2 Tawarikh 34:28-33

34:28 ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. ¹  You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place and its residents.’”’” Then they reported back to the king.

34:29 The king summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem. ²  34:30 The king went up to the Lord’s temple, accompanied by all the people of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, the priests, and the Levites. All the people were there, from the oldest to the youngest. He read aloud all the words of the scroll of the covenant that had been discovered in the Lord’s temple. 34:31 The king stood by his pillar ³  and renewed ⁴  the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow ⁵  the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, ⁶  by carrying out the terms ⁷  of this covenant recorded on this scroll. 34:32 He made all who were in Jerusalem and Benjamin agree to it. ⁸  The residents of Jerusalem acted in accordance with the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors. 34:33 Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the areas belonging to the Israelites and encouraged ⁹  all who were in Israel to worship the Lord their God. Throughout the rest of his reign ¹⁰  they did not turn aside from following the Lord God of their ancestors.

[34:28]  ¹ tn Heb “Therefore, behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your tomb in peace.”

[34:29]  ² tn Heb “and the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.”

[34:31]  ³ tc This assumes an emendation to עַמּוּדוֹ (’ammudo), see 23:13. The MT reads “at his place.”

[34:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “cut,” that is, “made” or “agreed to.”

[34:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “walk after.”

[34:31]  ⁶ tn Or “soul.”

[34:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “words.”

[34:32]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he caused to stand everyone who was found in Jerusalem and Benjamin.”

[34:33]  ⁹ tn Or “caused, forced.”

[34:33]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “all his days.”