2 Kings 23:2

and 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.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Then the king sent,—and there were gathered unto him, all the elders of Judah, and Jerusalem;

3And the king took his stand by the pillar, and solemnised a covenant before Yahweh—to follow Yahweh, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes, with all [their] heart and with all [their] soul, to confirm the words of this covenant, written in this book. And all the people took their stand in the covenant.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:10And Moses commanded them, saying,—At the end of seven years in the appointed season of the year of release, during the festival of booths;

Deuteronomy 31:26Take this scroll of the law, and put it at the side of the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God,—so shall it be there in thy midst as a witness.

1 Samuel 30:2and had taken captive the women and all who were therein, from small even unto great, they had not put one to death,—but had driven them forth, and gone their way.

2 Kings 22:8Then said Hilkiah the high priest, unto Shaphan the scribe—The book of the law, have I found, in the house of Yahweh. So Hilkiah delivered the book unto Shaphan, and he read it.

2 Chronicles 17:9and they taught throughout Judah, and, with them, was the book of the law of Yahweh,—so they went round throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.

Nehemiah 8:8So they read in the book of the law of God, distinctly,—and, giving the sense, 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 →

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