2 Kings 11 · Verse 17

2 Kings 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.
2 Kings 11:17, King James Version

2 Kings 11:17 in other translations

BSBThen Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.
WEBJehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD’s people; also between the king and the people.
ASVAnd Jehoiada made a covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people, that they should be Jehovah’s people; between the king also and the people.
YLTAnd Jehoiada maketh the covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people, to be for a people to Jehovah, and between the king and the people.
DARBYAnd Jehoiada made a covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people, that they should be the people of Jehovah; and between the king and the people.
BBEAnd Jehoiada made an agreement between the Lord and the king and the people, that they would be the Lord's people; and in the same way between the king and the people.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does 2 Kings 11:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 11:17-18
17-18. a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people--The covenant with the Lord was a renewal of the national covenant with Israel (Ex 19:1-24:18; "to be unto him a people of inheritance," De 4:6; 27:9). The covenant between the king and the people was the consequence of this, and by it the king bound himself to rule according to the divine law, while the people engaged to submit, to give him allegiance as the Lord's anointed. The immediate fruit of this renewal of the covenant was the destruction of the temple and the slaughter of the priests of Baal (see 2Ki 10:27); the restoration of the pure worship of God in all its ancient integrity; and the establishment of the young king on the hereditary throne of Judah [2Ki 11:19].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 Jehoiada made a covenant - A general covenant was first made between the Lord, the Supreme King, the king his viceroy, and the people, that they should all be the Lord's people; each being equally bound to live according to the Divine law. Then, secondly, a particular covenant was made between the king and the people, by which the king was bound to rule according to the laws and constitution of the kingdom, and to watch and live for the safety of the public. And the people were bound on their part, to love, honor, succor, and obey the king. Where these mutual and just agreements are made and maintained, there can be nothing else than prosperity in the Church and the state.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 11:17-21
King and people would cleave most firmly to each other, when both had joined themselves to the Lord. It is well with a people, when all the changes that pass over them help to revive, strengthen, and advance the interests of religion among them. Covenants are of use, both to remind us of, and bind us to, the duties already binding on us. They immediately abolished idolatry; and, pursuant to the covenant with one another, they expressed mutual readiness to help each other. The people rejoiced, and Jerusalem was quiet. The way for people to be joyful and at peace, is to engage fully in the service of God; for the voice of joy and thanksgiving is in the dwellings of the righteous, but there is no peace for the wicked.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Kings 11:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּכְרֹ֨תvai.yikh.Rotand he madeH3772
יְהוֹיָדָ֜עye.ho.ya.Da'JehoiadaH3077
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַבְּרִ֗יתha.be.Ritthe covenantH1285
בֵּ֤יןbeinbetweenH996
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
וּבֵ֤יןu.Veinand betweenH996
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
וּבֵ֣יןu.Veinand betweenH996
הָעָ֔םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
לִהְי֥וֹתlih.Yotto becomeH1961
לְעָ֖םle.'Am<into> a peopleH5971
לַֽיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehof YahwehH3068
וּבֵ֥יןu.Veinand betweenH996
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
וּבֵ֥יןu.Veinand betweenH996
הָעָֽם\׃ha.'Amthe peopleH5971

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Cross references for 2 Kings 11:17

  • 2 Samuel 5:3

    So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel.

  • 2 Chronicles 15:12-14

    And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

  • Joshua 24:25

    So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

  • 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.

  • Ezra 10:3

    Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

  • 2 Chronicles 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.

  • 1 Samuel 10:25

    Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

  • Nehemiah 5:12-13

    Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise.

  • Nehemiah 10:28-29

    And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding; 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 the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

  • Nehemiah 9:38

    And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.

  • 1 Chronicles 11:3

    Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel.

  • Deuteronomy 29:1-15

    These are the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles: Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
made a covenant.
4; De 5:2,3; 29:1-15; Jos 24:25; 2Ch 15:12-14; 29:10; 34:31
Ezr 10:3; Ne 5:12,13; 9:38; 10:28,29; 2Co 8:5
between the king.
1Sa 10:25; 2Sa 5:3; 1Ch 11:3; 2Ch 23:16; Ro 13:1-6

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Context

  • 2 Kings 11:16

    And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king’s house: and there was she slain.

  • 2 Kings 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.

  • 2 Kings 11:18

    And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the Lord.

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2 Kings 11:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces Joiada hizo alianza entre Jehová y el rey y el pueblo, que serían pueblo de Jehová: y asimismo entre el rey y el pueblo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Jehoïada fit une alliance entre l’ Éternel et le roi et le peuple, qu’ils seraient le peuple de l’ Éternel, – et entre le roi et le peuple.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Jojada machte einen Bund zwischen Jehova und dem König und dem Volke, daß sie das Volk Jehovas sein sollten, und zwischen dem König und dem Volke.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Pepigit ergo Jojada fœdus inter Dominum, et inter regem, et inter populum, ut esset populus Domini: et inter regem et populum.