2 Kings 23:1

And they brought the king word again what she had said. And he sent: and all the ancients of Juda and Jerusalem were assembled to him.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 temple of the Lord, and all the men of Juda, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, the priests and the prophets, and all the people both little and great: and in the hearing of them all he read all the words of the book of the covenant, which was found in the house of the Lord.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:28Gather unto me all the ancients of your tribes, and your doctors, and I will speak these words in their hearing, and will call heaven and earth to witness against them.

2 Samuel 6:1And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

2 Chronicles 30:2For the king, taking counsel, and the princes, and all the assembly of Jerusalem, decreed to keep the phase the second month.

2 Chronicles 34:29And he called together all the ancients of Juda and 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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