“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, all the people, both small and great. And he read in…”
2 Kings 23
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1Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
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2And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
3So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.
“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…”
“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…”
4Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
“And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second order and the keepers of the door to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, Baal we say sometimes, and for…”
5Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.
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6He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
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7He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.
“He broke down the houses of the Sodomites that were by the house of the Lord where the women wove hangings for the grove.”
“He break down the houses of the Sodomites that were by the house of the Lord where the women wove hangings for the grove.”
8Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.
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9Although the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.
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10He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
“and he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or daughter pass through the fire to Moloch.”
11And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.
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12He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.
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13The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
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14He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
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15He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.
“Moreover, the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made both that altar and the high place. He broke down and he burned the high place and crushed it to powder and…”
16And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.
“And as Josiah turns himself, he spied the sepulchers that were there in the mount. And he sent and took the bones out of the sepulchers, burned them on the altar, polluted it according to the word of the Lord which the man of God…”
17Then the king asked, "What is this monument I see?" And the men of the city replied, "It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and pronounced these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel."
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18"Let him rest," said Josiah. "Do not let anyone disturb his bones." So they left his bones undisturbed, along with those of the prophet who had come from Samaria.
“And he said, Let him alone. Don't let any man move his bones. So they let his bones alone with the bones of the prophet that had come out of Samaria”
19Just as Josiah had done at Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria he removed all the shrines of the high places set up by the kings of Israel who had provoked the LORD to anger.
“And all of the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord to anger, Josiah took away and did to them according to all of the acts that he had done in”
20On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
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21The king commanded all the people, "Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant."
“And the king commanded all the people saying. Keep the Passover. Unto the Lord your God. As it is written in the book of this covenant.”
“And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the Passover unto the Lord your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.”
22No such Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah.
“Surely there was not holding such a Passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of all the kings of Judah.”
“Surely such a Passover had not been celebrated from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah,”
“Surely there was not held such a Passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all of the days of the kings of Israel, nor in the kings of Judah.”
“Surely there was not hold in such a Passover. From the days of the judges that judged Israel. Nor in all the days of the kings of Israel. Encompassing David, Solomon. Nor the kings of Judah.”
23But in the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.
“But in the 18th year of King Josiah, wherein this Passover was held to the Lord in Jerusalem,”
“But in the 18th year of King Josiah, we're in this Passover, was holding to the Lord in Jerusalem.”
24Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.
“Moreover, the workers with familiar spirits and the wizards and the images and the idols and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem did Josiah put away that he might perform the words of the…”
25Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.
“and Like unto him was there no king before him that? Turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might. According to all the law of Moses neither after him arose there any like him.”
“And like unto him, there was no king before him that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses, and neither after him arose there any like him.”
“Before him there was no king like him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart, with all his soul, with all his might, according to all the law of Moses, nor did any like him arise after him.”
“And like unto him, there was no king before him that turned to the Lord with all of his heart and with all of his soul and with all of his might, according to all of the law of Moses, neither after him arose there any like him.”
26Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.
“However, the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah. Because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him.”
“The Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah because of all of the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him.”
27For the LORD had said, "I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, 'My Name shall be there.'"
“And the Lord said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city, Jerusalem, which I have chosen, and the house of which I said my name shall be there.”
“the Lord says, verse 27, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off the city Jerusalem, which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.”
28As for the rest of the acts of Josiah, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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29At the end of Josiah's reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.
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30From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
“And his servants carried him in a chariot from Megiddo, brought the corpse back to Jerusalem, and they buried him in his own sepulcher. And the people of the land took Jehoiahaz, the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him…”
“And his servants carried him in a chariot, dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulcher. And the people of the land took Jehoias, the son of Josiah, and anointed him and made him king at…”
31Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother's name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
“Jehoiahaz was twenty -three years old when he began to reign. He reigned only for three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hematal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libna.”
32And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.
“And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.”
33And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
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34Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he died.
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35So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh's demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.
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36Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother's name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah.
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37And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.
“And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.”