Covenant Renewal
1 So the king sent messengers, 23:1 2Ch 34:29–32 and they gathered all the elders 23:1 2Kg 10:1 of Judah and Jerusalem to him. 2 Then the king went to the Lord’s temple with all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets — all the people from the youngest to the oldest. He read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant 23:2 Dt 31:10–13 that had been found in the Lord’s temple. 23:2 2Kg 22:83 Next, the king stood by the pillar 23:3 2Ch 34:31 reads platform, 23:3 1Kg 7:15; 2Kg 11:14 and made a covenant 23:3 2Kg 11:17 in the Lord’s presence to follow the Lord and to keep his commands, his decrees, and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul 23:3 Dt 6:4–6; 13:4 in order to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book; all the people agreed to 23:3 Lit people took a stand in the covenant. 23:3 Ex 24:3–8; Jos 24:14–28