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2 Chronicles 34:31

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What does 2 Chronicles 34:31 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
2 Chronicles 34:31 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 34

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
28Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof. And they brought back word to the king.
29Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
30And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of Jehovah.
31And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
32And he caused all that were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand [to it]. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
33And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Jehovah their God. All his days they departed not from following Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“In his place: Instead of al omdo, "in his place," the parallel passage, Kg2 23:3, has al haammood, "by the pillar;" which is probably the true reading, as the LXX in both places read τον στυλον, "the pillar." Ch2 6:13; Kg2 11:4, Kg2 23:3; Eze 46:2 made a covenant: This was expressed: 1\. In general, to walk after Jehovah; to have no gods beside him. 2\. To take this law for the regulation of their conduct. 3\. In particular, to bend their whole heart and soul to the performance of it; so that they might not only have religion without, but piety within. Ch2 23:16, Ch2 29:10; Exo 24:6-8; Deu 29:1, Deu 29:10-15; Jos 24:25; Neh 9:38, Neh 10:29; Jer 50:5; Heb 8:6-13 and his testimonies: Psa…”
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