were urgent with their brothers, and bound them under a curse, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which was given by the hand of Moses, the servant of God; to keep and to do all the commandments of the Lord, and His judgments, and His ordinances.

And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His ordinances with all [his] heart and with all [his] soul, to confirm the words of this covenant; [even] [all] the things written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

And they entered into a covenant, that they should seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.

And that whoever should not seek the Lord God of Israel should die, whether young or old, whether man or woman.

And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the people and the king, that the people should be the Lord's.

Therefore it is now in my heart to make a covenant, a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that He may turn away His fierce wrath from us.

And the king stood at a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk before the Lord, to keep His commandments and testimonies, and His ordinances, with all [his] heart and with all [his] soul, so as to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.

Now then let us make a covenant with our God, to put away all the wives, and their offspring, as you advise:

And over them that sealed were Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,