2 Chronicles 34:29-33

29 ¹Then the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

30 The king went up to the house of the LORD and ²all the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the Levites and all the people, from the greatest to the least; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.

Josiah's Good Reign

31 Then the king ³stood in his place and ⁴made a covenant before the LORD to walk after the LORD, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant written in this book.

32 Moreover, he made all who were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand with him. So the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

33 Josiah ⁵removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the sons of Israel, and made all who were present in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his lifetime * they did not turn from following the LORD God of their fathers.

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2 Chronicles 34:29-33 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 34

This chapter begins with the good reign of Josiah, the reformation he made in the land, purging it from idolatry, 2Ch 34:1-7, relates the orders he gave to repair the house of the Lord, which was accordingly done, 2Ch 34:8-13, when the book of the law was found and brought to him, which greatly affected him, 2Ch 34:12-19, upon which he deputed some persons to inquire of the Lord, who did of Huldah the prophetess, to whom she gave an answer, which they returned to the king, 2Ch 34:20-28 and the chapter is concluded with an account of reading the book in the ears of all the people, and of the king, and then making a covenant with the Lord to serve him, 2Ch 34:27-33.

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Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 5

1. 2 Kings 23:1-3
2. Nehemiah 8:1-3
3. 2 Kings 11:14; 2 Kings 23:3; 2 Chronicles 30:16
4. 2 Chronicles 23:16; 2 Chronicles 29:10
5. 2 Chronicles 34:3-7

Footnotes 1

[a]. Lit "days"