2 Kings 23:3

And 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.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

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.

4Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the entrance-hall, to bring forth, out of the temple of Yahweh, all the vessels that had been made for Baal and for the Sacred Stem, and for all the army of the heavens,—and he burned them up outside Jerusalem, in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel;

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Cross References

Exodus 24:3So Moses came, and recounted to the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the regulations, and all the people responded with one voice and said, All the words which Yahweh hath spoken, will we do.

Deuteronomy 4:45These, are the testimonies, and the statutes and the regulations,—which Moses spake unto the sons of Israel when they came forth out of Egypt:

Deuteronomy 6:1This, then is the commandment—[namely] the statutes and the regulations, which Yahweh your God hath commanded to teach you,—that ye may do them in the land whither ye are passing over to possess it:

Deuteronomy 8:19But it shall be if thou forget, Yahweh thy God, and go after ether gods, and serve them, and bow thyself down to them, I testify against you to-day, that ye shall perish:

Deuteronomy 11:13And it shall come to pass, if ye will hearken, unto my commandments, which, I am commanding you to-day,—to love Yahweh your God, and to serve him, with, all your heart, and with all your soul,

Deuteronomy 29:1These, are the words of the covenant which Yahweh commanded Moses to solemnise with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab,—besides the covenant, which he solemnised with them in Horeb.

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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