16And 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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Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
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.
Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. …
The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-21)Here we have, I. The people pleased, 2 Chron. 23:12 , 13 . When the king stood at his pillar, whose right it was to stand there, all the people of the land rejoiced to see a rod sprung out of the stem of Jesse , Isa. 11:1. When it seemed a withered root in a dry ground, to see what they despaired of ever seeing—a king of the house of David, what a pleasing surprise was it to them! They ran in tran…
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