Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
So the king sent messengers and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
International Standard Version
The king sent word to gather all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
A Conservative Version
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
American Standard Version
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Amplified
Then the king sent word and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Bible in Basic English
Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.
Darby Translation
And the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
Julia Smith Translation
And the kind will send and gather together all the old men of Judah and Jerusalem.
King James 2000
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then they sent [word] to the king, and he gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Modern King James verseion
And the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
NET Bible
The king summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem.
New Heart English Bible
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
The Emphasized Bible
Then the king sent, - and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Webster
Then the king sent and convened all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
World English Bible
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the king sendeth and gathereth all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem,
Themes
Government » Mosaic » Josiah assembles to hear the law of the lord
Josiah » King of judah » Solicitude when the copy of the law was discovered and read to him
Interlinear
Shalach
Zaqen
References
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 34:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Affirmation Of The Covenant By Josiah And The People
28
‘I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster that I am bringing on this place and on its inhabitants.’”
Then they reported to the king.
29 So the king sent messengers and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
30
The king went up to the Lord’s temple with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people from great to small. He read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that had been found in the Lord’s temple.
Phrases
Cross References
2 Kings 23:1-3
So the king sent messengers,
1 Samuel 12:23
“As for me, I vow that I will not sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you.
1 Chronicles 29:2-9
So to the best of my ability I’ve made provision for the house of my God:
2 Chronicles 30:2
For the king and his officials and the entire congregation in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover of the Lord in the second month,
Mark 14:8