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2 Chronicles 23:16

Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.

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ASV

And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah’s people.

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.

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּכְרֹ֤תvai.yikh.Rotand he madeH3772 →
יְהוֹיָדָע֙ye.ho.ya.Da'JehoiadaH3077 →
בְּרִ֔יתbe.Rita covenantH1285 →
בֵּינ֕וֹbei.Nobetween himselfH996 →
וּבֵ֥יןu.Veinand betweenH996 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
וּבֵ֣יןu.Veinand betweenH996 →
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
לִהְי֥וֹתlih.Yotto becomeH1961 →
לְעָ֖םle.'Am<into> a peopleH5971 →
לַיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehof YahwehH3068 →

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2 Chronicles 29:10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.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. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.Nehemiah 9:38In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”2 Chronicles 34:31So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.Joshua 24:25On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.Nehemiah 10:29–39hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.Nehemiah 5:12–13“We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.2 Chronicles 34:31–32So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.Ezra 10:3So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.Deuteronomy 26:17–19Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.Deuteronomy 29:1–15These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant He had made with them at Horeb.2 Chronicles 15:14They took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and rams’ horns.Isaiah 44:5One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”2 Chronicles 15:12Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.Deuteronomy 5:2–3The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.Joshua 24:21–25“No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”Jeremiah 11:2“Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.2 Samuel 5:3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.

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