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Lexicon :: Strong's H1285 - bᵊrîṯ

Aa
בְּרִית
Transliteration
bᵊrîṯ
Pronunciation
ber-eeth'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From בָּרָה (H1262) (in the sense of cutting [like בָּרָא (H1254)])
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 282a

Strong’s Definitions

בְּרִית bᵉrîyth, ber-eeth'; from H1262 (in the sense of cutting [like H1254]); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh):—confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 284x

The KJV translates Strong's H1285 in the following manner: covenant (264x), league (17x), confederacy (1x), confederate (1x), confederate (with H1167) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 284x
The KJV translates Strong's H1285 in the following manner: covenant (264x), league (17x), confederacy (1x), confederate (1x), confederate (with H1167) (1x).

  1. covenant, alliance, pledge

    1. between men

      1. treaty, alliance, league (man to man)

      2. constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects)

      3. agreement, pledge (man to man)

      4. alliance (of friendship)

      5. alliance (of marriage)

    2. between God and man

      1. alliance (of friendship)

      2. covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges)

  2. (phrases)

    1. covenant making

    2. covenant keeping

    3. covenant violation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בְּרִית bᵉrîyth, ber-eeth'; from H1262 (in the sense of cutting [like H1254]); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh):—confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.
STRONGS H1285: Abbreviations
בְּרִית 285 noun feminine covenant (|| Aramaic קְיָם, διαθήκη; constitutio) — ב׳ Genesis 9:13 + 199 times; suffix בְּרִיתִי Genesis 6:18 + 50 times; בְּרִיתְךָ Deuteronomy 33:9; בְּרִיתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 44:18 + 11 times; בְּרִיתְכֶם Isaiah 28:18; בְּרִיתֵךְ Ezekiel 16:61; בְּרִיתוֺ Exodus 2:24 + 18 times; — pact, compact, covenant.
I. between men.
1. trety, alliance, league: Abraham and Amorites Genesis 14:13; Edom and its allies Obadiah 7; with Philistines Genesis 21:27, 32 (E) Genesis 26:28 (J); Jacob and Laban Genesis 31:44 (J); Joshua and Gibeonites Joshua 9:6, 7, 11, 15, 16 (J); Israel and Canaanites Exodus 23:32; Exodus 34:12, 15 (JE) Deuteronomy 7:2; Judges 2:2; Ammonites and Jabesh 1 Samuel 11:1; Solomon and Hiram 1 Kings 5:26; Ahab and Benhadad 1 Kings 20:34; Syria and Israel 1 Kings 15:19 2 Chronicles 16:3; Nebuchadnezzar and Zedekiah Ezekiel 17:13-19; nations against Israel Psalm 83:6; nations with Egypt Ezekiel 30:5; Ephraim and Assyria Hosea 12:2; Judah and Israel Ezekiel 16:61; Judah and Tyre Amos 1:9; Assyria and Judah Isaiah 33:8; נגיד ברית a prince in league (with him) Daniel 11:22 (so He Ew; Hi Meinh Bev reference to high priest Onias III, & translate prince of covenant, compare AV RV); figurative, with death Isaiah 28:15, 18; with stones of the field Job 5:23.
2. constitution, ordinance, between monarch and subjects: David and Abner 2 Samuel 3:12, 13, 21; David and the elders of Israel 2 Samuel 5:3 = 1 Chronicles 11:3; Zedekiah and his people Jeremiah 34:8-18; hostile prince and Israelites Daniel 9:27.
3. agreement, pledge: Jehoiada and captains 2 Kings 11:4 2 Chronicles 23:1; with onself Job 31:1; with Leviathan to be a servant Job 40:28; between man and man Hosea 10:4 compare בעל ברית Judges 8:33; Judges 9:4 = אל ברית [H1286 Judges 9:46].
4. alliance of friendship between David and Jonathan 1 Samuel 18:3; 1 Samuel 20:8; 1 Samuel 23:18 compare Psalm 55:21.
5. alliance of marriage Proverbs 2:17; Malachi 2:14. — In all cases כרת ברית is the technical phrase for making covenant except Jeremiah 34:10 באו בברית; Daniel 9:27 הגביר ברית לְ. Various prepositions are used, most often לְ Exodus 23:32 +, but also עִם Genesis 26:28 +, אֵת 2 Samuel 3:12 +, בֵּין 2 Chronicles 16:3.
II. between God and man.
1. alliance of friendship (|| H5475 סוֺד) Psalm 25:14.
2. covenant, as a divine constitution or ordinance with signs or pledges (see H226 אוֺת).
a. with Noah Genesis 9:9-17 (P) Isaiah 54:10; Jeremiah 33:20, 25; a divine promise that there would be no other deluge.
b. with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Genesis 15:18 (J) Genesis 17:2-21 Exodus 2:24; Exodus 6:4, 5; Leviticus 26:42 (P) 2 Kings 13:23; 1 Chronicles 16:15 = Psalm 105:8; Psalm 105:10; Nehemiah 9:8; Jeremiah 34:18; a promise to multiply their seed, give them the land of Canaan, and make them a blessing to the nations.
c. with Israel at Sinai = Horeb, with a covenant sacrifice Exodus 19:5; Exodus 24:7, 8 (E) Exodus 34:10, 27, 28 (J) Exodus 31:16; Leviticus 2:13 (P) Leviticus 24:8; Leviticus 26:9, 15, 25, 44, 45 (H) Deuteronomy 4:13; renewed in plains of Moab Deuteronomy 28:69 [Deuteronomy 29:1]; with blessings and curses Deuteronomy 29:20; frequently referred to in other books 2 Chronicles 34:32; Psalm 25:10; Psalm 44:18; Psalm 50:5; Psalm 50:16; Psalm 74:20; Psalm 78:10; Psalm 78:37; Psalm 103:18; Psalm 106:45; Psalm 111:5; Psalm 111:9; Isaiah 56:4, 6; Jeremiah 1:2, 3, 6, 8, 10; Jeremiah 14:21; Jeremiah 22:9; Jeremiah 31:32; Ezekiel 16:8, 59, 60; Ezekiel 44:7; Daniel 9:4; Daniel 11:28, 30, 32; Hosea 6:7; Hosea 8:1; Zechariah 9:11; Zechariah 11:10; a divine constitution given to Israel with promises on condition of obedience and penalties for disobendience, in the form of tables of the covenant Deuteronomy 9:9, 11, 15, inscribed with the ten words, placed in (ׅי׳) ׅברית ׅארון the ark of the covenant Numbers 10:33 + 40 times (see H727 ארון; in 1 Samuel 4:3, 4 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 4:5 omits ברית after ארון Greek Version of the LXX We Dr); set forth in דברי הברית words of the covenant Exodus 34:28 (J) Deuteronomy 28:69; Deuteronomy 29:8; 2 Kings 23:3 (= 2 Chronicles 34:31) Jeremiah 11:2-8; written in ספר הברית the book of the covenant Exodus 24:7 (E compare Exodus 34:27 J) 2 Kings 23:2, 21 (compare 2 Chronicles 34:30).
d. with Phinehas Numbers 25:12, 13 (P), a constitution, establishing an everlasting priesthood in his line; compare ברית הכהנים Nehemiah 13:29 & ברית הלוי Malachi 2:4, 8.
e. with Joshua and Israel Joshua 24:25 (E), an ordinance or constitutional agreement to serve Yahweh only.
f. with David Psalm 89:4; Psalm 89:29; Psalm 89:34; Psalm 89:39; Psalm 132:12; Jeremiah 33:21 (compare 2 Samuel 7 = 1 Chronicles 17); a divine promise to the seed of David of an everlasting kingdom, the relation of sonship, and the superintendence of the temple (compare Psalms 2).
g. Jehoiada and the people 2 Kings 11:17 2 Chronicles 23:3, a constitutional agreement to be the people of Yahweh.
h. Hezekiah and the people 2 Chronicles 29:10, a constitutional agreement to reform the worship.
i. Josiah and the people 2 Kings 23:3, a constitutional agreement to obey the book of the covenant.
j. Ezra and the people Ezra 10:3, a constitutional agreement to put away foreign wives and observe the Law.
k. the prophetic covenant, a divine promise through a series of prophets to establish a new constitution ברית חדשׁה Jeremiah 31:31, with new institutions and precepts Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 59:21; Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 31:31, 33; Jeremiah 32:40; Jeremiah 50:5; Ezekiel 16:60, 62; Ezekiel 20:37; Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 37:26; Hosea 2:20. In Isa2 the Messianic servant is ברית עם Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:8, compare מלאך הברית Malachi 3:1.
III. Phrases.
1. covenant making: כרת ברית Genesis 15:18; Exodus 34:10, 27 (J) Joshua 24:25 (E) Deuteronomy 5:2, 3; Deuteronomy 28:69; Deuteronomy 29:13; Deuteronomy 29:24; 1 Kings 5:26; 2 Kings 11:17; 2 Kings 17:35, 38; 2 Kings 23:3; 2 Chronicles 21:7; 23:3, 16; 29:10; 34:30; Ezra 10:3; Nehemiah 9:8; Psalm 50:5; Psalm 89:4; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 11:10; Jeremiah 31:31, 32, 33; Jeremiah 32:40; Jeremiah 34:13; Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 37:26; Hosea 2:20; הקים ברית establish a covenant Genesis 6:18; Genesis 9:9, 11, 17; Genesis 17:7, 19, 21; Exodus 6:4 (P) Ezekiel 16:60, 62, but confirm covenant Leviticus 26:9 (?; H) Deuteronomy 8:18; נתן ברית Genesis 17:2; Numbers 25:12 (P); שׂם ברית 2 Samuel 23:5 (poetry); עבר בברית Deuteronomy 29:11; בא בברית 2 Chronicles 15:12; Ezekiel 16:8; צוה ברית Psalm 111:9; נשׂא ברית על פי Psalm 50:16. (compare further on these DrJ Ph xi. 1882, 210 ff.)
2. covenant keeping: on the part of man שׁמר ברית 1 Kings 11:11; Nehemiah 1:5; Nehemiah 9:32; Psalm 78:10; Psalm 103:18; Psalm 132:12; Daniel 9:4, נצר ברית Deuteronomy 33:9; Psalm 25:10, מחזיקים בברית Isaiah 56:4, 6; on the part of God זכר ברית Genesis 9:15, 16; Exodus 2:24; Exodus 6:5 (all P), Leviticus 26:42 (3 times in verse) (H; on suffix compare Di Ges§ 128, 1 R b) Leviticus 26:45 (H) Psalm 105:8; Psalm 106:45; Psalm 111:5; 1 Chronicles 16:15; Ezekiel 16:15, 60. Thus we have נאמנת Psalm 89:29; ברית עולם Genesis 9:16; Genesis 17:7, 13, 18, 19; Exodus 31:16; Leviticus 24:8; Numbers 18:19; Numbers 25:13 (P) 2 Samuel 23:5 (poetry) 1 Chronicles 16:17 (= Psalm 105:10) Isaiah 24:5; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 32:40; Jeremiah 50:5; Ezekiel 16:60; Ezekiel 37:26; ברית מלח Leviticus 2:13; 2 Chronicles 13:5; 21:7 (a covenant with sacrificial meal and salt; on covenant with salt in Arabia compare WeSkizzen iii. 124); ברית שׁלום Numbers 25:12 (P) Isaiah 54:10; Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 37:26; הברית והחסד Deuteronomy 7:9, 12; 1 Kings 8:23 (= 2 Chronicles 6:14) Nehemiah 1:5; Nehemiah 9:32; Daniel 9:4; ברית קדשׁ Daniel 11:28, 30; מסרת הברית Ezekiel 20:37.
3. covenant violation: עבר ברית Deuteronomy 17:2; Joshua 7:11, 15; Joshua 23:16 (D) Judges 2:20; 2 Kings 18:12; Hosea 6:7; Hosea 8:1; הפר ברית Genesis 17:14; Leviticus 26:15, 44 (H) Deuteronomy 31:16, 20 (J) Judges 2:1; Isaiah 24:5 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 11:10; Jeremiah 14:21; Jeremiah 31:32; Jeremiah 33:20, 21; Ezekiel 16:59; Ezekiel 17:18, 19; Ezekiel 44:7; Zechariah 11:10; עזב ברית 1 Kings 19:10, 14; Jeremiah 22:9; Daniel 11:30; מאס ברית 2 Kings 17:15; נאר ברית Psalm 89:39; חלל ברית Psalm 89:34; Malachi 2:10; שׁקר בברית Psalm 44:18; שׁכח ברית Deuteronomy 4:23, 31; Jeremiah 50:5.
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Genesis

6:18; 6:18; 9:9; 9:9; 9:10; 9:11; 9:11; 9:12; 9:13; 9:13; 9:14; 9:15; 9:15; 9:16; 9:16; 9:16; 9:17; 9:17; 14:13; 15:18; 15:18; 17:2; 17:2; 17:3; 17:4; 17:5; 17:6; 17:7; 17:7; 17:7; 17:8; 17:9; 17:10; 17:11; 17:12; 17:13; 17:13; 17:14; 17:14; 17:15; 17:16; 17:17; 17:18; 17:18; 17:19; 17:19; 17:19; 17:20; 17:21; 17:21; 21:27; 21:32; 26:28; 26:28; 31:44

Exodus

2:24; 2:24; 2:24; 6:4; 6:4; 6:5; 6:5; 19:5; 23:32; 23:32; 24:7; 24:7; 24:8; 31:16; 31:16; 34:10; 34:10; 34:12; 34:15; 34:27; 34:27; 34:27; 34:28; 34:28

Leviticus

2:13; 2:13; 24:8; 24:8; 26:9; 26:9; 26:15; 26:15; 26:25; 26:42; 26:42; 26:44; 26:44; 26:45; 26:45

Numbers

10:33; 18:19; 25:12; 25:12; 25:12; 25:13; 25:13

Deuteronomy

4:13; 4:23; 4:31; 5:2; 5:3; 7:2; 7:9; 7:12; 8:18; 9:9; 9:11; 9:15; 17:2; 29:1; 29:8; 29:11; 29:13; 29:20; 29:24; 31:16; 31:20; 33:9; 33:9

Joshua

7:11; 7:15; 9:6; 9:7; 9:11; 9:15; 9:16; 23:16; 24:25; 24:25

Judges

2:1; 2:2; 2:20; 8:33; 9:4

1 Samuel

4:3; 4:4; 4:5; 11:1; 18:3; 20:8; 23:18

2 Samuel

3:12; 3:12; 3:13; 3:21; 5:3; 7; 23:5; 23:5

1 Kings

8:23; 11:11; 15:19; 19:10; 19:14; 20:34

2 Kings

11:4; 11:17; 11:17; 13:23; 17:15; 17:35; 17:38; 18:12; 23:2; 23:3; 23:3; 23:3; 23:21

1 Chronicles

11:3; 16:15; 16:15; 16:17; 17

2 Chronicles

6:14; 13:5; 15:12; 16:3; 16:3; 21:7; 21:7; 23:1; 23:3; 23:3; 23:16; 29:10; 29:10; 34:30; 34:30; 34:31; 34:32

Ezra

10:3; 10:3

Nehemiah

1:5; 1:5; 9:8; 9:8; 9:32; 9:32; 13:29

Job

5:23; 31:1

Psalms

2; 25:10; 25:10; 25:14; 44:18; 44:18; 44:18; 50:5; 50:5; 50:16; 50:16; 55:21; 74:20; 78:10; 78:10; 78:37; 83:6; 89:4; 89:4; 89:29; 89:29; 89:34; 89:34; 89:39; 89:39; 103:18; 103:18; 105:8; 105:8; 105:10; 105:10; 106:45; 106:45; 111:5; 111:5; 111:9; 111:9; 132:12; 132:12

Proverbs

2:17

Isaiah

24:5; 24:5; 28:15; 28:18; 28:18; 33:8; 42:6; 42:6; 49:8; 49:8; 54:10; 54:10; 55:3; 55:3; 55:3; 56:4; 56:4; 56:6; 56:6; 59:21; 61:8; 61:8; 61:8

Jeremiah

1:2; 1:3; 1:6; 1:8; 1:10; 11:2; 11:3; 11:4; 11:5; 11:6; 11:7; 11:8; 11:10; 11:10; 14:21; 14:21; 22:9; 22:9; 31:31; 31:31; 31:31; 31:32; 31:32; 31:32; 31:33; 31:33; 32:40; 32:40; 32:40; 33:20; 33:20; 33:21; 33:21; 33:25; 34:8; 34:9; 34:10; 34:10; 34:11; 34:12; 34:13; 34:13; 34:14; 34:15; 34:16; 34:17; 34:18; 34:18; 50:5; 50:5; 50:5

Ezekiel

16:8; 16:8; 16:15; 16:59; 16:59; 16:60; 16:60; 16:60; 16:60; 16:60; 16:61; 16:61; 16:62; 16:62; 17:13; 17:14; 17:15; 17:16; 17:17; 17:18; 17:18; 17:19; 17:19; 20:37; 20:37; 30:5; 34:25; 34:25; 34:25; 37:26; 37:26; 37:26; 37:26; 44:7; 44:7

Daniel

9:4; 9:4; 9:4; 9:27; 9:27; 11:22; 11:28; 11:28; 11:30; 11:30; 11:30; 11:32

Hosea

2:20; 2:20; 6:7; 6:7; 8:1; 8:1; 10:4; 12:2

Amos

1:9

Obadiah

1:7

Zechariah

9:11; 11:10; 11:10

Malachi

2:4; 2:8; 2:10; 2:14; 3:1

H1285

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Strong's Number H1285 matches the Hebrew בְּרִית (bᵊrîṯ),
which occurs 284 times in 264 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 6 (Jdg 20:27–2Ch 5:2)

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Then the Israelites inquired of the LORD. In those days, the ark of the covenant of God was there,

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When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why did the LORD defeat us today before the Philistines? Let’s bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant from Shiloh. Then it[fn] will go with us and save us from our enemies.”

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So the people sent men to Shiloh to bring back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Armies, who is enthroned between the cherubim. Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

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When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a loud shout that the ground shook.

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Nahash[fn] the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”

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Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as much as himself.

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“Deal kindly with[fn] your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If I have done anything wrong, then kill me yourself; why take me to your father? ”

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Then the two of them made a covenant in the LORD’s presence. Afterward, David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.

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Abner sent messengers as his representatives to say to David, “Whose land is it? Make your covenant with me, and you can be certain I am on your side to turn all Israel over to you.”

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David replied, “Good, I will make a covenant with you. However, there’s one thing I require of you: You will not see my face unless you first bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”

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Abner said to David, “Let me now go and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king. They will make a covenant with you, and you will reign over all you desire.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.

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So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron. King David made a covenant with them at Hebron in the LORD’s presence, and they anointed David king over Israel.

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Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. They set the ark of God down, and Abiathar offered sacrifices[fn] until the people had finished marching past.

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Is it not true my house is with God?

For he has established a permanent covenant with me,

ordered and secured in every detail.

Will he not bring about

my whole salvation and my every desire?

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Then Solomon woke up and realized it had been a dream. He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.

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The LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.

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He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple to put the ark of the LORD’s covenant there.

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At that time Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, all the tribal heads and the ancestral leaders of the Israelites before him at Jerusalem in order to bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant from the city of David, that is Zion.

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The priests brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, to the most holy place beneath the wings of the cherubim.

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I have provided a place there for the ark,

where the LORD’s covenant is

that he made with our ancestors

when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

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He said:

LORD God of Israel,

there is no God like you

in heaven above or on earth below,

who keeps the gracious covenant

with your servants who walk before you

with all their heart.

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Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Since you have done this[fn] and did not keep my covenant and my statutes, which I commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

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“There is a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. Look, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Go and break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel so that he will withdraw from me.”

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He replied, “I have been very zealous for the LORD God of Armies, but the Israelites have abandoned your covenant, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are looking for me to take my life.”

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“I have been very zealous for the LORD God of Armies,” he replied, “but the Israelites have abandoned your covenant, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they’re looking for me to take my life.”

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Then Ben-hadad said to him, “I restore to you the cities that my father took from your father, and you may set up marketplaces for yourself in Damascus, like my father set up in Samaria.”

Ahab responded, “On the basis of this treaty, I release you.” So he made a treaty with him and released him.

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In the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards. He had them come to him in the LORD’s temple, where he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son

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Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD, the king, and the people that they would be the LORD’s people and another covenant between the king and the people.[fn]

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but the LORD was gracious to them, had compassion on them, and turned toward them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He was not willing to destroy them. Even now he has not banished them from his presence.

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They rejected his statutes and his covenant he had made with their ancestors and the warnings he had given them. They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves, following the surrounding nations the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.

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The LORD made a covenant with Jacob’s descendants and commanded them, “Do not fear other gods; do not bow in worship to them; do not serve them; do not sacrifice to them.

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“Do not forget the covenant that I have made with you. Do not fear other gods,

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because they did not listen to the LORD their God but violated his covenant ​— ​all he had commanded Moses the servant of the LORD. They did not listen, and they did not obey.

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Then the king went to the LORD’s temple with all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets ​— ​all the people from the youngest to the oldest. He read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that had been found in the LORD’s temple.

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Next, the king stood by the pillar[fn] and made a covenant in the LORD’s presence to follow the LORD and to keep his commands, his decrees, and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul in order to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book; all the people agreed to[fn] the covenant.

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The king commanded all the people, “Observe the Passover of the LORD your God as written in the book of the covenant.”

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So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron. David made a covenant with them at Hebron in the LORD’s presence, and they anointed David king over Israel, in keeping with the LORD’s word through Samuel.

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David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.

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Because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, with God’s help, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

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So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouts, the sound of the ram’s horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and the playing of harps and lyres.

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As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the city of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from the window and saw King David leaping[fn] and dancing, and she despised him in her heart.

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and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

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Remember his covenant forever —

the promise he ordained for a thousand generations,

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and confirmed to Jacob as a decree,

and to Israel as a permanent covenant:

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So David left Asaph and his relatives there before the ark of the LORD’s covenant to minister regularly before the ark according to the daily requirements.

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When David had settled into his palace, he said to the prophet Nathan, “Look! I am living in a cedar house while the ark of the LORD’s covenant is under tent curtains.”

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“Now determine in your mind and heart to seek the LORD your God. Get started building the LORD God’s sanctuary so that you may bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant and the holy articles of God to the temple that is to be built for the name of the LORD.”

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Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the LORD’s covenant and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build,

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the weight of refined gold for the altar of incense; and the plans for the chariot of[fn] the gold cherubim that spread out their wings and cover the ark of the LORD’s covenant.

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At that time Solomon assembled at Jerusalem the elders of Israel ​— ​all the tribal heads, the ancestral chiefs of the Israelites ​— ​in order to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD up from the city of David, that is, Zion.


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