Verse 1

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 31:28 : 28 Gather to 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 witness against them.
  • 2 Sam 6:1 : 1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
  • 2 Chr 29:20 : 20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
  • 2 Chr 30:2 : 2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the Passover in the second month.
  • 2 Chr 34:29-33 : 29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, with all the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD. 31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book. 32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. 33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they did not depart from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.