2 Chronicles 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.

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 23:3 Historical context

2 Chronicles 23:3 records a covenant to make Joash king, while verse 16 adds the covenant to be the Lord's people—two distinct covenants in the same narrative.

In 2 Chronicles 34:31, Josiah makes a covenant to walk after the Lord—a parallel renewal of commitment to be God's people.

2 Chronicles 15:15 describes Asa's covenant renewal where the people sought God wholeheartedly, an earlier example of the same commitment.

2 Chronicles 15:12 describes Asa's covenant to seek God — Jehoiada's covenant here is a similar corporate renewal of commitment to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 26:17-19 gives the covenantal formula 'you shall be my people' that Jehoiada's covenant directly echoes, grounding it in Mosaic law.

Deuteronomy 29:1-15 records Moses' covenant renewal with Israel—a direct parallel to Jehoiada's renewal.

Joshua 24:21-25 records a similar covenant at Shechem where the people pledge to serve the Lord, providing a precedent for Jehoiada's covenant.

2 Kings 11:17 recounts the same event—Jehoiada's covenant between the Lord, king, and people to be the Lord's.

Nehemiah 9:38 describes a written covenant to follow God—a strong parallel to Jehoiada's covenant renewal.

Joshua 24:25 states that Joshua made a covenant and set statutes, mirroring Jehoiada's action of making a covenant to be the Lord's people.

2 Kings 23:3 shows Josiah renewing the covenant with the people to follow the Lord, a later parallel to Jehoiada's covenant renewal.

Deuteronomy 5:2 Related theme

Deuteronomy 5:2 describes the Sinai covenant; 2 Chronicles 23:16 is a later renewal of that same covenant commitment.

In Nehemiah 10:29-39, the people again bind themselves by covenant to follow God's law, echoing Jehoiada's covenant renewal.

2 Samuel 5:3 records David's covenant with the elders to become king—a political covenant, while Jehoiada's is a religious covenant to be the Lord's.

Isaiah 44:5 Related theme

Isaiah 44:5 envisions people declaring 'I am the Lord's,' a future expression of the identity Jehoiada's covenant sought to establish.