2 Kings 23:1
What does 2 Kings 23:1 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 23:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the king sendeth, and they gather unto him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And they brought the king word again what she had said. And he sent: and all the ancients of Juda and Jerusalem were assembled to him.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
Context
v.1This passage
v.2And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Jehovah.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 30:2
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
- 2 Chronicles 29:20
Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah.
- Deuteronomy 31:28
Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
- 2 Chronicles 34:29
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 6:1
And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.