2 Chronicles 23:16
What does 2 Chronicles 23:16 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 23:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah’s people.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the Lord’s people.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah’s people.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Jehoiada made an agreement between the Lord and all the people and the king, that they would be the Lord's people.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Jehoiada maketh a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, to be for a people to Jehovah;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Joiada made a covenant between himself and all the people, and the king, that they should be the people of the lord.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king, that they should be the people of Jehovah.
Context
v.15So they made way for her; and she went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king’s house: and they slew her there.
v.16This passage
v.17And all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 15:12
And they entered into the covenant to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
- Nehemiah 10:29
they clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
- Isaiah 44:5
One shall say, I am Jehovah’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto Jehovah, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
- Nehemiah 9:38
And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal unto it.
- Deuteronomy 26:17
Thou hast avouched Jehovah this day to be thy God, and that thou wouldest walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and hearken unto his voice:
- 2 Kings 11:17
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.