Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

王差遣人招聚犹大和耶路撒冷的众长老来。

王派人召集犹大和耶路撒冷的众长老来。

王派人召集犹大和耶路撒冷的众长老来。

于是，王召集犹大和耶路撒冷的所有长老，

于是王派人把犹大和耶路撒冷的众长老都召集了来。

王差遣人招聚猶大和耶路撒冷的眾長老來。

王派人召集猶大和耶路撒冷的眾長老來。

王派人召集猶大和耶路撒冷的眾長老來。

於是，王召集猶大和耶路撒冷的所有長老，

於是王派人把猶大和耶路撒冷的眾長老都召集了來。

王差遣了人把猶大和耶路撒冷的眾長老聚集攏來。

王遣人集猶大及耶路撒冷諸長老、

王遣人召猶大耶路撒冷長老、

王遣人召集猶大及耶路撒冷之諸長老、

Then the king called together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

Then the king called together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

So the king sent messengers and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

Then the king sent word and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

Then the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

So the king sent messengers and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

The king summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem.

Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

Then the king sent, and all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem were gathered to him.And the king went up to the house of the Lord, and with him all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the priests and the prophets, all the people, both small and great. And he read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the Lord.And the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people joined in the covenant.

She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial.

Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

So I have provided for the house of my God, so far as I was able, the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, and the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, besides great quantities of onyx and stones for setting, antimony, colored stones, all sorts of precious stones and marble.Moreover, in addition to all that I have provided for the holy house, I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, and because of my devotion to the house of my God I give it to the house of my God:3,000 talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and 7,000 talents of refined silver, for overlaying the walls of the house,and for all the work to be done by craftsmen, gold for the things of gold and silver for the things of silver. Who then will offer willingly, consecrating himself today to the Lord?”Then the leaders of fathers’ houses made their freewill offerings, as did also the leaders of the tribes, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officers over the king’s work.They gave for the service of the house of God 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze and 100,000 talents of iron.And whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the Lord, in the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.Then the people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a whole heart they had offered freely to the Lord. David the king also rejoiced greatly.

For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the Passover in the second month—