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Good News Translation

2 Chronicles 34:29

King Josiah summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church and State;   Government;   Josiah;   Zeal, Religious;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Preaching;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Congregation;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Hilkiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Josiah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Josiah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Preaching;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the king sent messengers and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Hebrew Names Version
Then the king sent and gathered together all the Zakenim of Yehudah and Yerushalayim.
King James Version
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
English Standard Version
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
New Century Version
Then the king gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem together.
New English Translation
The king summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Amplified Bible
Then the king sent word and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
Then the king sent word and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
World English Bible
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the King sent and gathered all the Elders of Iudah and Ierusalem.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Contemporary English Version
King Josiah called together the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then the king summoned and assembled all the leaders of Y'hudah and Yerushalayim.
Darby Translation
And the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then King Josiah called for all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to come and meet with him.
George Lamsa Translation
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Lexham English Bible
Then they sent word to the king, and he gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Literal Translation
And the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sent ye kynge, and caused all the Elders in Iuda and Ierusalem to come together.
American Standard Version
Then the king sent and gathered together 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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Iuda and Hierusalem:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
King James Version (1611)
Then the king sent, and gathered together all the Elders of Iudah and Ierusalem.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king sent and gathered the elders of Juda and Jerusalem.
English Revised Version
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And aftir that he hadde clepid togidere alle the eldere men of Juda and of Jerusalem,
Update Bible Version
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then the king sent and convened all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
New King James Version
2 Kings 23:1-20">[xr] Then the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
New Living Translation
Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
New Life Bible
Then the king sent and gathered together all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem.
New Revised Standard
Then the king sent word and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then the king sent, - and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he called together all the ancients of Juda and Jerusalem.
Revised Standard Version
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Young's Literal Translation
And the king sendeth and gathereth all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem,
THE MESSAGE
The king acted immediately, assembling all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem, and then proceeding to The Temple of God bringing everyone in his train—priests and prophets and people ranging from the least to the greatest. Then he read out publicly everything written in the Book of the Covenant that was found in The Temple of God . The king stood by his pillar and before God solemnly committed himself to the covenant: to follow God believingly and obediently; to follow his instructions, heart and soul, on what to believe and do; to confirm with his life the entire covenant, all that was written in the book.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

29 King Josiah summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, 30 and together they went to the Temple, accompanied by the priests and the Levites and all the rest of the people, rich and poor alike. Before them all the king read aloud the whole book of the covenant, which had been found in the Temple. 31 He stood by the royal column and made a covenant with the Lord to obey him, to keep his laws and commands with all his heart and soul, and to put into practice the demands attached to the covenant, as written in the book. 32 He made the people of Benjamin and everyone else present in Jerusalem promise to keep the covenant. And so the people of Jerusalem obeyed the requirements of the covenant they had made with the God of their ancestors. 33 King Josiah destroyed all the disgusting idols that were in the territory belonging to the people of Israel, and as long as he lived, he required the people to serve the Lord , the God of their ancestors.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the king: 1 Samuel 12:23, 1 Chronicles 29:2-9, Mark 14:8

gathered: 2 Chronicles 30:2, 2 Kings 23:1-3

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 29:10 - General Joshua 24:25 - made 1 Chronicles 13:1 - consulted 1 Chronicles 23:2 - he gathered 2 Chronicles 1:2 - to the captains

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 29-32. Then the king sent and gathered,.... From hence, to the end of 2 Chronicles 34:32, the same account is given of the reading of the law to the people, and of the covenant the king and they made to serve the Lord, as in 2 Kings 23:1.


 
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