Study it in the app“The king stood at his post and made the covenant before YHWH, to walk after YHWH and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to do the words of the covenant that are written in this book.”
The kingהַמֶּלֶךְstoodוַיַּעֲמֹדat his postעַל עָמְדוֹand madeוַיִּכְרֹתthe covenantאֶת הַבְּרִיתbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH,יְהוָהto walkלָלֶכֶתafterאַחֲרֵיYHWHיְהוָהand to keepוְלִשְׁמוֹרhis commandmentsאֶת מִצְוֺתָיוand his testimoniesוְעֵדְוֺתָיוand his statutesוְחֻקָּיוwith allבְּכָלhis heartלְבָבוֹand with allוּבְכָלhis soul,נַפְשׁוֹto doלַעֲשׂוֹתthe wordsאֶת דִּבְרֵיof the covenantהַבְּרִיתthat are writtenהַכְּתוּבִיםin thisעַל הַ הַזֶּהbook.סֵּפֶר
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsstand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamod” appearsplace, post
Post: the fixed place where someone is to stand to do his service.
Where else “amd” appearsmake a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “yichrot” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearswalk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “lechet” appearskeep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemor” appearscommandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvotay” appearstestimony
Testimony: the tablets of the covenant, which bear witness to what God commanded; "the ark of the testimony" holds them.
Where else “edvotay” appearsstatute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chukay” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appearswrite
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “ketuvim” appearsbook
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Josiah renews the covenant
2 Chronicles 34:29-32
29The king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30The king went up to the house of YHWH, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites and all the people, from great to small; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of YHWH. 31The king stood at his post and made the covenant before YHWH, to walk after YHWH and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to do the words of the covenant that are written in this book. 32He established in it all who were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin; and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of Elohim, the Elohim of their fathers.
1The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 2The king went up to the house of YHWH, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests and the prophets, and all the people, from the small to the great; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of YHWH. 3The king stood by the pillar and made the covenant before YHWH, to walk after YHWH and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all the heart and with all the soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book; and all the people took their stand in the covenant.
30The king went up to the house of YHWH, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites and all the people, from great to small; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of YHWH.
31 · This verse (above)
32He established in it all who were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin; and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of Elohim, the Elohim of their fathers.
