2 Chronicles 34:31

2 Chronicles 34:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and 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.
• New International Version (NIV)The king stood by his pillar and renewed the covenant in the presence of the Lord—to follow the Lord and keep his commands, statutes and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, and to obey the words of the covenant written in this book.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the Lord, to follow the Lord, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.

Context of 2 Chronicles 34:31

29And the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. 30And the king went up into the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites, and all the people, great and small; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which had been found in the house of Jehovah. And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that 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 removed all the abominations out of all the countries that belonged to the children of Israel, and made to serve all that were found in Israel, — to serve Jehovah their God: all his days they did not depart from following Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 34:31 word by word

וַיַּעֲמֹ֨ד הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ עַל־עָמְד֗וֹ וַיִּכְרֹ֣ת אֶֽת־הַבְּרִית֮ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָה֒ לָלֶ֜כֶת אַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה וְלִשְׁמ֤וֹר אֶת־מִצְוֹתָיו֙ וְעֵֽדְוֹתָ֣יו וְחֻקָּ֔יו בְּכָל־לְבָב֖וֹ וּבְכָל־נַפְשׁ֑וֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת֙ אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֣י הַבְּרִ֔ית הַכְּתוּבִ֖ים עַל־הַסֵּ֥פֶר הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• stoodעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• placeעֹ֫מֶד‛ômed · postH5977
• madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
• testimoniesעֵדוּת‛êdûth · testimonyH5715
• statutesחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
• heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• writtenכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
• bookסֵ֫פֶרsêpher siphrâh · scroll: documentH5612

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 34:31

• 2 Kings 23:3And the king stood on the dais, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all [his] heart, and with all [his] soul, to establish the words of this covenant that are written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
• 2 Chronicles 6:13For Solomon had made a platform of bronze, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and he kneeled down on his knees before the whole congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward the heavens,
• 2 Kings 11:4And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains of the hundreds, of the bodyguard and the couriers, and brought them to him into the house of Jehovah, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Jehovah, and shewed them the king's son.
• Ezekiel 46:2And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of [that] gate from without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall offer his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate, and shall go forth: but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
• 2 Chronicles 23:16And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king, that they should be the people of Jehovah.
• 2 Chronicles 29:10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Jehovah the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
• Exodus 24:6And Moses took half the blood, and put [it] in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
• Deuteronomy 29:1These are the words of the covenant that Jehovah commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant that he made with them in Horeb.
• Joshua 24:25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
• Nehemiah 9:38And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests are at the sealing.
• Nehemiah 10:29joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which had been given by Moses the servant of God, and to keep and do all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
• Jeremiah 50:5They shall inquire concerning Zion, with their faces thitherward, [saying,] Come, and let us join ourselves to Jehovah, in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
• Hebrews 8:6But now he has got a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is mediator of a better covenant, which is established on the footing of better promises.
• Psalms 119:11Thy *word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
• 2 Chronicles 15:12And they entered into a covenant to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,
• 2 Chronicles 31:21And in every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart and prospered.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 34:31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 31Made a covenant - See on 2 Kings 23:3; (note). And see the notes on that and the preceding chapter, 2 Chronicles 33 (note), for the circumstances detailed here.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-32Renewing the covenant was the most important event in Josiah's reform.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 34:31

• Church and State
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings