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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
2 Kings 23:1–3, “And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD. And the king stood by a 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 their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.”
When the king read the book he saw that Israel had been called upon, when they first went into the Land, to recite the blessing and the curses and agree to them. (see Deut 27: 1-26) He took the people from his kingdom to the Temple and read the words of the Book of the Law to the people so that they would know what was required of them. As Moses had told Joshua and Joshua later did, Josiah called on everyone in Judah to remake the contract with the Lord. He asked them to promise the Lord that they would obey the Law of the Lord.
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