2 Chronicles 34:31
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 with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
KJV
et stans in tribunali suo, percussit fœdus coram Domino ut ambularet post eum, et custodiret præcepta, et testimonia, et justificationes ejus in toto corde suo, et in tota anima sua, faceretque quæ scripta sunt in volumine illo, quod legerat.
Vulgate
καὶ ἔστη ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐπὶ τὸν στύλον, καὶ διέθετο διαθήκην ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ πορευθῆναι ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, τοῦ φυλάσσειν τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ καὶ μαρτύρια καὶ προστάγματα αὐτοῦ ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ ψυχῇ, τοὺς λόγους τῆς διαθήκης τοὺς γεγραμμένους ἐπὶ τῷ βιβλίῳ τούτῳ.
LXX
And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
ASV
וַ/יַּעֲמֹ֨ד הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ עַל עָמְד֗/וֹ וַ/יִּכְרֹ֣ת אֶֽת הַ/בְּרִית֮ לִ/פְנֵ֣י יְהוָה֒ לָ/לֶ֜כֶת אַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה וְ/לִ/שְׁמ֤וֹר אֶת מִצְוֺתָי/ו֙ וְ/עֵֽדְוֺתָ֣י/ו וְ/חֻקָּ֔י/ו בְּ/כָל לְבָב֖/וֹ וּ/בְ/כָל נַפְשׁ֑/וֹ לַ/עֲשׂוֹת֙ אֶת דִּבְרֵ֣י הַ/בְּרִ֔ית הַ/כְּתוּבִ֖ים עַל הַ/סֵּ֥פֶר הַ/זֶּֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
23 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
And when idolatrous rulers lead their people astray, God in His justice visits that people with judgment. Let no man think that God does not mark the abominations of those who lead His people. The duty of the faithful is to resist idolatry and to reform the church according to the Word of God, even if the magistrate be unwilling.
Cross-references
- 2Chr 6:13 — For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knee
- 2Chr 15:12 — And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
- 2Chr 23:16 — And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD’s people.
- 2Chr 29:10 — Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
- 2Kgs 11:14 — And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athalia
- 2Kgs 11:14 — And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athalia
- 2Kgs 11:17 — And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD’s people; between the king also and the people.
- 2Kgs 23:3 — 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,
- Deut 13:4 — Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
- Ezek 44:3 — It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
- Neh 9:38 — And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
- Neh 10:29 — They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of
- Ps 103:18 — To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.