The whole community made a covenant with the new king at God’s temple. Jehoiada said to them,“ Ahaziah’s son will rule over Judah. That’s what the Lord promised concerning the family line of David.

会众在神殿里与王立约。耶何耶大对他们说：“看哪，王的儿子必当作王，正如耶和华指着大卫子孙所应许的话”；

全会众在上帝殿里与王立约。耶何耶大对他们说：“看哪，王的儿子必作王，正如耶和华指着大卫子孙所应许的。

全会众在神殿里与王立约。耶何耶大对他们说：“看哪，王的儿子必作王，正如耶和华指着大卫子孙所应许的。

全体会众到上帝的殿中与王立约。耶何耶大对他们说：“王的儿子当做王！这是耶和华对大卫子孙的应许。

全体会众在神的殿里与王立约。耶何耶大对他们说：“王的儿子应当按照耶和华应许大卫的子孙的话作王。

會眾在神殿裏與王立約。耶何耶大對他們說：「看哪，王的兒子必當作王，正如耶和華指着大衛子孫所應許的話」；

全會眾在上帝殿裏與王立約。耶何耶大對他們說：「看哪，王的兒子必作王，正如耶和華指着大衛子孫所應許的。

全會眾在神殿裏與王立約。耶何耶大對他們說：「看哪，王的兒子必作王，正如耶和華指着大衛子孫所應許的。

全體會眾到上帝的殿中與王立約。耶何耶大對他們說：「王的兒子當做王！這是耶和華對大衛子孫的應許。

全體會眾在神的殿裡與王立約。耶何耶大對他們說：“王的兒子應當按照耶和華應許大衛的子孫的話作王。

全體大眾在上帝殿裏同王立約。耶何耶大對他們說：『看哪，王的兒子，他必須作王，照永恆主論大衛子孫所說過的。

會眾在上帝室與王立約、耶何耶大謂眾曰、王子必當嗣位、循耶和華論大衛子孫之言、

會眾在上帝殿、與王約、祭司告眾曰、王子當繼位、應耶和華許大闢子孫之言。

會眾在天主殿與王立約、耶何耶大告眾曰、王子在此、必當即位、循主所許大衛子孫之言、

the whole assembly made a covenant with the king at the temple of God. Jehoiada said to them,“ The king’s son shall reign, as the Lord promised concerning the descendants of David.

And all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And Jehoiada said to them,“ Behold, the king’s son! Let him reign, as the Lord spoke concerning the sons of David.

They all gathered at the Temple of God, where they made a solemn pact with Joash, the young king. Jehoiada said to them,“ Here is the king’s son! The time has come for him to reign! The Lord has promised that a descendant of David will be our king.

Then the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in God’s temple. Jehoiada said to them,“ Here is the king’s son! He will reign, just as the LORD promised concerning David’s sons.

Then all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And Jehoiada said to them,“ Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as the Lord has spoken concerning the sons of David.

Then all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said to them,“ Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as the Lord has said of the sons of David.

And all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the sons of David.

Then the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in God’s temple. Jehoiada said to them,“ Here is the king’s son! He must reign, just as the Lord promised concerning David’s sons.

And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.

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

All the assembly made a covenant with the king in God’s house. He said to them,“ Behold, the king’s son must reign, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the sons of David.

But the Lord didn’t want to destroy the royal family of David. That’s because the Lord had made a covenant with him. The Lord had promised to keep the lamp of David’s kingdom burning brightly. The Lord had promised that for David and his children after him forever.

“ Lord, you are the God of Israel. Keep the promises you made to my father David. Do it for him. He was your servant. You said to him,‘ You will always have a son from your family line to sit on Israel’s throne. He will sit in front of the Most Holy Room, where my own throne is. That will be true only if your children after you are careful in everything they do. They must live the way my law tells them to. That is the way you have lived.’

Some day your life will come to an end. You will join the members of your family who have already died. Then I will make one of your own sons the next king after you. And I will make his kingdom secure.

The Lord will keep the promise he made to me. He said,‘ Your sons must be careful about how they live. They must be faithful to me with all their heart and soul. Then you will always have a son from your family line to sit on the throne of Israel.’

Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and people. He had the king and people promise that they would be the Lord’ s people. Jehoiada also made a covenant between the king and the people.

Then I will set up your royal throne. I made a covenant with your father David to do that. I said to him,‘ You will always have a son from your family line to rule over Israel.’

Your royal house and your kingdom will last forever in my sight. Your throne will last forever.” ’ ”

All the elders of Israel came to see King David at Hebron. There the king made a covenant with them in front of the Lord. They anointed David as king over Israel.

His family line will continue forever. His kingdom will last as long as the sun.

Then I will set up your royal throne over Israel forever. I promised your father David I would do that. I said to him,‘ You will always have a son from your family line on the throne of Israel.’

I will make his family line continue forever. His kingdom will last as long as the heavens.

Then Jehoiada made a covenant. He promised that he, the people and the king would be the Lord’ s people.

All the elders of Israel came to see King David at Hebron. There he made a covenant with them in front of the Lord. They anointed David as king over Israel. It happened just as the Lord had promised through Samuel.

The total number of the people of Benjamin was 956. They were listed in their family history. All these men were the leaders of their families.The family line of the priests included Jedaiah, Jehoiarib and Jakin.It also included Azariah. He was the son of Hilkiah. Hilkiah was the son of Meshullam. Meshullam was the son of Zadok. Zadok was the son of Meraioth. Meraioth was the son of Ahitub. Azariah was the official who was in charge of the house of God.Adaiah was the son of Jeroham. Jeroham was the son of Pashhur. Pashhur was the son of Malkijah. Maasai was the son of Adiel. Adiel was the son of Jahzerah. Jahzerah was the son of Meshullam. Meshullam was the son of Meshillemith. Meshillemith was the son of Immer.The total number of priests was 1,760. They were the leaders of their families. They were able men. It was their duty to serve in the house of God.The family line of the Levites included Shemaiah. He was the son of Hasshub. Hasshub was the son of Azrikam. Azrikam was the son of Hashabiah. Shemaiah belonged to the family line of Merari.The family line of the Levites also included Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal and Mattaniah. Mattaniah was the son of Mika. Mika was the son of Zikri. Zikri was the son of Asaph.Obadiah was the son of Shemaiah. Shemaiah was the son of Galal. Galal was the son of Jeduthun. Berekiah was the son of Asa. Asa was the son of Elkanah. He lived in the villages of the people of Netophah.The men who guarded the gates were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman and other Levites. Shallum was their chief.He was stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. That duty has continued to this day. These guards belonged to the camp of the Levites.Shallum was the son of Kore. Kore was the son of Ebiasaph. Ebiasaph was the son of Korah. Shallum and the other Levites in his family belonged to the family line of Korah. They had the duty of guarding the entrances to the tent. From long ago, their people had the duty of guarding the entrance to the house of the Lord.Long ago Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, was in charge of those who guarded the gate. And the Lord was with him.Zechariah guarded the entrance to the tent of meeting. He was the son of Meshelemiah.The total number of the men who were chosen to guard the entrances was 212. They were listed in their family history in their villages. David and Samuel the prophet had appointed them to their positions. They appointed them because they trusted them.These Levites and their children after them were in charge of guarding the gates of the house of the Lord. The house of the Lord was also called the tent of meeting.The men who guarded the gates were on the four sides of the tent. They were on the east, west, north and south sides.From time to time, their relatives in their villages had to come to help them. They had to share their duties for a week at a time.But the four main men who guarded the gates were Levites. They were trusted with the duty of taking care of the storerooms and the other rooms in the house of God.They spent the night in their positions around the house of God. That’s because they had to guard it. They were in charge of the key that opened it each morning.