2 Kings 23:1

Then the king sent,—and there were gathered unto him, all the elders of Judah, and Jerusalem;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 Yahweh, 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 had been found in the house of Yahweh.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:28Call together unto me all the elders of your tribes and your officers,—and let me speak in their hearing these words, and let me take to witness against them the heavens and the earth.

2 Samuel 6:1And David, once more, gathered together all the choice young men in Israel, thirty thousand.

2 Chronicles 30:2Yea, the king and his rulers and all the convocation in Jerusalem, had taken counsel,—to keep the passover in the second month.

2 Chronicles 34:29Then the king sent,—and gathered together all 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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