²⁰ You shall fear the Lord your God; him you shall serve; to him you shall hold fast; and by his name you shall swear.^(A)

³ The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, to follow the Lord, keeping his commandments, his decrees, and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. All the people joined in the covenant.^(A)