2 Kings 23:2

Easy To Read Version

Then the king went up to the Lord’s temple. All the people of Judah and the people that lived in Jerusalem went with him. The priests, the prophets, and all the people—from the least important to the most important—went with him. Then he read the book of the Agreement. This was the Book of the Law that was found in the Lord’s temple. Josiah read the book so all the people could hear it.

Cross References

Genesis 19:11

Then they did something to the men outside the door—they caused all those evil men, young and old, to become blind. So the men trying to get in the house could not find the door.

1 Kings 8:9

The only thing inside the Holy Box were the two tablets. These were the two tablets that Moses put in the Holy Box at the place called Horeb. Horeb was the place that the Lord made his Agreement with the people of Israel after they came out of Egypt.

2 Kings 22:8

Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “Look, I found the Book of the Law [270] in the Lord’s temple! [271] ” Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and Shaphan read it.

2 Chronicles 15:13

Any person that refused to serve the Lord God was to be killed. It did not matter if that person was important or not important or if that person was a man or woman.

2 Chronicles 17:9

Those leaders and Levites and priests taught the people in Judah. They had the Book of the Law of the Lord with them. They went through all the towns of Judah and taught the people.

Nehemiah 13:1

On that day, the Book of Moses was read out loud so all the people could hear. They found this law written in the Book of Moses: No Ammonite person and no Moabite person would be permitted to join in the meetings with God.

Nehemiah 9:3

They stood there for about three hours, and the people read the Book of the Law of the Lord their God. Then for three more hours they confessed their sins and bowed down to worship the Lord their God.

Esther 1:5

And when those 180 days were over, King Xerxes gave another party that continued for seven days. That party was held in the inside garden of the palace. All the people that were in the capital city of Susa were invited, from the most important to the least important person.

Job 3:19

All kinds of people are in the grave—\par important people\par and people who are not so important.\par Even the slave is freed from his master.\par

Psalm 115:13

The Lord will bless his followers,\par great and small.\par

Jeremiah 34:8

King Zedekiah had made an agreement with all the people in Jerusalem to give freedom to all the Hebrew slaves. A message from the Lord came to Jeremiah after Zedekiah had made that agreement.

Acts 26:22

But God helped me, and he is still helping me today. With God’s help I am standing here today and telling all people the things I have seen. But I am saying nothing new. I am saying the same things that Moses and the prophets {\cf2\super [498]} said would happen.

Deuteronomy 31:26

“Take this Book of Teachings and put it by the side of the Box of the Agreement of the Lord your God. Then it will be a witness against you.

Revelation 20:12

And I saw the people that had died, great and small, standing before the throne. And the book of life was opened. There were also other books opened. These dead people were judged by the things they had done. These things are written in the books.

1 Samuel 30:2

They took the women in Ziklag as prisoners. They took all the people, both young and old. They did not kill any of the people. They only took them away.

1 Samuel 5:9

But after the Philistines had moved God’s Holy Box [66] to Gath, the Lord punished that city. The people became very scared. God caused many troubles for all the people—young and old. God caused the people in Gath to have tumors. [67]