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The King Institutes Religious Reform

23 The king summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem.[a] The king went up to the Lord’s temple, accompanied by all the people of Judah, all the residents of Jerusalem, the priests, and the prophets. All the people were there, from the youngest to the oldest. He read aloud[b] all the words of the scroll of the covenant that had been discovered in the Lord’s temple.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:1 tn Heb “and the king sent and all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem gathered to him.”
  2. 2 Kings 23:2 tn Heb “read in their ears.”