17And 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.
And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; …
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
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.
Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, 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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-21)Jehoiada had now got over the harlot part of his work, when, by the death of Athaliah, the young prince had his way to the throne cleared of all opposition. He had now to improve his advantages for the perfecting of the revolution and the settling of the government. Two things we have an account of here:— I. The good foundations he laid, by an original contract, 2 Kgs. 11:17. Now that prince and p…
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