Revised Webster's Bible
2 Chronicles 34:31
31And 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.
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
29Then the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30And the king went into the house of the LORD, 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 hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that was 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 with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which 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 took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 342 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
- madeכָּרַתkârath · to cut: make(covenant)H3772
- covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
- beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- walkיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
- keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
- commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
- testimoniesעֵדוּת‛êdûth · testimonyH5715
- statutesחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
- heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
- soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
- performעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
- writtenכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
- bookסֵ֫פֶרsêpher siphrâh · scroll: bookH5612
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 34:31
- 2 Kings 23:3And the king stood by a 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 their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people joined in the covenant.
- 2 Chronicles 6:13For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of 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 kneeled upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
- 2 Kings 11:4And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and took the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king’s son.
- Ezekiel 46:2And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate from outside, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
- 2 Chronicles 23:16And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between 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 God of Israel, that his fierce wrath 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 sprinkled on the altar.
- 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 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, Levites, and priests, set their seals to it .
- Nehemiah 10:29They joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;
- Jeremiah 50:5They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces toward it, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
- Hebrews 8:6But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon 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 the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
- 2 Chronicles 31:21And in every work that he began 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
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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
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