2 Chronicles 23:3

New American Bible - revised edition

The whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. Jehoiada said to them: “Here is the king’s son who must reign, as the Lord promised concerning the sons of David.

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:3

Then all the elders of Israel came to the king in Hebron, and at Hebron King David made a covenant with them in the presence of the Lord; and they anointed David king over Israel.

2 Samuel 7:12

when your days have been completed and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, sprung from your loins, and I will establish his kingdom.

2 Samuel 7:16

Your house and your kingdom are firm forever before me; your throne shall be firmly established forever.

1 Kings 2:4

and that the Lord may fulfill the word he spoke concerning me: If your sons so conduct themselves that they walk before me in faithfulness with their whole heart and soul, there shall never be wanting someone of your line on the throne of Israel.

1 Kings 9:5

I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father: There shall never be wanting someone from your line on the throne of Israel.

2 Kings 11:17

Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, by which they would be the Lord’s people; and another between the king and the people.

1 Chronicles 11:3

Then all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and at Hebron David made a covenant with them in the presence of the Lord; and they anointed David king over Israel, in accordance with the word of the Lord given through Samuel. Jerusalem Captured.

2 Chronicles 21:7

Even so, the Lord was unwilling to destroy the house of David because of the covenant he had made with David and because of his promise to leave him and his sons a holding for all time.

2 Chronicles 23:16

Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king, that they should be the Lord’s people.

2 Chronicles 6:16

And now, Lord, God of Israel, keep toward your servant, David my father, what you promised: There shall never be wanting someone from your line to sit before me on the throne of Israel, provided that your descendants keep to their way, walking by my law, as you have.

2 Chronicles 7:18

I will establish the throne of your kingship as I covenanted with David your father when I said, There shall never be wanting someone from your line as ruler in Israel.

Psalm 89:29

Forever I will maintain my mercy for him; my covenant with him stands firm.

Psalm 89:36

By my holiness I swore once for all: I will never be false to David.