2 Kings 23:1

Then the King sent, and there gathered vnto him all the Elders of Iudah and of Ierusalem.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 vp into the house of the Lord, with all the men of Iudah and all the inhabitants of Ierusalem with him, and the Priests and Prophets, and all the people both small and great: and he reade in their eares all the wordes of the booke of the couenant, which was found in the house of the Lord.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:28Gather vnto me all the Elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speake these wordes in their audience, and call heauen and earth to recorde against them.

2 Samuel 6:1Againe Dauid gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, euen thirtie thousand,

2 Chronicles 30:2And the King and his princes and all the Congregation had taken counsel in Ierusalem to keepe the Passeouer in the second moneth.

2 Chronicles 34:29Then the King sent and gathered all the Elders of Iudah and Ierusalem.

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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