KJV King James Version
And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
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2 Kings 23:1
And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
WEB World English Bible
The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
ASV American Standard Version
And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the king sendeth, and they gather unto him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem,
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 23
1 And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
2 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.
3 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all [their] heart and all [their] soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.
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2 Chronicles 34:29-33Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 30:2For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.2 Chronicles 29:20Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.Deuteronomy 31:28Gather 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 6:1Again, David gathered together all [the] chosen [men] of Israel, thirty thousand.
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