2 Chronicles 23:16

23:16 Jehoiada then drew up a covenant stipulating that he, all the people, and the king should be loyal to the Lord. ¹ 

2 Chronicles 23:2

23:2 They traveled throughout Judah and assembled the Levites from all the cities of Judah, as well as the Israelite family leaders.

They came to Jerusalem, ² 

2 Chronicles 5:3

5:3 All the men of Israel assembled before the king during the festival ³  in the seventh month. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 5:2

Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

5:2 Then Solomon convened Israel’s elders – all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families – in Jerusalem, ⁵  so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David ⁶  (that is, Zion). ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 11:17

11:17 They supported ⁸  the kingdom of Judah and were loyal to ⁹  Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years; they followed the edicts of ¹⁰  David and Solomon for three years.

2 Chronicles 11:1

11:1 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from Judah and Benjamin ¹¹  to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

2 Chronicles 11:3

11:3 “Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin,

¹ tn Heb “and Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and [between] all the people and [between] the king, to become a people for the Lord.”

² map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

³ sn This festival in the seventh month was the Feast of Tabernacles, see Lev 23:34.

⁴ sn The seventh month would be September-October in modern reckoning.

⁵ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁶ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

⁷ tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David (it is Zion).”

⁸ tn Or “strengthened.”

⁹ tn Or “strengthened.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “they walked in the way of.”

¹¹ tn Heb “he summoned the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen men, accomplished in war.”