New King James Version
2 Kings 11:17
17Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord, the king, and the people, that they should be the Lord’s people, and also between the king and the people.
2 Kings 11:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord’s people; between the king also and the people.
- New International Version (NIV)Jehoiada then made a covenant between the Lord and the king and people that they would be the Lord’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and people, that they should be the Lord's people, and also between the king and the people.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then 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.
Context of 2 Kings 11:17
15And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the army, and said to them, “Take her outside under guard, and slay with the sword whoever follows her.” For the priest had said, “Do not let her be killed in the house of the Lord.” 16So they seized her; and she went by way of the horses’ entrance into the king’s house, and there she was killed. Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord, the king, and the people, that they should be the Lord’s people, and also between the king and the people. 18And all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal, and tore it down. They thoroughly broke in pieces its altars and images, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the Lord. 19Then he took the captains of hundreds, the bodyguards, the escorts, and all the people of the land; and they brought the king down from the house of the Lord, and went by way of the gate of the escorts to the king’s house. Then he sat on the throne of the kings.
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וַיִּכְרֹ֨ת יְהוֹיָדָ֜ע אֶֽת־הַבְּרִ֗ית בֵּ֤ין יְהוָה֙ וּבֵ֤ין הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וּבֵ֣ין הָעָ֔ם לִהְי֥וֹת לְעָ֖ם לַֽיהוָ֑ה וּבֵ֥ין הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וּבֵ֥ין הָעָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Kings 11:17
- 2 Kings 11:4In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the captains of hundreds—of the bodyguards and the escorts—and brought them into the house of the Lord to him. And he made a covenant with them and took an oath from them in the house of the Lord, and showed them the king’s son.
- Deuteronomy 5:2The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
- Deuteronomy 29:1These 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.
- Joshua 24:25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
- 2 Chronicles 15:12Then they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
- 2 Chronicles 29:10“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 Chronicles 34:31Then 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.
- Ezra 10:3Now therefore, let us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and those who have been born to them, according to the advice of my master and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
- Nehemiah 5:12So they said, “We will restore it, 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.
- Nehemiah 9:38“And because of all this, We make a sure covenant and write it; Our leaders, our Levites, and our priests seal it.”
- Nehemiah 10:28Now the rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and understanding—
- 2 Corinthians 8:5And not only as we had hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God.
- 1 Samuel 10:25Then Samuel explained to the people the behavior of royalty, and wrote it in a book and laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
- 2 Samuel 5:3Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 11:3Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel.
- 2 Chronicles 23:16Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, the people, and the king, that they should be the Lord’s people.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 11:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Jehoiada made a covenant - A general covenant was first made between the Lord, the Supreme King, the king his viceroy, and the people, that they should all be the Lord's people; each being equally bound to live according to the Divine law. Then, secondly, a particular covenant was made between the king and the people, by which the king was bound to rule according to the laws and constitution of the kingdom, and to watch and live for the safety of the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17A covenant - Rather, “the covenant,” which either was already an established part of a coronation (marginal reference “k”), or at least became such afterward.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-21Verses 17-21 King and people would cleave most firmly to each other, when both had joined themselves to the Lord. It is well with a people, when all the changes that pass over them help to revive, strengthen, and advance the interests of religion among them. Covenants are of use, both to remind us of, and bind us to, the duties already binding on us. They immediately abolished idolatry; and, pursuant to the covenant with one another, they expressed mutual…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17Renewing the covenant was crucial after years under pagan rule. The law required covenant faithfulness and regular renewal (Deuteronomy 31:9–13), and Israel followed this at key moments in its history (see 2 Kings 23:1–3; Joshua 24).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-1817-18. a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people--The covenant with the Lord was a renewal of the national covenant with Israel (Ex 19:1-24:18; "to be unto him a people of inheritance," De 4:6; 27:9). The covenant between the king and the people was the consequence of this, and by it the king bound himself to rule according to the divine law, while the people engaged to submit, to give him allegiance as the Lord's anointed. The immediate…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 11
- 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
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