Ver. 29-32. Then the king sent and gathered From hence, to the end of ( 2 Chronicles 34:32 ) , the same account is given of the reading of the law to the people, and of the covenant the king and they made to serve the Lord, as in ( 2 Kings 23:1-3 ) .
27
When you heard my words against this place and its people, you became sorry for what you had done and you humbled yourself before me. You tore your clothes to show how upset you were, and you cried in my presence. This is why I have heard you, says the Lord.
28
So I will let you die and be buried in peace. You won't see all the trouble I will bring to this place and the people living here.'" So they took her message back to the king.
29
Then the king gathered all the older leaders of Judah and Jerusalem together.
30
He went up to the Temple of the Lord, and all the people from Judah and from Jerusalem went with him. The priests, the Levites, and all the people -- from the most important to the least important -- went with him. He read to them all the words in the Book of the Agreement that was found in the Temple of the Lord.
31
The king stood by his pillar and made an agreement in the presence of the Lord to follow the Lord and obey his commands, rules, and laws with his whole being and to obey the words of the agreement written in this book.