Verse
KJV
King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
the king sent,
and
they
gathered
unto
him
all the elders of Judah and of
Jerusalem.
Then
the king summoned
all the elders of Judah and 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 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.
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.
So
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 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, and
for
the
grove
, and for
all the host of heaven :
and he burned them without
Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron ,
and carried the
ashes of
them
unto
Bethel.
Then
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
he
put
down
the idolatrous priests ,
whom
the kings of Judah had
ordained
to burn incense in
the high places in
the cities of Judah ,
and in the places round
about
Jerusalem ;
them
also
that
burned incense unto
Baal, to the sun ,
and to
the
moon, and
to the planets
, and to all the host of heaven.
Josiah
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.
And
he brought out
the grove
from the house of the LORD ,
without
Jerusalem,
unto
the brook
Kidron, and burned it at
the
brook
Kidron
, and
stamped
it small
to powder, and cast
the
powder
thereof
upon
the graves of the children
of
the
people.
He 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.
And
he brake
down the houses
of the sodomites,
that were by
the house of the LORD, where the women wove
hangings
for the
grove
.
He 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
.
And
he
brought all the priests out
of
the cities of Judah ,
and defiled
the high places where
the
priests
had
burned
incense
, from Geba to Beersheba, and
brake
down the high places of the gates that
were
in
the entering
in
of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were
on
a
man's
left
hand
at
the gate
of the city.
Then
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
.
Nevertheless
the priests of the high places came
not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but
they did
eat
of
the
unleavened bread among
their brethren
.
Although
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
.
And
he defiled
Topheth ,
which
is
in the valley of the
children
of
Hinnom ,
that no man
might
make
his son or his
daughter to
pass
through
the fire to Molech.
He 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 took
away
the horses that the kings of Judah had given
to the sun ,
at
the
entering
in of
the house
of
the
LORD,
by
the chamber of Nathanmelech
the
chamberlain,
which
was
in
the
suburbs,
and burned the chariots of the sun with
fire
.
And 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.
And
the altars that were
on
the top
of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which
the
kings
of
Judah
had
made,
and the altars which
Manasseh had made
in the two courts
of the house of the LORD ,
did
the king beat
down,
and
brake
them down
from
thence,
and cast
the
dust of
them
into the brook
Kidron.
He
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
.
And
the high places that
were
before
Jerusalem, which
were
on
the right
hand
of the mount of corruption, which Solomon
the
king of Israel had builded
for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians
, and
for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children
of
Ammon,
did
the
king
defile
.
The 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
.
And
he brake
in
pieces
the images
, and
cut down the groves
, and filled
their
places
with
the bones of
men
.
He smashed
the sacred
pillars
to
pieces
, cut down the Asherah
poles
, and covered
the sites
with
human
bones.
Moreover
the altar that
was
at Bethel, and
the high place which
Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, who made
Israel to sin ,
had
made,
both
that
altar
and
the
high
place
he brake
down,
and
burned the high place, and
stamped
it small
to powder, and burned the grove
.
He
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
.
And as Josiah turned himself
, he spied
the sepulchres
that
were
there in
the mount
, and sent ,
and
took
the bones out of the sepulchres
, and burned them upon
the altar ,
and
polluted
it, according to the word of the LORD which
the man of God proclaimed,
who proclaimed
these words
.
And 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
.
Then he
said
, What title
is that
that
I see? And the men of the city told
him
, It is the sepulchre
of the man of God ,
which
came from Judah ,
and proclaimed
these things that thou
hast
done against
the altar of Bethel.
Then 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. ”
And
he
said,
Let him alone;
let no
man
move
his bones. So they let
his bones alone
, with the
bones
of the prophet that
came
out
of
Samaria.
“
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
all
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
the
acts
that
he
had
done
in
Bethel
.
Just
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
he slew
all the priests of the high places that
were
there
upon
the
altars
, and burned men's
bones upon
them ,
and
returned to Jerusalem.
On
the
altars
he slaughtered
all the priests of the high places, and he
burned human
bones on
them .
Then
he
returned to Jerusalem.
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.
The king commanded all the people, “
Keep the Passover of
the LORD your God, as it is written in this
Book of the
Covenant. ”
Surely
there
was
not
holden
such a
passover from the days of the judges that
judged
Israel ,
nor
in
all the days of the kings of Israel ,
nor
of
the
kings
of
Judah ;
No
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 .
But in the eighteenth year of king
Josiah
, wherein
this passover was holden
to the LORD in Jerusalem.
But in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s
reign
, this Passover was observed
to the LORD in Jerusalem.
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 law which
were
written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
Furthermore
, 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.
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
.
Neither
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.
Notwithstanding
the LORD turned
not from the fierceness
of his great
wrath,
wherewith
his
anger was kindled against Judah ,
because of all the
provocations
that Manasseh had provoked
him withal
.
Nevertheless,
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
.
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.
For
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. ’”
Now
the rest of the acts of Josiah, and
all that
he
did
, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
As
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?
In
his
days
Pharaohnechoh
king of Egypt went
up against
the king of Assyria to
the river
Euphrates :
and
king Josiah went against
him ;
and he
slew
him at Megiddo ,
when
he
had
seen
him
.
At
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.
And
his servants carried him
in a chariot dead
from
Megiddo
, and
brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre
. And
the people of the land took Jehoahaz the
son of Josiah, and
anointed him, and made him king in his father's
stead
.
From
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
.
Jehoahaz was twenty and
three years old when he began
to
reign;
and he reigned three
months
in Jerusalem. And
his mother's
name was Hamutal ,
the
daughter of Jeremiah of
Libnah.
Jehoahaz 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.
And he did that
which
was
evil in the sight of the LORD, according
to
all
that
his fathers had done.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just
as
his fathers had done.
And Pharaohnechoh
put
him
in
bands
at Riblah in the land of Hamath ,
that he might
not reign in Jerusalem ;
and put
the
land
to
a tribute
of an
hundred talents of silver ,
and a talent of gold.
And 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.
And
Pharaohnechoh
made Eliakim the
son of Josiah king in the
room
of Josiah
his father, and turned
his
name to Jehoiakim ,
and
took Jehoahaz away:
and he
came
to Egypt, and
died there
.
Then
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.
And
Jehoiakim gave
the silver and the
gold to Pharaoh ;
but he taxed the land to
give
the
money
according
to
the
commandment
of
Pharaoh:
he
exacted the silver and the gold of
the people of
the
land
, of
every
one
according to his taxation,
to
give
it
unto
Pharaohnechoh
.
So
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
.
Jehoiakim was twenty and
five years old when he began
to
reign;
and he reigned eleven
years
in Jerusalem. And
his mother's
name was Zebudah,
the
daughter of Pedaiah of
Rumah.
Jehoiakim 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.
And he did that
which
was
evil in the sight of the LORD, according
to
all
that
his fathers had done.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just
as
his fathers had done.
Scripture text: King James Version and Berean Standard Bible. UK publication rights are administered by the Crown's patentee; public domain in most other jurisdictions.; Public domain; source text distributed by BSB Publishing, LLC..