  • 2 Chr 34:30-33
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    30And the king went up into the house of the LORD, with all the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.

    31And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

    32And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

    33And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they did not depart from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

  • 2 Chr 24:17
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    17Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them.

  • 2 Chr 23:20-21
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    72%

    20And he took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

    21And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

  • 2 Chr 15:12
    72%

    12And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

  • 2 Kgs 23:21
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    21And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the Passover to the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.

  • 2 Chr 23:7-8
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    7And the Levites shall surround the king, every man with his weapon in his hand; and whoever else comes into the house, he shall be put to death: but be with the king when he comes in, and when he goes out.

    8So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took each man his men that were to come in on the Sabbath, with those that were to go out on the Sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest did not dismiss the divisions.

  • Jer 30:22
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    22And you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

  • 1 Chr 17:22
    70%

    22For your people Israel you made your own people forever; and you, LORD, became their God.

  • 2 Kgs 11:8-9
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    70%

    8You shall encircle the king, each with his weapons in hand, and whoever comes within the ranks, let him be killed. Stay with the king as he comes out and goes in.

    9The captains over the hundreds did everything Jehoiada the priest ordered, and each took his men who were coming on duty on the Sabbath, with those who were going off duty on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

  • Exod 24:7
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    7And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people: and they said, All that the LORD has said we will do, and be obedient.

  • 2 Chr 23:15
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    15So they laid hands on her; and when she came to the entrance of the Horse Gate by the king's house, they slew her there.

  • 2 Sam 5:3
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    3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.

  • Jer 12:16
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    16And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, 'As the LORD lives,' as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they shall be established in the midst of My people.

  • 2 Chr 15:14
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    14And they swore to the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

  • 2 Chr 24:2-3
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    2And Joash did what was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

    3And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he had sons and daughters.

  • Deut 26:18
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    18And the LORD has declared you this day to be his special people, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments;

  • 2 Chr 7:4
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    4Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 11:13
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    13When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and the people, she came to the people in the temple of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 29:10
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    10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that His fierce wrath may turn away from us.

  • Jer 34:19
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    19The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf;

  • Ezek 17:13
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    13And has taken of the king's seed and made a covenant with him, and has taken an oath from him: he has also taken the mighty of the land:

  • Deut 29:12
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    12That you should enter into covenant with the LORD your God, and into his oath, which the LORD your God makes with you this day:

  • 2 Chr 33:25
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    25But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.

  • 2 Chr 24:7
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    7For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.

  • 2 Chr 24:21
    68%

    21And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 23:5
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    5And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation; and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD.