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2 Kings 23:1

In 2 Kings 23 of 2 Kings.

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

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֖חvayishlachand sendשָׁלַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and send”, the next action in the storyH7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, ou…הַמֶּ֑לֶךְhamelekhthe kingמֶלֶךְdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.וַיַּאַסְפ֣וּvayaasfvand destroyאָסַףconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and destroy”, the next action in the storyH622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly…אֵלָ֔יוelayvamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).זִקְנֵ֥יziqneoldזָקֵןadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, construct — “old”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2205oldaged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.יְהוּדָ֖הyehudahJudahיְהוּדָהnoun, proper name — “Judah”H3063Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territoryJudah.וִירוּשָׁלִָֽםvirushalimand Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Jerusalem”H3389Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineJerusalem.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

And the king sendeth, and they gather unto him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem,

World English Bible

The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

And they brought the king word again what she had said. And he sent: and all the ancients of Juda and Jerusalem were assembled to him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So they reported the word to the king: and the king sent and gathered all the elders of Juda and Jerusalem to himself.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν τῷ βασιλεῖ τὸ ῥῆμα· καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς, καὶ συνήγαγε πρὸς ἑαυτὸν πάντας τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους Ἰούδα καὶ Ἰερουσαλήμ.

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