2 Kings 11:17 KJV — MannaFest

2 Kings 11:17

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.

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ASV

And Jehoiada made a covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people, that they should be Jehovah’s people; between the king also and the people.

WEB

Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.

YLT

And Jehoiada maketh the covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people, to be for a people to Jehovah, and between the king and the people.

DBT

And Jehoiada made a covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people, that they should be the people of Jehovah; and between the king and the people.

About this book

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2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
Date: Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC

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23 verses on the floor

2 Samuel 5:3
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.
2 Chronicles 15:12–14
And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
2 Kings 23:3
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.
2 Chronicles 34:31
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.
Joshua 24:25
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

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God had already, on his part, promised to be their God (Jehoiada could show them that in the book of the testimony); now the king and people on their part must covenant and agree that they will be the Lord's people: in this covenant, the king stands upon the same level with his subjects and is as much bound as any of them to serve the Lord.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Now here we have David's promised lamp almost extinguished and yet wonderfully preserved. It was almost extinguished by the barbarous malice of Athaliah, the queen-mother, who, when she heard that her son Ahaziah was slain by Jehu, arose and destroyed all the seed-royal (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

A covenant - A sacred covenant whereby he solemnly engaged both the king, and people, that they should be the Lord's people; that they should renounce, and root out all idolatry, and set up and maintain God's true worship.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

2KI 11:17JOS 24:25 2CH 23:16
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2KI 11:17EZR 10:3 DEU 7:2-3
2KI 11:17EZR 10:3 EZR 9:4
2KI 11:172SA 5:3 2SA 2:4
2KI 11:172SA 5:3 1SA 16:13
2KI 11:17JOS 24:25 NEH 9:38
2KI 11:17JOS 24:25 EXO 15:25
2KI 11:172SA 5:3 1SA 23:18

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