2Kgs.23.3

2 Kings 23:3

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¶ And the king stood by a pillar, 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 their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

Josiah Renews the Covenant

Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:4

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Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

Idolaters to Be Put to Death

Shun Idolatry

2 Kings 11:14

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And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.

The Death of Athaliah

Athaliah Queen of Judah

2 Kings 11:17

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¶ 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.

Jehoiada Restores the Worship of the LORD

Athaliah Queen of Judah

2 Chronicles 34:31

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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.

Josiah Renews the Covenant

Josiah’s Good Reign

Jeremiah 34:8

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¶ This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

Freedom for Hebrew Slaves

A Prophecy against Zedekiah

Jeremiah 34:15

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And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: