2 Kings 23:1 “Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.”

2 Kings 23:1

Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the King sent, and there gathered vnto him all the Elders of Iudah and of Ierusalem.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

And the king sendeth, and they gather unto him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem,

Bible in Basic English

Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.

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Cross references

“the king”

Deuteronomy 31:28 2 Chronicles 29:20 2 Chronicles 30:2 2 Samuel 6:1 2 Chronicles 34:29 2 Chronicles 34:30–33

Deuteronomy 31:28 · BSB

Assemble 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 29:20 · BSB

Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 30:2 · BSB

For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,

2 Samuel 6:1 · BSB

David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all.

2 Chronicles 34:29 · BSB

Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:30–33 · BSB

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 great and small—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Cove…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

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