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2Ch 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

in his place		"Instead of âl ômdo, ""in his place,"" the parallel passage 2Ki 23:3, has âl häâmmood, ""by the pillar;"" which is probably the true reading, as the LXX. in both places read [ton stylon] ""the pillar."" 2Ch 6:13; 2Ki 11:4; 2Ki 23:3; Eze 46:2"
made a covenant		This was expressed, 1. In general, To walk after Jehovah; to have no gods beside him. 2. To take this law for the regulation of their conduct. 3. In particular, To bend their whole heart and soul to the performance of it; so that they might not only have religion without, but piety within. 2Ch 23:16; 2Ch 29:10; Exd 24:6-8; Deu 29:1,10-15; Jos 24:25; Neh 9:38; Neh 10:29; Jer 50:5; Hbr 8:6-13
and his testimonies		Psa 119:111,112
with all		2Ch 15:12,15; 2Ch 31:21; Deu 6:5; Luk 10:27-29
to perform		Psa 119:106

Correlating Passages

in his place

	2Ki 23:3	And the king stood by a pillar, 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 [their] heart and all [their] soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
	2Ch 6:13	For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
	2Ki 11:4	And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.
	2Ki 23:3	And the king stood by a pillar, 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 [their] heart and all [their] soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
	Eze 46:2	And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of [that] gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

made a covenant

	2Ch 23:16	And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.
	2Ch 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.
	Exd 24:6	And Moses took half of the blood, and put [it] in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
	Exd 24:7	And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
	Exd 24:8	And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled [it] on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
	Deu 29:1	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.
	Deu 29:10	Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, [with] all the men of Israel,
	Deu 29:11	Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that [is] in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
	Deu 29:12	That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:
	Deu 29:13	That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and [that] he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
	Deu 29:14	Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
	Deu 29:15	But with [him] that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with [him] that [is] not here with us this day:
	Jos 24:25	So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
	Neh 9:38	And because of all this we make a sure [covenant], and write [it]; and our princes, Levites, [and] priests, seal [unto it].
	Neh 10:29	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;
	Jer 50:5	They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, [saying], Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant [that] shall not be forgotten.
	Hbr 8:6	But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
	Hbr 8:7	For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
	Hbr 8:8	For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
	Hbr 8:9	Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
	Hbr 8:10	For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
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and his testimonies

	Psa 119:111	Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they [are] the rejoicing of my heart.
	Psa 119:112	I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, [even unto] the end.

with all

	2Ch 15:12	And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
	2Ch 15:15	And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
	2Ch 31:21	And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did [it] with all his heart, and prospered.
	Deu 6:5	And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
	Luk 10:27	And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
	Luk 10:28	And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
	Luk 10:29	But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

to perform

Psa 119:106

I have sworn, and I will perform [it], that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Chronicles 34:31," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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