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Jehoiada Restores the Worship of the LORD

2 Chronicles 23:16

In 11 translations

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 Yahweh’s people.
ASV
And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah’s people.
LSV
And Jehoiada makes a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, to be for a people to YHWH;
YLT
And Jehoiada maketh a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, to be for a people to Jehovah;
DBY
And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king, that they should be the people of Jehovah.
DRC
And Joiada made a covenant between himself and all the people, and the king, that they should be the people of the Lord.
GNV
And Iehoiada made a couenant betweene him, and all the people, and the King, that they would be the Lords people.
JPS
And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.
LXXE
And Jodae made a covenant between himself, and the people, and the king, that the people should be the Lord's.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת יְהוֹיָדָע֙ בְּרִ֔ית בֵּינ֕וֹ וּבֵ֥ין כָּל־הָעָ֖ם וּבֵ֣ין הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ לִהְי֥וֹת לְעָ֖ם לַיהוָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ διέθετο Ἰωδαὲ διαθήκην ἀναμέσον αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ τοὺ βασιλέως, εἶναι λαὸν τῷ Κυρίῳ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Chronicles 29:10Now 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.
  • 2 Kings 11:17Then 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.
  • Nehemiah 9:38In 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.”
  • Deuteronomy 5:2–3The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.
  • 2 Chronicles 15:12Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.
  • Deuteronomy 29:1–15These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant He had made with them at Horeb. Moses summoned all Israel and proclaimed to…
  • 2 Chronicles 34:31–32So 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…
  • Deuteronomy 26:17–19Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice. And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His…
  • 2 Chronicles 15:14They took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and rams’ horns.
  • Ezra 10:3So 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…
  • Nehemiah 10:29–39hereby 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…
  • Nehemiah 5:12–13“We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had…
  • Joshua 24:21–25“No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!” Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said. “Now, therefore,” he said, “get…
  • Isaiah 44:5One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”

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