2 Kings 23:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

XXIII.

JOSIAH RENEWS THE COVENANT, ROOTS OUT IDOLTARY, AND HOLDS A SOLEMEN PASSOVER.HIS END.

(1) They gathered. — The right reading is probably that of the Syriac and Vulg., there gathered. Chron., LXX., and Arabic have he gathered.

All the elders. — The representatives of the nation.

2 Kings 23:1

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