And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.
The king went up to the LORD's temple, and all the men of Judah and everyone living in Jerusalem came with him—the priests, the prophets, and all the people, from the least important to the most important. He read aloud to them all the words from the book of the covenant that had been discovered in the LORD's temple.
King Josiah gathered everyone together at the temple and publicly read God's law from a book that had been recently rediscovered.
📚 Historical Context
This occurred during King Josiah's reign around 621 BC when the Book of the Law (likely Deuteronomy) was discovered during temple repairs. The book had apparently been lost or neglected during previous kings' reigns when idol worship was common. This public reading marked the beginning of major religious reforms in Judah.
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