The preceding outline will serve as a guide for an exposition on the passage.
Assembly of all Israel – 2 Kings 23:1-2a
After Josiah learns of the “book of the Law” and its contents, He is Godly sorrowful and sincerely penitent and the King gathers all the people for a public reading of the book of Law. “King Josiah now begins to act decisively and takes center stage in the narrative.” First Josiah “directed that all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem should be gathered to him.” (v 1. NRSV). This is the first time that elders are mentioned in the book of Second Kings. The significance of calling “all the elders” relates to the early tribal and pre-monarchic organization of Israel. Prior to the monarchy, the political ruling authority in the
Assembly of all Israel – 2 Kings 23:1-2a
After Josiah learns of the “book of the Law” and its contents, He is Godly sorrowful and sincerely penitent and the King gathers all the people for a public reading of the book of Law. “King Josiah now begins to act decisively and takes center stage in the narrative.” First Josiah “directed that all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem should be gathered to him.” (v 1. NRSV). This is the first time that elders are mentioned in the book of Second Kings. The significance of calling “all the elders” relates to the early tribal and pre-monarchic organization of Israel. Prior to the monarchy, the political ruling authority in the