2 Kings 23:1

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Kings 23:1 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 31:28Assemble 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. Joshua 24:1Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
  3. 2 Samuel 6:1David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all.
  4. 2 Chronicles 29:20Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the house of the LORD.
  5. 2 Chronicles 30:2For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,
  6. 2 Chronicles 34:1Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
  7. 2 Chronicles 34:29Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

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