2 Kings 23:1

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2 Kings 23:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

2 And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

3 So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.

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Deuteronomy 31:28

Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

2 Samuel 6:1

David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all.

2 Chronicles 29:20

Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 30:2

For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,

2 Chronicles 34:29

Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:30

And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 34:31

So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.

2 Chronicles 34:32

Then he had everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin take a stand in agreement to it. So all the people of Jerusalem carried out the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 34:33

And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.