“Question & Answer”

Question:
What circumstances in the national life brought about a reform in the days of Jeremiah?
Answer:
It reads in 2 Kings 22:8 NIV
Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the temple of the Lord.” He gave it to Shaphan, who read it.
It reads in 2 King 23:3 NIV
The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant in the presence of the Lord—to follow the Lord and keep his commands, statutes, and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant.