2 Kings 23:1

So they reported the word to the king: and the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to himself.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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, and every man of Judah and all who dwelt in Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people small and great; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:28Gather together to me the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, that I may speak in their ears all these words; and I call both heaven and earth to witness against them.

2 Samuel 6:1And David again gathered all the young men of Israel, about seventy thousand.

2 Chronicles 30:2For the king, and the princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, designed to keep the Passover in the second month.

2 Chronicles 34:29And the king sent and gathered the elders of Judah 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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