2 Kings 23:1
Good News Translation
King Josiah summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem,

New Revised Standard Version
Then the king directed that all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem should be gathered to him.

Contemporary English Version
King Josiah called together the older leaders of Judah and Jerusalem.

New American Bible
The king then had all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem summoned before him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And 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.

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And 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.

the king.

Deuteronomy 31:28 Gather unto me all the ancients of your tribes, and your doctors, and I will speak these words in their hearing, and will call heaven and earth to witness against them.

2 Samuel 6:1 And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

2 Chronicles 29:20 And king Ezechias rising early, assembled all the rulers of the city, and went up into the house of the Lord:

2 Chronicles 30:2 For the king, taking counsel, and the princes, and all the assembly of Jerusalem, decreed to keep the phase the second month.

2 Chronicles 34:29,30-33 And he called together all the ancients of Juda and Jerusalem. . . .

Context
Josiah Renews the Covenant
1And 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.2And the king went up to the temple of the Lord, and all the men of Juda, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both little and great: and in the hearing of them all he read all the words of the book of the covenant, which was found in the house of the Lord.…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 34:29
And he called together all the ancients of Juda and Jerusalem.

2 Kings 23:2
And the king went up to the temple of the Lord, and all the men of Juda, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both little and great: and in the hearing of them all he read all the words of the book of the covenant, which was found in the house of the Lord.

2 Kings 22:20
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