2 Kings 23:2
And the king went up to 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.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
1And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:10And Moses commanded them, saying: 'At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
Deuteronomy 31:26'Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
1 Samuel 30:2and had taken captive the women and all that were therein, both small and great; they slew not any, but carried them off, and went their way.
2 Kings 22:8And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe: 'I have found the book of the Law in the house of the LORD.' And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
2 Chronicles 17:9And they taught in Judah, having the book of the Law of the LORD with them; and they went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught among the people.
Nehemiah 8:8And they read in the book, in the Law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
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 →