Charles Ellicott Commentary Joshua 24:25

"So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem." — Joshua 24:25 (ASV)

So Joshua made a covenant —i.e., a covenant that idolatry should not be tolerated in Israel, or permitted to exist. We read of similar covenants in the reign of Asa (2 Chronicles 15:12–13), in the reign of Joash, by Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 23:16), and of Josiah (2 Chronicles 34:31–32).