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2 Kings 11:4

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In the seventh year Jehoiada sent for the commanders of units of a hundred, the Carites and the guards and had them brought to him at the temple of the Lord. He made a covenant with them and put them under oath at the temple of the Lord. Then he showed them the king’s son.

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And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

Joab was over Israel’s entire army; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites;

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.

So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned these to the commanders of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

As surely as the Lord your God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to look for you. And whenever a nation or kingdom claimed you were not there, he made them swear they could not find you.

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

He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards and all the people of the land, and together they brought the king down from the temple of the Lord and went into the palace, entering by way of the gate of the guards. The king then took his place on the royal throne.

He remained hidden with his nurse at the temple of the Lord for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.

The commanders of units of a hundred did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each one took his men—those who were going on duty on the Sabbath and those who were going off duty—and came to Jehoiada the priest.

Therefore King Joash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and asked them, “Why aren’t you repairing the damage done to the temple? Take no more money from your treasurers, but hand it over for repairing the temple.”

The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant in the presence of the Lord—to follow the Lord and keep his commands, statutes and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant.

The priests, who were heads of families, numbered 1,760. They were able men, responsible for ministering in the house of God.

They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.

Now I intend to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger will turn away from us.

all these now join their fellow Israelites the nobles, and bind themselves with a curse and an oath to follow the Law of God given through Moses the servant of God and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations and decrees of the Lord our Lord.

“We will give it back,” they said. “And we will not demand anything more from them. We will do as you say.” Then I summoned the priests and made the nobles and officials take an oath to do what they had promised.

“In view of all this, we are making a binding agreement, putting it in writing, and our leaders, our Levites and our priests are affixing their seals to it.”

On hearing this report, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were at a loss, wondering what this might lead to.

At that, the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles. They did not use force, because they feared that the people would stone them.

On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he reaffirmed for them decrees and laws.

And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

The two of them made a covenant before the Lord. Then Jonathan went home, but David remained at Horesh.




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