2 Chronicles 23:16

2 Chronicles 23:16 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Jehoiada then made a covenant that he, the people and the king would be the Lord’s people.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king that they should be the Lord's people.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, the people, and the king, that they should be the Lord’s people.

Context of 2 Chronicles 23:16

14Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds who were appointed over the army and said to them, “Bring her out between the ranks; and whoever follows her, put to death with the sword.” For the priest said, “Let her not be put to death in the house of the Lord.” 15So they seized her, and when she arrived at the entrance of the Horse Gate of the king’s house, they put her to death there. Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king, that they would be the Lord’s people. 17And all the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down, and they broke in pieces his altars and his images, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. 18Moreover, Jehoiada placed the offices of the house of the Lord under the authority of the Levitical priests, whom David had assigned over 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 according to the order of David.

2 Chronicles 23:16 word by word

וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת יְהוֹיָדָע֙ בְּרִ֔ית בֵּינ֕וֹ וּבֵ֥ין כָּל־הָעָ֖ם וּבֵ֣ין הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ לִהְי֥וֹת לְעָ֖ם לַיהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָעyehôyâdâ‛ · JehoiadaH3077
• madeכָּרַתkârath · to cut: make(covenant)H3772
• a covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• betweenבַּ֫יִןbêyn · betweenH996
• himself and allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• and the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• that they would be the Lord’sיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 23:16

• 2 Chronicles 15:12They entered into the covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and soul;
• 2 Chronicles 29:10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that His burning anger may turn away from us.
• 2 Chronicles 34:31Then 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 written in this book.
• Deuteronomy 5:2The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.
• Deuteronomy 29:1These are the words of the covenant which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which He had made with them at Horeb.
• 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, also between the king and the people.
• Ezra 10:3So now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
• Nehemiah 5:12Then they said, “We will give it back and will require nothing from them; we will do exactly as you say.” So I called the priests and took an oath from them that they would do according to this promise.
• Nehemiah 9:38“Now because of all this We are making an agreement in writing; And on the sealed document are the names of our leaders, our Levites and our priests.”
• Nehemiah 10:29are joining with their kinsmen, their nobles, and are taking on themselves a curse and an oath to walk in God’s law, which was given through Moses, God’s servant, and to keep and to observe all the commandments of God our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes;
• Deuteronomy 26:17You have today declared the Lord to be your God, and that you would walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments and His ordinances, and listen to His voice.
• Joshua 24:21The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the Lord.”
• Isaiah 44:5This one will say, ‘I am the Lord’s’; And that one will call on the name of Jacob; And another will write on his hand, ‘Belonging to the Lord,’ And will name Israel’s name with honor.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 23:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Made a covenant between him - The high priest was, on this occasion, the representative of God; whom both the people and the king must have had in view, through the medium of his priest.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Between him … - In 2 Kings 11:17 the covenant is said to have been made “between the Lord,” etc. To the writer of Chronicles Jehoiada was God‘s representative, and received the pledges of king and people.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-17The agreement included promises between the king and the people, between the Lord and the king, and between the Lord and the people. The promises with the Lord involved stopping the worship of Baal.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. Jehoiada made a covenant--(See on 2Ki 11:17).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 23:16

• Covenant
• Decision
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In the dictionaries

• Jehoiada
• Covenant
• Athaliah
• Genealogy
• Jehoash; Joash

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 23

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings