2 Kings 23:3
Context23:3 The king stood by the pillar and renewed 1 the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow 2 the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, 3 by carrying out the terms 4 of this covenant recorded on this scroll. All the people agreed to keep the covenant. 5
2 Kings 23:25
Context23:25 No king before or after repented before the Lord as he did, with his whole heart, soul, and being in accordance with the whole law of Moses. 6
1 tn Heb “cut,” that is, “made, agreed to.”
2 tn Heb “walk after.”
3 tn Or “soul.”
4 tn Heb “words.”
5 tn Heb “stood in the covenant.”
6 tn Heb “and like him there was not a king before him who returned to the
sn The description of Josiah’s devotion as involving his whole “heart, soul, and being” echoes the language of Deut 6:5.