John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 23:3

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the king stood by a pillar, etc.] As the manner of kings was, (<121114>2 Kings 11:14) and is thought to be the brasen scaffold erected by Solomon, on which he stood at the dedication of the temple, and now Josiah at the reading of the law, (<140613>2 Chronicles 6:13), it is said to be his place, (<143431>2 Chronicles 34:31), (see Gill on “<121114>2 Kings 11:14”) and made a covenant before the Lord: agreed and promised in the presence of God, both he and his people: to walk after the Lord: the worship of the Lord, as the Targum; closely to attend to that: and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes: all the laws of God, moral, civil, and ceremonial: with all their heart, and all their soul: cordially and sincerely: to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book: lately found, and now read unto them: and all the people stood to the covenant: agreed to it, and promised to keep it; so the Targum, “all the people took upon them the covenant,” engaged to observe it.

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