2 Chronicles 34:31

34:31 The king stood by his pillar ¹  and renewed ²  the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow ³  the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, ⁴  by carrying out the terms ⁵  of this covenant recorded on this scroll.

2 Chronicles 34:2

34:2 He did what the Lord approved ⁶  and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; ⁷  he did not deviate to the right or the left.

2 Chronicles 23:3

23:3 and the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the temple of God. Jehoiada ⁸  said to them, “The king’s son will rule, just as the Lord promised David’s descendants.

[34:31]  ¹ tc This assumes an emendation to עַמּוּדוֹ (’ammudo), see 23:13. The MT reads “at his place.”

[34:31]  ² tn Heb “cut,” that is, “made” or “agreed to.”

[34:31]  ³ tn Heb “walk after.”

[34:31]  ⁴ tn Or “soul.”

[34:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “words.”

[34:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”

[34:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “and walked in the ways of David his father.”

[23:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoiada the priest, cf. v. 8) has been specified in the translation for clarity.