Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Chronicles 23:16
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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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¶ 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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Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, all the people, and the king, that they should be the LORD’s people.
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And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah’s people.
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2 Chronicles 23
14 And Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, saying, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”
15 So they seized Athaliah as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate on the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.
16 Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.
17 So all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.
18 Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David.
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