16And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.


In Context

13 And she looked, and behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entrance, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of music, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, treason.

14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said to them, Have her forth without the ranges: and whoever followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.

15 So they laid hands on her; and when she had come to the entrance of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.

16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.

17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt-offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.

2 Chronicles 23:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:16And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD’S people.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:16Jehoiada then made a covenant that he and the people and the king would be the Lord 's people.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:16And Joiada made a covenant between himself and all the people, and the king, that they should be the people of the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:16And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah's people.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:16And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king, that they should be the people of Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:16And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:16Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Yahweh's people.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:16And Jehoiada maketh a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, to be for a people to Jehovah;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:16And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD's people.