Thematic Bible: Of allegiance


Thematic Bible



I counsel you to keep the command of the king because of the oath before God [by which you swore loyalty to him]. Verse ConceptsCivic DutiesCitizenshipSwearing OathsObeying People

Now in the seventh year Jehoiada [the priest, Jehosheba’s husband] sent for the captains of hundreds of the Carites and of the guard and brought them to him to the house of the Lord. Then he made a covenant with them and put them under oath in the house of the Lord, and showed them the king’s [hidden] son. Verse ConceptsSealing A CovenantCommanderMercenariesOaths, HumanCovenant RelationshipsPeople Made Known

And he took a member of the royal family [the king’s uncle, Zedekiah] and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. He also took the important leaders of the land, Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanPeople Exiledroyalty