1And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
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Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. …
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
Gather 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 record against them.
Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)Josiah had received a message from God that there was no preventing the ruin of Jerusalem, but that he should deliver only his own soul; yet he did not therefore sit down in despair, and resolve to do nothing for his country because he could not do all he would. No, he would do his duty, and then leave the event to God. A public reformation was the thing resolved on; if any thing could prevent the…
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