2 Chronicles 34:32
in 2 Chronicles 34Then he had everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin take a stand in agreement to it. So all the people of Jerusalem carried out the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
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ASV
And he caused all that were found 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.
KJV
And 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.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 34
Commentary
5 notes on this verseTo stand to it - It is likely that he caused them all to arise when he read the terms of the covenant, and thus testify their approbation of the covenant itself, and their resolution to observe it faithfully and perseveringly.
This site's exposition
take a stand in agreement to it
on 2 Chronicles 34:32-33
Josiah has everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin “take a stand in agreement to it,” which Adam Clarke takes as the people rising to their feet. The purge that began in the northern cities closes the chapter. Albert Barnes and John Gill hold the closing formula true of public religion.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
To stand to it - He caused them to engage by an oath or covenant, that they would observe the laws of God, as his predecessors had formerly done, and which indeed they were before obliged to do.
Much of this we had 2 Kings xxii. 1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the L ORD , and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And Benjamin - It is scarcely possible that the text here can be sound. “Benjamin” is never put in contrast with “Jerusalem,” but always with Judah. The reading may be corrected from the parallel passage 2Ki 23:3; “And he caused all those that were present in Jerusalem to stand to the covenant.”
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּעֲמֵ֕ד | vaiyaamed | and he made stand | H5975 → | 521 times |
| אֵ֛ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַנִּמְצָ֥א | hanimtza' | <the> [one who] was found | H4672 → | 455 times |
| בִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם | virushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן | uvinyamin | and Benjamin | H1144 → | 166 times |
| וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙ | vaiyaasu | and they did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| יֹשְׁבֵ֣י | yoshevei | [the] inhabitants of | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| כִּבְרִ֥ית | kivrit | according to [the] covenant of | H1285 → | 284 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֖ים | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֥י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ | ʾavoteihem | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
וַיַּעֲמֵ֕דand he made stand
vaiyaamedH5975 →521 times
אֵ֛ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַנִּמְצָ֥א<the> [one who] was found
hanimtza'H4672 →455 times
בִירוּשָׁלִַ֖םin Jerusalem
virushalimH3389 →643 times
וּבִנְיָמִ֑ןand Benjamin
uvinyaminH1144 →166 times
וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙and they did
vaiyaasuH6213 →2628 times
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י[the] inhabitants of
yosheveiH3427 →1079 times
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔םJerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
כִּבְרִ֥יתaccording to [the] covenant of
kivritH1285 →284 times
אֱלֹהִ֖יםGod
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
אֱלֹהֵ֥י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
אֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ancestors their
ʾavoteihemH1 →1212 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 18:19For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that…
it leads to
- 1 Timothy 3:4–5
An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.
- Deuteronomy 6:6–7
These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
- Deuteronomy 4:9–10
Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as…
- Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- 2 Timothy 3:15
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Timothy 3:4–5
Through
2 Chronicles 30:12Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:39
I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
- Psalms 110:3
Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
- Jeremiah 32:39
Through
Jeremiah 3:10Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.
it leads to
- Hosea 7:14
They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.
- Hosea 7:14
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.