3 And the king stood ^zby the pillar and ^amade a covenant before the Lord, ^bto walk after the Lord and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people joined in the covenant.

10 Now ^tit is in my heart ^uto make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, in order that his fierce anger may turn away from us.

31 And the king ^dstood in his place ^eand made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.

3 Therefore ^olet us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and ^ptheir children, according to the counsel of my lord¹ and of ^qthose who tremble at the commandment of our God, and let it be done ^raccording to the Law.

29 join with their brothers, their nobles, ^oand enter into a curse and an oath ^pto walk in God’s Law that was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord and his rules and his statutes.

The People Who Sealed the Covenant

1 ^e“On the seals are the names of¹ Nehemiah ^fthe governor, ^gthe son of Hacaliah, Zedekiah,