2 Kings 23:3

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2 Kings 23:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

2 And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

3 So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.

4 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.

5 Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.

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2 Kings 11:14

And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”

2 Kings 11:17

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.

2 Chronicles 23:13

And she looked out and saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!”

2 Chronicles 34:31

So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.

2 Chronicles 34:32

Then he had everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin take a stand in agreement to it. So all the people of Jerusalem carried out the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

Exodus 24:7

Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”

Exodus 24:8

So Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

Deuteronomy 5:1

Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.

Deuteronomy 5:2

The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

Deuteronomy 5:3

He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.

Deuteronomy 29:1

These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant He had made with them at Horeb.

Deuteronomy 29:10

All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,

Deuteronomy 29:11

your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—

Deuteronomy 29:12

so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He is making with you today, and into His oath,

Deuteronomy 29:13

and so that He may establish you today as His people, and He may be your God as He promised you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Deuteronomy 29:14

I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you,

Deuteronomy 29:15

but also with those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God, as well as with those who are not here today.

Joshua 24:25

On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.

2 Chronicles 15:12

Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.

2 Chronicles 15:13

And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

2 Chronicles 15:14

They took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and rams’ horns.

2 Chronicles 23:16

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

2 Chronicles 29:10

Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.

Ezra 10:3

So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.

Nehemiah 9:38

In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”

Nehemiah 10:28

“The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,

Nehemiah 10:29

hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.

Nehemiah 10:30

We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.

Nehemiah 10:31

When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow, and will cancel every debt.

Nehemiah 10:32

We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:

Nehemiah 10:33

for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.

Nehemiah 10:34

We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.

Nehemiah 10:35

We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year.

Nehemiah 10:36

And we will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God.

Nehemiah 10:37

Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.

Nehemiah 10:38

A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.

Nehemiah 10:39

For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”

Jeremiah 50:5

They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.

Hebrews 8:8

But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

Hebrews 8:9

It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.

Hebrews 8:10

For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Hebrews 8:11

No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.

Hebrews 8:12

For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

Hebrews 8:13

By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.

Hebrews 12:24

to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

Hebrews 13:20

Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,

Deuteronomy 8:19

If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.

Deuteronomy 4:45

These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,

Deuteronomy 6:1

These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,

Psalms 19:7

The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.

Psalms 19:8

The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

Psalms 19:9

The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous.

Deuteronomy 6:5

And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

Deuteronomy 10:12

And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Deuteronomy 11:13

So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,

Matthew 22:36

“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”

Matthew 22:37

Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

Exodus 24:3

When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”

Joshua 24:24

So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”

2 Chronicles 34:33

And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

Ecclesiastes 8:2

Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.

Jeremiah 4:2

and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”