2 Kings 23:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.

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  • Deut 31:28 : 28 Get together before me all those who are in authority in your tribes, and your overseers, so that I may say these things in their hearing, and make heaven and earth my witnesses against them.
  • 2 Sam 6:1 : 1 And David got together all the fighting-men of Israel to the number of thirty thousand;
  • 2 Chr 29:20 : 20 Then Hezekiah the king got up early, and got together the great men of the town, and went up to the house of the Lord.
  • 2 Chr 30:2 : 2 For the king, after discussion with his chiefs and all the body of the people in Jerusalem, had made a decision to keep the Passover in the second month.
  • 2 Chr 34:29-33 : 29 Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem. 30 And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites and all the people, small and great; and they were present at his reading of the book of the law which had come to light in the house of the Lord. 31 Then the king, taking his place by the pillar, made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and to keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and with all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in this book. 32 And he made all the people in Jerusalem and Benjamin give their word to keep it. And the people of Jerusalem kept the agreement of God, the God of their fathers. 33 Josiah took away all the disgusting things out of all the lands of the children of Israel, and made all who were in Israel servants of the Lord their God. And as long as he was living they were true to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

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  • 2 Chr 34:29-30
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    29 Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.

    30 And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites and all the people, small and great; and they were present at his reading of the book of the law which had come to light in the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 23:2-3
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    2 And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and all the people of Jerusalem, and the priests and the prophets and all the people, small and great; and they were present at his reading of the book of the law which had come to light in the house of the Lord.

    3 And the king took his place by the pillar, and made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in the book; and all the people gave their word to keep the agreement.

  • 2 Chr 23:1-3
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    1 In the seventh year, Jehoiada made himself strong, and made an agreement with the captains of hundreds, Azariah, the son of Jeroham, Ishmael, the son of Jehohanan, Azariah, the son of Obed, Maaseiah, the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat, the son of Zichri.

    2 And they went through Judah, getting together the Levites and the heads of families in Israel from all the towns of Judah, and they came to Jerusalem.

    3 And all the people made an agreement with the king in the house of God. And he said to them, Truly, the king's son will be king, as the Lord has said about the sons of David.

  • 1 Chr 23:2
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    2 And he got together all the chiefs of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

  • 1 Kgs 8:1
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    1 Then Solomon sent for all the responsible men of Israel, and all the chiefs of the tribes, and the heads of families of the children of Israel, to come to him in Jerusalem to take the ark of the Lord's agreement up out of the town of David, which is Zion.

  • Jer 36:21
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    21 So the king sent Jehudi to get the book, and he took it from the room of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi gave a reading of it in the hearing of the king and all the rulers who were by the king's side.

  • 2 Chr 29:20
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    20 Then Hezekiah the king got up early, and got together the great men of the town, and went up to the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 29:15
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    15 And they got their brothers together and made themselves holy, and went in, as the king had said by the word of the Lord, to make the house of the Lord clean.

  • Jer 22:1-2
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    1 This is what the Lord has said: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and there give him this word,

    2 And say, Give ear to the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, seated on the seat of David, you and your servants and your people who come in by these doors.

  • 2 Chr 23:20
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    20 Then he took the captains of hundreds and the chiefs and the rulers of the people and all the people of the land, and they came down with the king from the house of the Lord through the higher doorway into the king's house, and put the king on the seat of the kingdom.

  • 2 Kgs 22:18
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    18 But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: As to the words which have come to your ears,

  • Ezra 10:7
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    7 And they made a public statement through all Judah and Jerusalem, to all those who had come back, that they were to come together to Jerusalem;

  • 2 Chr 5:2-4
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    2 Then Solomon sent for all the responsible men of Israel, all the chiefs of the tribes and the heads of families of the children of Israel, to come to Jerusalem and take the ark of the Lord's agreement up out of the town of David, which is Zion.

    3 And all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.

    4 All the responsible men of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.

  • 1 Sam 8:4
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    4 Then all the responsible men of Israel got together and went to Samuel at Ramah,

  • 1 Kgs 12:3
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    3 And all the men of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

  • 1 Kgs 8:3
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    3 And all the responsible men of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

  • 2 Kgs 22:12
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    12 And he gave orders to Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Achbor, the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying,

  • 2 Chr 34:26
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    26 But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: Because you have given ear to my words,

  • Ezra 1:5
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    5 Then the heads of families of Judah and Benjamin, with the priests and the Levites, got ready, even all those whose spirits were moved by God to go up and take in hand the building of the Lord's house in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 34:20
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    20 And he gave orders to Hilkiah and to Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Abdon, the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe and Asaiah, the king's servant, saying,

  • 1 Sam 22:11
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    11 Then the king sent for Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and for all the men of his father's family who were priests in Nob: and they all came to the king.

  • 2 Chr 30:25
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    25 And all the people of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and those who had come from Israel, and men from other lands who had come from Israel or who were living in Judah, were glad with great joy.

  • Ezek 14:1
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    1 Then certain of the responsible men of Israel came to me and took their seats before me.

  • 1 Chr 28:1
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    1 And David got together at Jerusalem all the rulers of Israel, the chiefs of the tribes and the captains of the divisions waiting on the king in turn, and the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and the controllers of all the goods and property of the king and his sons, with the unsexed servants and the great men of war.

  • Jer 26:17
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    17 Then some of the responsible men of the land got up and said to all the meeting of the people,

  • Jer 17:20
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    20 And say to them, Give ear to the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah, and all the people of Jerusalem who come in by these doors:

  • 2 Chr 20:4
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    4 And Judah came together to make prayer for help from the Lord; from every town of Judah they came to give worship to the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 24:6
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    6 Then the king sent for Jehoiada, the chief priest, and said to him, Why have you not given the Levites orders that the tax fixed by Moses, the servant of the Lord, and by the meeting of Israel, for the Tent of witness, is to be got in from Judah and Jerusalem and handed over?

  • 2 Chr 30:12
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    12 And in Judah the power of God gave them one heart to do the orders of the king and the captains, which were taken as the word of the Lord.

  • Neh 8:1
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    1 And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their towns. And all the people came together like one man into the wide place in front of the water-doorway; and they made a request to Ezra the scribe that he would put before them the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel.

  • 2 Chr 29:4
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    4 And he sent for the priests and the Levites, and got them together in the wide place on the east side,

  • 2 Chr 34:32
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    32 And he made all the people in Jerusalem and Benjamin give their word to keep it. And the people of Jerusalem kept the agreement of God, the God of their fathers.

  • 2 Chr 19:8
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    8 Then in Jerusalem he gave authority to certain of the Levites and the priests and the heads of families of Israel to give decisions for the Lord, and in the causes of those living in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 11:13
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    13 And the priests and Levites who were in all Israel came together to him from every part of their country.

  • Jer 29:1
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    1 Now these are the words of the letter which Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the responsible men among those who had been taken away, and to the priests and the prophets and to all the rest of the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken away prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon;

  • 2 Chr 30:1
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    1 Then Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah, and sent letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, requesting them to come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • Ezra 3:1
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    1 And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people came together like one man to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 19:15
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    15 So the king came back, and came as far as Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, meeting the king there, to take him back with them over Jordan.

  • Neh 6:7
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    7 And that you have prophets preaching about you in Jerusalem, and saying, There is a king in Judah: now an account of these things will be sent to the king. So come now, and let us have a discussion.

  • Jer 27:3
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    3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Zidon, by their servants who come to Jerusalem, to Zedekiah, king of Judah;

  • 2 Chr 30:4
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    4 And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and all the people.

  • Dan 3:2
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    2 And Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to get together all the captains, the chiefs, the rulers, the wise men, the keepers of public money, the judges, the overseers, and all the rulers of the divisions of the country, to come to see the unveiling of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had put up.