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Jehoiada made a covenant between Yahweh and the king and the people, that they should be Yahweh`s people; between the king also and the people.
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A Two-Fold Commitment
Scholars explain that Jehoiada brokered two distinct but related covenants. The first was a vertical commitment between God, the king, and the people, renewing their identity as "the Lord's people." The second was a horizontal agreement between the king and the people, outlining their mutual rights and responsibilities under God's law.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A covenant - Rather, “the covenant,” which either was already an established part of a coronation (see marginal reference “k”), or at least …
19th Century
Anglican
A covenant. —Rather, the covenant. The high priest solemnly renewed the original compact between Jehovah and the king and…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord'…
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King and people would unite most firmly with each other when both had joined themselves to the Lord. It goes well for a people when all the changes…
