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^(C1)Then the king sent word and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

The king went up to the house of the LORD ^(F1)with ^(C1)all the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the Levites, and all the people, from the greatest to the least; and he read in their ^(F2)presence all the words of the Book of the Covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.

Then the king ^(C1)stood ^(F1)in his place and ^(C2)made a covenant before the LORD to walk after the LORD, and to keep His commandments, His testimonies, and His statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that are written in this book.

Furthermore, he made all who were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin stand with him. So the inhabitants of Jerusalem acted in accordance with the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

Josiah ^(C1)removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the sons of Israel, and made all who were present in Israel serve the LORD their God. Throughout his ^(F1)lifetime they did not turn from following the LORD God of their fathers.