Thematic Bible: Of allegiance


Thematic Bible



I counsel you: Keep the king's command because of the oath before God.

In the seventh year Jehoiada the priest sent for the officers in charge of the royal bodyguard and of the palace guards, and told them to come to the Temple. He made them agree under oath to what he planned to do. He showed them King Ahaziah's son Joash

He took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. He also took away the mighty of the land,