"Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem." — 2 Chronicles 34:29

2 Chronicles 34:29 · KJV

“Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.”

— 2 Chronicles 34:29

Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.

Verse 30

And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD. {great...: Heb. from great even to small}

2 Chronicles 34 — Context

Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard {thee} also, saith the LORD.

Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

And the king stood in his place, 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 his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

Cross References

2 Kings 23:1-3

And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 29:2-9

Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for {things to be made} of gold, and the silver for {things} of silver, and the brass for {things} of brass, the iron for {things} of iron, and wood for {things} of wood; onyx stones, and {stones} to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

Mark 14:8

She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.

1 Samuel 12:23

Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: {in: Heb. from}

2 Chronicles 30:2

For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.