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Josiah Renews the Covenant

2 Kings 23:1

In 11 translations

BSB
Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
KJV
And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
WEB
The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
ASV
And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
LSV
And the king sends, and they gather all [the] elderly of Judah and Jerusalem to him,
YLT
And the king sendeth, and they gather unto him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem,
DBY
And the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
DRC
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.
GNV
Then the King sent, and there gathered vnto him all the Elders of Iudah and of Ierusalem.
JPS
And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
LXXE
So they reported the word to the king: and the king sent and gathered all the elders of Juda and Jerusalem to himself.Or, to his house.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיַּאַסְפ֣וּ אֵלָ֔יו כָּל־זִקְנֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה וִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν τῷ βασιλεῖ τὸ ῥῆμα· καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς, καὶ συνήγαγε πρὸς ἑαυτὸν πάντας τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους Ἰούδα καὶ Ἰερουσαλήμ.

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  • 2 Chronicles 34:29–33Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 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 Levites—all the people small and…
  • 2 Chronicles 30:2For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,
  • Deuteronomy 31:28Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
  • 2 Chronicles 29:20Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the house of the LORD.
  • 2 Samuel 6:1David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all.

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