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2 Kings 23:1 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 23 · verse 1
And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.2 Kings 23:1 · King James Version
2 Kings 23:1 in context
1And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
2And 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.
3And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- gatheredʼâçaphto gather for any purposeH622 →
- elderszâqênoldH2205 →
- JudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
- sentshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
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Josiah had received a message from God that there was no preventing the ruin of Jerusalem, but that he should deliver only his own soul; yet he did not therefore sit down in despair, and resolve to do nothing for his country because he could not do all he would.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3