Catholic Public Domain Version
"Then Jehoiada formed a covenant between himself and the entire people, and the king, so that they would be the people of the Lord. "
— 2 Chronicles 23:16, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the Lord’s people.”
“And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah’s people. ”
“Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Yahweh's people.”
“Jehoiada then drew up a covenant stipulating that he, all the people, and the king should be loyal to the LORD.”
“And Joiada made a covenant between himself and all the people, and the king, that they should be the people of the lord.”
“And Jehoiada made an agreement between the Lord and all the people and the king, that they would be the Lord's people.”
“And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the Lord’s people.”
And when she had seen the king standing upon the step at the entrance, and the leaders and companies around him, and all the people of the land rejoicing, and sounding the trumpets, and playing on instruments of various kinds, and the voice of those who were praising, she tore her garments, and she said: “Treason! Treason!”
Then the high priest Jehoiada, going out to the centurions and to the leaders of the army, said to them: “Lead her away, beyond the borders of the temple. And let her be put to death outside, with the sword.” And the priest instructed that she should not be killed in the house of the Lord.
And they laid hands on her neck. And when she had entered the gate for the horses at the king’s house, they put her to death there.
Then Jehoiada formed a covenant between himself and the entire people, and the king, so that they would be the people of the Lord.
And so, all the people entered into the house of Baal, and they destroyed it. And they broke apart his altars and idols. Also, they put to death Mattan, the priest of Baal, before the altars.
Then Jehoiada appointed overseers in the house of the Lord, under the hands of the priests and Levites, whom David had distributed to the house of the Lord so that they might offer holocausts to the Lord, just as it was written in the law of Moses, with gladness and singing, in accord with the disposition of David.
Also, he appointed porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, so that whoever was unclean for any reason would not enter.