2 Kings 23:2
And 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.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
1Then the King sent, and there gathered vnto him all the Elders of Iudah and of Ierusalem.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:10And Moses commanded them, saying, Euery seuenth yeere when the yeere of freedome shalbe in the feast of the Tabernacles:
Deuteronomy 31:26Take the booke of this Lawe, and put ye it in the side of the Arke of the couenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witnes against thee.
1 Samuel 30:2And had taken the women that were therein, prisoners, both small and great, and slewe not a man, but caryed them away, and went their wayes.
2 Kings 22:8And Hilkiah the high Priest sayde vnto Shaphan the chanceller, I haue found the booke of the Lawe in the house of the Lord: and Hilkiah gaue the booke to Shaphan, and hee reade it.
2 Chronicles 17:9And they taught in Iudah, and had the booke of the Lawe of the Lord with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Iudah, and taught the people.
Nehemiah 8:8And they read in the booke of the Lawe of God distinctly, and gaue the sense, and caused them to vnderstand 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 →