2 Kings 23

3 Next, the king stood by the pillar  * 23:3 2Ch 34:31 reads platform,* 23:3 1Kg 7:15; 2Kg 11:14 and made a covenant  * 23:3 2Kg 11:17 in the Lord’s presence to follow the Lord and to keep his commands, his decrees, and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul  * 23:3 Dt 6:4–6; 13:4 in order to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book; all the people agreed to  * 23:3 Lit people took a stand in the covenant.  * 23:3 Ex 24:3–8; Jos 24:14–28