"And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem." — 2 Kings 23:1

2 Kings 23:1 · KJV

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

— 2 Kings 23:1

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. {both...: Heb. from small even unto great}

2 Kings 23 — Context

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

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.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 34:29-33

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

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.

Deuteronomy 31:28

Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.

2 Chronicles 29:20

Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

2 Samuel 6:1

Again, David gathered together all {the} chosen {men} of Israel, thirty thousand.

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