2 Kings 23:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Stood

2 Kings 11:14

2 Chronicles 23:13

2 Chronicles 34:31

His commandments

With all their heart

And all

Jeremiah 4:2

General references

Jeremiah 11:2

Bible References

Stood

And when she looked, there was the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets. And Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, "Treason! Treason!"

And when she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and the singers with their musical instruments leading in the celebration. And Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, "Treason! Treason!"

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 all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.

His commandments

These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the rules, which Moses spoke to the people of Israel when they came out of Egypt,

And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, "Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the rules that I speak in your hearing today, and you shall learn them and be careful to do them.

"Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the rules that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it,

The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;

With all their heart

You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

"And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

"And if you will indeed obey my commandments that I command you today, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?"

And all

Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the rules. And all the people answered with one voice and said, "All the words that the LORD has spoken we will do."

And the people said to Joshua, "The LORD our God we will serve, and his voice we will obey."

Then he made all who were present in Jerusalem and in Benjamin join in it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

I say: Keep the king's command, because of God's oath to him.

and if you swear, 'As the LORD lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory."

General references

"Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.