2 Kings 23:2
And 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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1Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:10And Moses said to them, At the end of every seven years, at the time fixed for the ending of debts, at the feast of tents,
Deuteronomy 31:26Take this book of the law and put it by the ark of the Lord's agreement, so that it may be a witness against you.
1 Samuel 30:2And had made the women and all who were there, small and great, prisoners: they had not put any of them to death, but had taken them all away.
2 Kings 22:8Then Hilkiah, the chief priest, said to Shaphan the scribe, I have made discovery of the book of the law in the house of the Lord. So Hilkiah gave it to Shaphan;
2 Chronicles 17:9And they gave teaching in Judah and had the book of the law of the Lord with them; they went through all the towns of Judah teaching the people.
Nehemiah 8:8And they gave out the words of the book the law of God, clearly, and gave the sense of it, so that their minds were able to take it in.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 23:2-4
Josiah Destroys Idolatry. ( b. c. 623.) 1 And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. 2 And the king went up into the house of the Lord , and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the Lord . 3 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord , to… Read the whole commentary →