1. And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

2. And the king went up into the house of יְהוָ֥ה, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of יְהוָ֥ה.

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