King James Version

What Does 2 Chronicles 34:29 Mean?

Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

Context

27

Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.

28

Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.

29

Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

30

And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD. great: Heb. from great even to small

31

And the king stood in his place, 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 with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

Commentary

Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(29-33) The king reads the Book to the assembly, and renews the covenant. (Comp. 2Kings 23:1)

Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.

Historical Context

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Theological Significance

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