30 And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and with him all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the priests and the Levites and all the people, great and small; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord.
31 And the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and that they would keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and with all their soul to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the lands that pertained to the sons of Israel and made all that were present in Israel serve the Lord their God only. And all his days they did not depart from following the Lord, the God of their fathers.