1Then the king called together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.


In Context

1 Then the king called together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

2 He went up to the temple of the Lord with the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, the priests and the prophets- all the people from the least to the greatest. He read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant, which had been found in the temple of the Lord .

3 The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant in the presence of the Lord -to follow the Lord and keep his commands, regulations and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant.

2nd Kings 23:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:1And they brought the king word again what she had said. And he sent: and all the ancients of Juda and Jerusalem were assembled to him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:1And the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:1And the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:1The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:1And the king sendeth, and they gather unto him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:1And the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.