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2 Kings 23:1
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Josiah Restores True Worship

1 Now athe king sent them to gather all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to him.  
2 The king went up to the house of the Lord with all the men of Judah, and with him all the inhabitants of Jerusalem—the priests and the prophets and all the people, both small and great. And he aread in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant bwhich had been found in the house of the Lord.  
3 Then the king astood by a pillar and made a bcovenant before the Lord, to follow the Lord and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people took a stand for the covenant.  
4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the apriests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to bring bout of the temple of the Lord all the articles that were made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.  
5 Then he removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem, and those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the1 constellations, and to aall the host of heaven.  
Verse Comparison: 2 Kings 23:1

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

Amplified® Bible
KING JOSIAH sent and gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

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

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

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

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

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

New International Version
Then the king called together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

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

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

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

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


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