Study it in the app“The king went up to the house of YHWH, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests and the prophets, and all the people, from the small to the great; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of YHWH.”
The kingהַמֶּלֶךְwent upוַיַּעַלto the houseבֵּיתof YHWH,יְהוָהand allוְכָלthe menאִישׁof Judahיְהוּדָהand allוְכָלthe inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםwith him,אִתּוֹand the priestsוְהַכֹּהֲנִיםand the prophets,וְהַנְּבִיאִיםand allוְכָלthe people,הָעָםfrom the smallלְמִקָּטֹןtoוְעַדthe great;גָּדוֹלand he readוַיִּקְרָאin their earsבְאָזְנֵיהֶםallאֶת כָּלthe wordsדִּבְרֵיof the bookסֵפֶרof the covenantהַבְּרִיתthat was foundהַנִּמְצָאin the houseבְּבֵיתof YHWH.יְהוָה
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearssmall
What is small in size or counts for little.
Where else “katon” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearsread aloud
To say a written text aloud.
Where else “yikra” appearshearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azne” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appearsbook
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “nimtsa” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Josiah renews the covenant
2 Kings 23:1-3
1The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 2The king went up to the house of YHWH, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests and the prophets, and all the people, from the small to the great; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of YHWH. 3The king stood by the pillar and made the covenant before YHWH, to walk after YHWH and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all the heart and with all the soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book; and all the people took their stand in the covenant.
29The king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30The king went up to the house of YHWH, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites and all the people, from great to small; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of YHWH. 31The king stood at his post and made the covenant before YHWH, to walk after YHWH and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to do the words of the covenant that are written in this book. 32He established in it all who were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin; and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of Elohim, the Elohim of their fathers.
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
1The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
2 · This verse (above)
3The king stood by the pillar and made the covenant before YHWH, to walk after YHWH and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all the heart and with all the soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book; and all the people took their stand in the covenant.
