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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The king took his place of authority beside the pillar and renewed the covenant in the Lord’s presence. He pledged to obey the Lord by keeping all his commands, laws, and decrees with all his heart and soul. He promised to obey all the terms of the covenant that were written in the scroll.

Context of 2 Chronicles 34:31

29Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the priests and the Levites, all the people both great and small. And he read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the Lord. 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. 32Then he made all who were present in Jerusalem and in Benjamin join in 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 from all the territory that belonged to the people of Israel and made all who were present in Israel serve the Lord their God. All his days they did not turn away from following the Lord, 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• stoodעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• in his placeעֹ֫מֶד‛ômed · postH5977
• and madeכָּרַתkârath · to cut: make(covenant)H3772
• a covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• to walkיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• and to keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• his commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
• and his testimoniesעֵדוּת‛êdûth · testimonyH5715
• and his statutesחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
• with all his heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• and with all his soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• to performעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• the wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• which are writtenכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
• in this bookסֵ֫פֶרsêpher siphrâh · scroll: bookH5612

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 34:31

• 2 Kings 23:3And the king stood by the pillar 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 this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people joined in the covenant.
• 2 Chronicles 6:13Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the court, and he stood on it. Then he knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven,
• 2 Kings 11:4But in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the captains of the Carites and of the guards, and had them come to him in the house of the Lord. And he made a covenant with them and put them under oath in the house of the Lord, and he showed them the king's son.
• Ezekiel 46:2The prince shall enter by the vestibule of the gate from outside, and shall take his stand by the post of the gate. The priests shall offer his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening.
• 2 Chronicles 23:16And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king that they should be the Lord's people.
• 2 Chronicles 29:10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, in order that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
• Exodus 24:6And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar.
• Deuteronomy 29:1These are the words of the covenant that the Lord commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant that he had made with them at Horeb.
• Joshua 24:25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and put in place statutes and rules for them at Shechem.
• Nehemiah 9:38"Because of all this we make a firm covenant in writing; on the sealed document are the names of our princes, our Levites, and our priests.
• Nehemiah 10:29join with their brothers, their nobles, and enter into a curse and an oath to walk in God's Law that was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord and his rules and his statutes.
• Jeremiah 50:5They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, saying, 'Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.'
• Hebrews 8:6But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.
• Psalms 119:11I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
• 2 Chronicles 15:12And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul,
• 2 Chronicles 31:21And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and the commandments, seeking his God, he did 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
• Decision
• Government
• Josiah
• Zeal, Religious

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• Coupling
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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