New American Standard Bible 2020
2 Kings 23:1-4
11Then the king sent messengers, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 2And the king went up to the house of the Lord and every man of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, the prophets, and all the people, from the small to the great; and 2he read in their 3presence all the words of the Book of the Covenant 4which was found in the house of the Lord. 3And 5the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, 6to walk after the Lord, and to keep His commandments, His provisions, and His statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people 7entered into the covenant.
4Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, 8the priests of the second order, and the 9doorkeepers 10to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the utensils that had been made for Baal, for 11Asherah, and for all the heavenly 12lights; and 13he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron Valley, and carried their ashes to Bethel.
Notes
- 1. 2 Kings 23:1 2 Chr 34:29-32 ↩
- 2. 2 Kings 23:2 Deut 31:10-13 ↩
- 3. 2 Kings 23:2 Lit ears ↩
- 4. 2 Kings 23:2 2 Kin 22:8 ↩
- 5. 2 Kings 23:3 2 Kin 11:14, 17 ↩
- 6. 2 Kings 23:3 Deut 13:4 ↩
- 7. 2 Kings 23:3 Lit took a stand in ↩
- 8. 2 Kings 23:4 2 Kin 25:18; Jer 52:24 ↩
- 9. 2 Kings 23:4 Lit keepers of the threshold ↩
- 10. 2 Kings 23:4 2 Kin 21:3, 7; 2 Chr 33:3 ↩
- 11. 2 Kings 23:4 I.e., a wooden symbol of a female deity, and so throughout the ch ↩
- 12. 2 Kings 23:4 Lit host ↩
- 13. 2 Kings 23:4 2 Kin 23:15 ↩
Commentaries on 2 Kings 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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