2 Kings 23:1

Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.

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In The King James Version

And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

In Context

2And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and all the people of Jerusalem, and the priests and the prophets and all the people, small and great; and they were present at his reading of the book of the law which had come to light in the house of the Lord.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:28Get together before me all those who are in authority in your tribes, and your overseers, so that I may say these things in their hearing, and make heaven and earth my witnesses against them.

2 Samuel 6:1And David got together all the fighting-men of Israel to the number of thirty thousand;

2 Chronicles 30:2For the king, after discussion with his chiefs and all the body of the people in Jerusalem, had made a decision to keep the Passover in the second month.

2 Chronicles 34:29Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 23:1

We have here, I. The happy continuance of the goodness of Josiah's reign, and the progress of the reformation he began, reading the law ( ver. 1, 2 ), renewing the covenant ( ver. 3 ), cleansing the temple ( ver. 4 ), and rooting out idols and idolatry, with all the relics thereof, in all places, as far as his power reached ( ver. 5-20 ), keeping a solemn passover ( ver. 21-23 ), and clearing the country of witches ( ver. 24 ); and in all this acting with extraordinary vigour, ver. 25 II. The unhappy conclusion of… Read the whole commentary →

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