2 Kings 23:1-3, NKJV
Here the Scripture begins with King Josiah sending a group of his servants to gather all the elders, the representatives of the nation, of Judah and Jerusalem to him (v.1). In v.2 the king went up to the house of the Lord with all the men of Judah, and with him all the inhabitants of Jerusalem—the priests and the prophets and all the people, both small and great. There he read publicly in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant which Hilkiah the high priest (22:8) had found in the house of the Lord. Because the people had been disobedient to the Word of the Lord, Josiah pressed for the renewal of the covenant between God and his people even though he could not stop the calamity God said would come to Jerusalem.
Then according to v.3, the king stood by a pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, promising to follow the Lord and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes, with all his heart and all his soul. He promised to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people took a stand for the covenant. When Josiah took the lead, he restored true worship through renewal of the covenant. He vowed to walk after the ways of the Lord, and his people entered the covenant too.
Lift up your voice and shout, “Glory!”