2 Kings 23:1-3
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King Josiah obeys God
23 King Josiah told all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem to come and meet with him.
2 He went up to the Lord's temple.[a] All the people who lived in Jerusalem and in the rest of Judah went with him. They included the priests, the prophets, young people and old people. Everyone went to the temple. They all listened while the king read to them all the words in the Book of God's Covenant. That was the book that Hilkiah had found in the Lord's temple.
3 Then the king stood in his place beside the pillar in the temple. He promised the Lord that he would obey the covenant. He agreed to serve the Lord faithfully and to obey his commands, laws and rules. Josiah agreed to obey what was written in the Book of God's Covenant. All the people also promised to obey the covenant.
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- 23:2 ‘He went up’ because the temple was on a hill.
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