列王纪下 23:1

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

王宣讀約書並與　神立約（代下34:29~32）於是王派人召集猶大和耶路撒冷所有的長老到他那裡。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
王 差 遣 人 招 聚 犹 大 和 耶 路 撒 冷 的 众 长 老 来 。

Contextual Overview

¹ Then the king gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem together. ² He went up to the Temple of the Lord , and all the people from Judah and Jerusalem went with him. The priests, prophets, and all the people—from the least important to the most important—went with him. He read to them all the words of the Book of the Agreement that was found in the Temple of the Lord . ³ The king stood by the pillar and made an agreement in the presence of the Lord to follow the Lord and obey his commands, rules, and laws with his whole being, and to obey the words of the agreement written in this book. Then all the people promised to obey the agreement.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the king: Deuteronomy 31:28, 2 Samuel 6:1, 2 Chronicles 29:20, 2 Chronicles 30:2, 2 Chronicles 34:29, 2 Chronicles 34:30-33

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 13:1 - consulted Matthew 1:10 - Josias

Cross-References

Genesis 17:17
Abraham bowed facedown on the ground and laughed. He said to himself, "Can a man have a child when he is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth to a child when she is ninety?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. Josiah sent messengers throughout the land, and convened all the principal men in it at Jerusalem.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXIII

Josiah reads in the temple to the elders of Judah, the priests,

the prophets, and the people, the book of the covenant which

had been found, 1, 2.

He makes a covenant, and the people stand to it, 3.

He destroys the vessels of Baal and Asherah, and puts down the

idolatrous priests; breaks down the houses of the sodomites,

and the high places; defiles Topheth; takes away the horses of

the sun; destroys the altars of Ahaz; breaks in pieces the

images; and breaks down and burns Jeroboam's altar at Beth-el,

4-15.

Fulfils the word of the prophet, who cried against the altar at

Beth-el, 16-18.

Destroys the high places in Samaria, slays the idolatrous

priests, and celebrates a great passover, 19-23;

and puts away all the dealers with familiar spirits, c., 24.

His eminent character he is mortally wounded at Megiddo, and

buried at Jerusalem, 25-30.

Jehoahaz reigns in his stead, and does evil in the sight of the

Lord, 31, 32.

Is dethroned by Pharaoh-nechoh; and Eliakim, his brother, called

also Jehoiakim, made king in his stead; the land is laid under

tribute by the king of Egypt, and Jehoiakim reigns wickedly,

33-37.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXIII