2 Kings 23:2

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Summary

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.

Both small and great

He read

Nehemiah 13:1

General references

Jeremiah 11:2

Bible References

Both small and great

They struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the doorway.

After they had brought it around, the hand of the Lord was against the city with very great confusion; and He smote the men of the city, both young and old, so that tumors broke out on them.

and they took captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great,

without killing anyone, and carried them off and went their way.

and whoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.

When these days were completed, the king gave a banquet lasting seven days for all the people who were present at the citadel in Susa, from the greatest to the least, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.

“The small and the great are there,
And the slave is free from his master.

He will bless those who fear the Lord,

The small together with the great.

So, having obtained help from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, stating nothing but what the Prophets and Moses said was going to take place;

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and

books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.

He read

Then Moses commanded them, saying, “At the end of every seven years, at the time of the year of remission of debts, at the Feast of Booths,

They taught in Judah, having the book of the law of the Lord with them; and they went throughout all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.

And all the people gathered as one man at the square which was in front of the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel.

While they stood in their place, they read from the book of the law of the Lord their God for a fourth of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and worshiped the Lord their God.

On that day they read aloud from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and there was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,

General references

“Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;