2 KI 23:3 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ ἔστη ὁ βασιλεὺς πρὸς τὸν στύλον, καὶ διέθετο διαθήκην ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ὀπίσω Κυρίου, τοῦ φυλάσσειν τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ μαρτύρια αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ δικαιώματα αὐτοῦ ἐν πάσῃ καρδίᾳ καὶ ἐν πάσῃ ψυχῇ, τοῦ ἀναστῆσαι τοὺς λόγους τῆς διαθήκης ταύτης, τὰ γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ τὸ βιβλίον τοῦτο· καὶ ἔστη πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ.
(Kai estaʸ ho basileus pros ton stulon, kai dietheto diathaʸkaʸn enōpion Kuriou, tou poreuesthai opisō Kuriou, tou fulassein tas entolas autou, kai ta marturia autou, kai ta dikaiōmata autou en pasaʸ kardia kai en pasaʸ psuⱪaʸ, tou anastaʸsai tous logous taʸs diathaʸkaʸs tautaʸs, ta gegrammena epi to biblion touto; kai estaʸ pas ho laos en taʸ diathaʸkaʸ.)

BrTr And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his ordinances with all the heart and with all the soul, to confirm the words of this covenant; even the things written [fn]in this book. And all the people stood [fn]to the covenant.

ULT And the king stood by the pillar, and he cut a covenant to the face of Yahweh to walk after Yahweh and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all of the heart and with all of the soul, to raise up the words of this covenant written on that scroll. And all of the people stood in the covenant.

UST Then the king stood next to a pillar on the temple porch and he made a solemn agreement with Yahweh that he would live as Yahweh wanted him to live. He promised to obey all of Yahweh’s laws sincerely and devotedly. In that way, the solemn agreement that the scroll from the temple described became the law of Israel once again. The Judean people who had gathered at the temple courtyard promised to obey that solemn agreement.

BSB & MSB So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all [his] heart and all [his] soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.

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WEBBE & WMBB The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to walk after the LORD and to keep his commandments, his testimonies, and his statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book; and all the people agreed to the covenant.

NET The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, by carrying out the terms of this covenant recorded on this scroll. All the people agreed to keep the covenant.

LSV And the king stands by the pillar, and makes the covenant before YHWH, to walk after YHWH, and to keep His commands, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all the heart, and with all the soul, to establish the words of this covenant that are written on this scroll, and all the people stand in the covenant.

FBV The king stood by the pillar and made a solemn agreement before the Lord to follow him and to keep his commandments, laws, and regulations with total dedication, and to observe the requirements of the agreement as written in the book. All the people entered into the agreement.

T4T Then the king stood next to the pillar where the kings stood when they made important announcements, and while Yahweh was listening, he repeated his promise to sincerely obey [DOU] all of Yahweh’s commands and regulations [DOU]. He also promised to ◄fulfill the conditions of/do what was written in► the agreement he made with Yahweh. And all the people also promised to obey the agreement.

LEB Then the king stood by the pillar, and he _⌊made_⌋[fn] a covenant before Yahweh, to go after Yahweh and to keep his commands and his warnings and his statutes, with all of his heart and with his all of his soul, to keep the words of this covenant written on this scroll. Then all of the people _⌊joined_⌋[fn] in the covenant.

23:3 Literally “cut”

23:3 Literally “stood”

BBE And the king took his place by the pillar, and made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in the book; and all the people gave their word to keep the agreement.

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JPS And the king stood on the platform, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep His commandments, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all his heart, and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book; and all the people stood to the covenant.

ASV And the king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book: and all the people stood to the covenant.

DRA And the king stood upon the step: and made a covenant with the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies and his ceremonies, with all their heart, and with all their soul, and to perform the words of this covenant, which were written in that book: and the people agreed to the covenant.

YLT And the king standeth by the pillar, and maketh the covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep His commands, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all the heart, and with all the soul, to establish the words of this covenant that are written on this book, and all the people stand in the covenant.

Drby And the king stood on the dais, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all [his] heart, and with all [his] soul, to establish the words of this covenant that are written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

RV And the king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book: and all the people stood to the covenant.

SLT And the king will stand by the pillar, and he will cut out a covenant before Jehovah to go after Jehovah, and to watch his commands and his testimonies and his laws, with all the heart and with all the soul, and to raise up the words of this covenant written upon this book. And all the people will stand in the covenant.

Wbstr And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

KJB-1769 ¶ And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

KJB-1611 ¶ And the King stood by a pillar, and made a Couenant before the LORD, to walke after the LORD, and to keepe his Commaundements, and his Testimonies, & his Statutes, with all their heart, and all their soule, to performe the words of this Couenant, that were written in this booke: and all the people stood to the Couenant.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And the king stoode by a piller, & made a couenaunt before the Lorde, that they should walke after the Lorde, and kepe his commaundementes, his witnesses, and his statutes, with all their heart and all their soule, and make good the wordes of the sayde appoyntment, that were written in the foresayde booke: And all the people consented to the appoyntment.
(And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, that they should walk after the Lord, and keep his commandments, his witnesses, and his statutes, with all their heart and all their soul, and make good the words of the said appointment, that were written in the foresaid book: And all the people consented to the appointment.)

Gnva And the King stood by the pillar, and made a couenant before the Lord, that they shoulde walke after the Lord, and keepe his commandements, and his testimonies, and his statutes with all their heart, and with all their soule, that they might accomplish the wordes of this couenant written in this booke. And all the people stood to the couenant.
(And the King stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, that they should walk after the Lord, and keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes with all their heart, and with all their soul, that they might accomplish the words of this covenant written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.)

Cvdl And the kinge stode vpon a piler, and made a couenaut before the LORDE, that they shulde walke after the LORDE, and to kepe his commaundementes, witnesses, and ordinaunces with all their hert and with all their soule, yt they shulde set vp the wordes of this couenaunt, which are wrytten in this boke. And all the people entred in to the couenaunt.
(And the king stood upon a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, that they should walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, witnesses, and ordinances with all their heart and with all their soul, it they should set up the words of this covenant, which are written in this book. And all the people entered in to the covenant.)

Wycl And the kyng stood on the grees; and he smoot boond of pees bifor the Lord, that thei schulden go aftir the Lord, and kepe hise comaundementis and witnessyngis and cerymonyes in al the herte and in al the soule, that thei schulden reise the wordis of this boond of pees, that weren writun in that book; and the puple assentide to the couenaunt.
(And the king stood on the steps; and he smote bond of peace before the Lord, that they should go after the Lord, and keep his commandments and testimonies and ceremonies in all the heart and in all the soul, that they should raise the words of this bond of peace, that were written in that book; and the people assented to the covenant.)

Luth Und der König trat an eine Säule und machte einen Bund vor dem HErr’s, daß sie sollten wandeln dem HErr’s nach und halten seine Gebote, Zeugnisse und Rechte von ganzem Herzen und von ganzer SeeLE, daß sie aufrichteten die Worte dieses Bundes, die geschrieben stunden in diesem Buch. Und alles Volk trat in den Bund.
(And the/of_the king stepped at/to a/one pillar and made/did a federation/agreement before/in_front_of to_him LORD’s, that they/she/them should walk to_him LORD’s after and hold/keep his commandments/commands, testimonials and law/right from whole heart(s) and from whole soul, that they/she/them erected the words this federation/agreements, the written hours in this_one book. And all/everything people stepped in the federation/agreement.)

ClVg Stetitque rex super gradum: et fœdus percussit coram Domino, ut ambularent post Dominum, et custodirent præcepta ejus, et testimonia, et cæremonias in omni corde, et in tota anima, et suscitarent verba fœderis hujus, quæ scripta erant in libro illo: acquievitque populus pacto.
(And_he_stood king over step(n): and covenant he_struck before Master, as they_would_walk after the_Master, and they_would_guard commands(n) his/her, and evidence, and ceremonies in/into/on all heart, and in/into/on the_whole soul, and they_would_awaken words covenant of_this, which written they_were in/into/on book that/there: and_acquiesced the_people agreed.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-symaction

וַ⁠יַּעֲמֹ֣ד הַ֠⁠מֶּלֶךְ עַֽל־הָ֨⁠עַמּ֜וּד

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_stood the=king on/upon the,pillar and,he_made DOM the,covenant to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH to=go after YHWH and,to,keep commandments_of,his and=DOM testimonies_of,his and=DOM statutes_of,his in=all heart and=on/over=all creature to,establish DOM words_of of,the_covenant (the),this [which,were]_written on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,scroll the=this and,it_took_its_stand all/each/any/every the,people in,covenant )

The author says in [11:14](../11/14.md) that it was a “custom” for a new king to stand “by the pillar,” apparently a certain one of the pillars on the temple porch, as a visible sign of his loyalty to Yahweh. Josiah had already been the king for 18 years, but he was now symbolizing that he and his people were making a new start by together pledging their loyalty to Yahweh. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action in the text or in a footnote. Alternate translation: [And the king stood by the pillar to show that he and his people were making a new start]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וַ⁠יִּכְרֹ֥ת אֶֽת־הַ⁠בְּרִ֣ית

See how you translated the similar expression in [11:4](../11/04.md). Alternate translation: [and he made a covenant]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִ⁠פְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH

See how you translated the similar expression in [3:14](../03/14.md). Alternate translation: [in the presence of Yahweh]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לָ⁠לֶ֜כֶת אַחַ֤ר יְהוָה֙

to=go after YHWH

See how you translated the similar expression in [8:18](../08/18.md). Alternate translation: [to live as Yahweh wished]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

מִצְוֺתָ֜י⁠ו וְ⁠אֶת־עֵדְוֺתָ֤י⁠ו וְ⁠אֶת־חֻקֹּתָי⁠ו֙

commandments_of,his and=DOM testimonies_of,his and=DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_stood the=king on/upon the,pillar and,he_made DOM the,covenant to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH to=go after YHWH and,to,keep commandments_of,his and=DOM testimonies_of,his and=DOM statutes_of,his in=all heart and=on/over=all creature to,establish DOM words_of of,the_covenant (the),this [which,were]_written on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,scroll the=this and,it_took_its_stand all/each/any/every the,people in,covenant )

The terms commandments, testimonies, and statutes mean similar things. The author is using the three terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [all of his commandments]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠כָל־לֵ֣ב וּ⁠בְ⁠כָל־נֶ֔פֶשׁ

The author is referring to all of a person by naming two major components of a person, his heart and his soul. These represent overlapping aspects of the inner life of a person, representing a person’s thoughts, feelings, desires, and intentions. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. If you have already translated the book of 1 Kings, see how you translated the similar expression in [1 Kings 2:4](../1ki/02/04.md). Alternate translation: [wholeheartedly] or [with his entire being]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לְ⁠הָקִ֗ים אֶת־דִּבְרֵי֙ הַ⁠בְּרִ֣ית הַ⁠זֹּ֔את

to,establish DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_stood the=king on/upon the,pillar and,he_made DOM the,covenant to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH to=go after YHWH and,to,keep commandments_of,his and=DOM testimonies_of,his and=DOM statutes_of,his in=all heart and=on/over=all creature to,establish DOM words_of of,the_covenant (the),this [which,were]_written on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,scroll the=this and,it_took_its_stand all/each/any/every the,people in,covenant )

The author is speaking as if the words of this covenant were objects that Josiah could raise up. He means that Josiah pledged to make happen what the covenant said should happen. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. If you have already translated the book of 1 Kings, see how you translated the similar expression in [1 Kings 2:4](../1ki/02/04.md). Alternate translation: [to make happen what the covenant said] or [to bring the covenant back into effect]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

הַ⁠כְּתֻבִ֖ים עַל־הַ⁠סֵּ֣פֶר הַ⁠זֶּ֑ה

The expression written is a passive verbal form. If your language would not use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that would be natural in your language. Alternate translation: [that that scroll recorded]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וַ⁠יַּעֲמֹ֥ד כָּל־הָ⁠עָ֖ם בַּ⁠בְּרִֽית

The author is using stood in the covenant as a common expression of his culture to mean “agreed to the covenant” or “became parties to the covenant.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And all of the people joined in the covenant] or [And all of the people agreed to the terms of the covenant]

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Josiah’s Reforms throughout Judah and Israel

2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles

If ever there was a point in biblical history when the worship of Yahweh seemed all but extinguished, it was during the years leading up to King Josiah’s birth. Yet it was against this incredibly dark backdrop that the Lord raised up Josiah of Judah to bring about one of the greatest spiritual reforms his nation had ever seen. Josiah was the grandson of Manasseh, one of the most wicked and idolatrous kings of Judah (2 Kings 21:1-9; 2 Chronicles 33:1-9), though Manasseh later repented (2 Chronicles 33:12-19), and the son of Amon, another wicked, idolatrous king (2 Kings 21:18-22; 2 Chronicles 33:20-23). After his father’s death, Josiah became king at the young age of eight, so perhaps it was this lack of influence from his wicked father during some of his most formative years as a leader that enabled him to become such a force for spiritual renewal throughout Judah. Whatever the reason for his spiritual fervor, Josiah’s passion also coincided with a period of Assyrian decline, which allowed him to expand his renewal even to the lands once ruled by the northern kingdom of Israel. Josiah began his reforms by commissioning repairs to be made to the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. During these repairs, the book of the law, likely the book of Deuteronomy, was found in the Temple and brought to Josiah. When Josiah read the book, he tore his clothes in anguish over the punishment that surely awaited the nation for their disobedience to the laws of Moses. He called for all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to gather by the pillar of the Temple, and he read the law to them as well and led them to establish a new covenant to follow the laws of Moses. Josiah then began a great purge of idolatry throughout Jerusalem, Judah, and even Israel. Utensils used for pagan worship were removed from the Temple in Jerusalem and burned in the Kidron Valley, and their ashes were carried to Bethel. The image of Asherah was also removed and burned in the Kidron Valley, and the remains were ground to dust and spread over graves of the common people. The houses of the male prostitutes in the Temple area were also broken down. The horses and chariots dedicated to the sun by the kings of Judah were removed, and the chariots were burned. The altars on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz and the altars that Manasseh had made in Temple courtyard were pulled down and broken in pieces, and the rubble was thrown into the Kidron Valley. A place called Topheth in the Hinnom Valley was defiled so that no one would make a son or daughter pass through fire as an offering to Molech. Just east of Jerusalem the high places built by King Solomon for his pagan wives on the Mount of Corruption (also called the Mount of Olives; 1 Kings 11:7-8) were defiled. Josiah’s reforms throughout Judah included putting away the mediums, wizards, teraphim, idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land. At Bethel he tore down the altar and the high place erected by Jeroboam son of Nebat. He burned the high place, crushing it to dust, and burned the sacred pole. There he also saw tombs of people who must have been associated with the pagan rituals there, so he removed the bones and burned them on the altar, thus defiling it, as was prophesied years earlier (1 Kings 13:1-10). Josiah then extended his reforms to lands that formerly belonged to Israel but were now directly governed by Assyria. Throughout the towns of Samaria all the shrines of the high places were removed, the priests of the high places were slaughtered on the pagan altars, and their bones were burned on them. Throughout the rest of the land of Israel and Judah–in Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and as far as Naphtali–Josiah also broke down the altars, ground the sacred poles and images into powder, and demolished all the incense altars. When Josiah returned to Jerusalem, he celebrated the Passover in a way that exceeded all the Passover celebrations since the time of the Judges.

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Josiah’s Reforms throughout Judah and Israel

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