2nd Chronicles Chapter 23 verse 16 Holy Bible

ASV 2ndChronicles 23:16

And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah's people.
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BBE 2ndChronicles 23:16

And Jehoiada made an agreement between the Lord and all the people and the king, that they would be the Lord's people.
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DARBY 2ndChronicles 23:16

And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king, that they should be the people of Jehovah.
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KJV 2ndChronicles 23:16

And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD's people.
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WBT 2ndChronicles 23:16

And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.
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WEB 2ndChronicles 23:16

Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Yahweh's people.
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YLT 2ndChronicles 23:16

And Jehoiada maketh a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, to be for a people to Jehovah;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - Between him. The Revised Version reads "himself," which is the evident meaning. The parallel leaves out, however, mention of Jehoiada as party to the covenant, viewing him rather as the promoter of it.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersRENEWAL OF THE THEOCRATIC COVENANT AND ABOLITION OF BAAL-WORSHIP(2Chronicles 23:16-21).(16) A covenant between . . . the king.--A slight but characteristic variation from 2Kings 11:17 : "the covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people, that they should become a people for Jehovah."Between him.--Or rather, himself. The high priest is thus regarded as representing Jehovah in the transaction; and the apparent irreverence of making the Deity a direct co-partner with men in a compact is avoided.Be the Lord's people.--Literally, become a people for Jehovah. Kings adds: "and between the king and the people," a not unimportant clause, for it relates to certain limitations of the royal prerogative, which were usually agreed upon at the beginning of a reign (2Samuel 3:21; 2Samuel 5:3; 1Samuel 10:25). . . .