2 Kings 23
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2 Kings 23:1-4

1And the kingH4428 sentH7971, and they gatheredH622 to him all the eldersH2205 of JudahH3063 and of JerusalemH3389.

2And the kingH4428 wentH5927 up into the houseH1004 of Jehovah, and all the menH376 of JudahH3063 and all the inhabitantsH3427 of JerusalemH3389 with him, and the priestsH3548 and the prophetsH5030, and all the peopleH5971, both smallH6996 and greatH1419; and he readH7121 in their earsH241 all the wordsH1697 of the bookH5612 of the covenantH1285 which had been foundH4672 in the houseH1004 of Jehovah.

3And the kingH4428 stoodH5975 on the dais, and madeH3772 a covenantH1285 before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keepH8104 his commandmentsH4687 and his testimoniesH5715 and his statutesH2708 with all [his] heartH3820, and with all [his] soulH5315, to establishH6965 the wordsH1697 of this covenantH1285 that are writtenH3789 in this bookH5612. And all the peopleH5971 stoodH5975 to the covenantH1285.

4And the kingH4428 commandedH6680 Hilkijah the high priestH3548, and the priestsH3548 of the secondH4932 order, and the doorkeepers, to bringH3318 forthH3318 out of the templeH1964 of Jehovah all the vesselsH3627 that had been madeH6213 for BaalH1168, and for the AsherahH842, and for all the hostH6635 of the heavensH8064; and he burnedH8313 them outside JerusalemH3389 in the fieldsH7709 of KidronH6939, and carriedH5375 the ashes of them to Bethel.

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