2 Kings 23:1
New International Version
Then the king called together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

New Living Translation
Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

English Standard Version
Then the king sent, and all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem were gathered to him.

Berean Standard Bible
Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

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

New King James Version
Now the king sent them to gather all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to him.

New American Standard Bible
Then the king sent messengers, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

NASB 1995
Then the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

NASB 1977
Then the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

Amplified Bible
King Josiah sent word and they brought to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

Christian Standard Bible
So the king sent messengers, and they gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So the king sent messengers, and they gathered all the elders of Jerusalem and Judah to him.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the King sent and assembled to himself all the Elders of Yehuda and of Jerusalem.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So they reported the word to the king: and the king sent and gathered all the elders of Juda and Jerusalem to himself.

Contemporary English Version
King Josiah called together the older leaders of Judah and Jerusalem.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And 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.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then the king sent for all the respected leaders of Judah and Jerusalem to join him.

Good News Translation
King Josiah summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem,

International Standard Version
At this, the king sent for and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

Literal Standard Version
And the king sends, and they gather all [the] elderly of Judah and Jerusalem to him,

Majority Standard Bible
Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

New American Bible
The king then had all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem summoned before him.

NET Bible
The king summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem.

New Revised Standard Version
Then the king directed that all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem should be gathered to him.

New Heart English Bible
The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

World English Bible
The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

Young's Literal Translation
And the king sendeth, and they gather unto him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem,

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Context
Josiah Renews the Covenant
1Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 2And 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.…

Cross References
2 Chronicles 34:29
Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Kings 23:2
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.


Treasury of Scripture

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

the king.

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 Samuel 6:1
Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

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.

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2 Kings 23
1. Josiah causes the book to be read in a solemn assembly.
3. He renews the covenant of the Lord.
4. He destroys idolatry.
15. He burns dead men's bones upon the altar of Bethel, as was prophesied.
21. He keeps a most solemn Passover.
24. He puts away witches and all abomination.
26. God's final wrath against Judah.
29. Josiah, provoking Pharaoh Neco, is slain at Megiddo.
31. Jehoahaz, succeeding him,
33. is imprisoned by Pharaoh Neco, who makes Jehoiakim king.
36. Jehoiakim's wicked reign.














XXIII.

JOSIAH RENEWS THE COVENANT, ROOTS OUT IDOLTARY, AND HOLDS A SOLEMEN PASSOVER.HIS END.

(1) They gathered.--The right reading is probably that of the Syriac and Vulg., there gathered. Chron., LXX., and Arabic have he gathered.

All the elders.--The representatives of the nation.

Verse 1. - And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem; i.e. all the elders of Jerusalem and of the rest of Judah. (On the important position held by "the elders" in the undivided kingdom, see 1 Kings 8:1, and the comment ad loc.; and on their position in the divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah, see 1 Kings 20:7, 8; 1 Kings 21:8, 11; 2 Kings 10:1, etc.)

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then the king
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

summoned
וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח (way·yiš·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the elders
זִקְנֵ֥י (ziq·nê)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2205: Old

of Jerusalem
וִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (wî·rū·šā·lim)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

and Judah.
יְהוּדָ֖ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites


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