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2 Kings 23:2

And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

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ASV

And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, 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 Jehovah.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיַּ֣עַלvai.Ya.'aland he went upH5927 →
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
בֵּית־beit-[the] house ofH1004 →
יְהוָ֡הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand everyH3605 →
אִ֣ישׁ'ish<the> person ofH376 →
יְהוּדָה֩ye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand allH3605 →
יֹשְׁבֵ֨יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427 →
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389 →
אִתּ֗וֹ'i.Towith himH854 →
וְהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ve.ha.ko.ha.Nimand the priestsH3548 →
וְהַנְּבִיאִ֔יםve.ha.ne.vi.'Imand the prophetsH5030 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand allH3605 →
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
לְמִקָּטֹ֣ןle.mi.ka.Ton<to> from [the] smallH6996 →
וְעַד־ve.'ad-and untoH5704 →
גָּד֑וֹלga.Dol[the] greatH1419 →
וַיִּקְרָ֣אvai.yik.Ra'and he read aloudH7121 →
בְאָזְנֵיהֶ֗םve.'a.ze.nei.Hemin ears theirH241 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
דִּבְרֵי֙div.Rei[the] words ofH1697 →
סֵ֣פֶרSe.fer[the] scroll ofH5612 →
הַבְּרִ֔יתha.be.Ritthe covenantH1285 →
הַנִּמְצָ֖אha.nim.Tza'which had been foundH4672 →
בְּבֵ֥יתbe.Veitin [the] house ofH1004 →
יְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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Deuteronomy 31:11when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.2 Kings 22:8Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan, who read it.Deuteronomy 31:10–13Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles,Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.2 Chronicles 34:30And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.Deuteronomy 31:26“Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.2 Chronicles 17:9They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.1 Kings 8:9There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.Acts 26:22But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:2 Chronicles 15:13And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.Nehemiah 8:1–8At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.Nehemiah 13:1At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,Psalms 115:13He will bless those who fear the LORD— small and great alike.Esther 1:5At the end of this time, in the garden court of the royal palace, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people in the citadel of Susa, from the least to the greatest.Genesis 19:11And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.Nehemiah 9:3While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.1 Samuel 5:9But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.1 Samuel 30:2They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.

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