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Then aJehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they would be the Lord'S people, also bbetween the king and the people.
b
1 Samuel 10:25, 2 Samuel 5:3
1 Samuel 10
25
Then Samuel told the people athe ordinances of the kingdom, and wrote them in the book and bplaced it before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his house.
2 Samuel 5
3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David amade a covenant with them before the Lord at Hebron; then bthey anointed David king over Israel.