“In the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds — Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri — into a covenant with him.”
2 Chronicles 23:1 (WEB)
Context Reading
1In the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds — Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri — into a covenant with him. 2They went around in Judah and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers’ households of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. 3All the assembly made a covenant with the king in God’s house. Jehoiadasaid to them, “Behold, the king’s son must reign, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the sons of David.