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The king sent,
and
they
gathered
to
him
all the elders of Judah and of
Jerusalem.
Then
the king summoned
all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
The
king
went up to the house of Yahweh,
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 Yahweh
.
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
.
The king stood by the pillar ,
and made a covenant before Yahweh,
to walk
after
Yahweh,
and to keep his commandments, and
his
testimonies
, and his
statutes ,
with all [
his ]
heart ,
and all [
his ]
soul, to confirm
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.
The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and
the priests of
the
second order
, and the keepers
of
the
threshold,
to bring
forth
out
of
the temple of Yahweh
all the vessels
that
were
made for Baal, and
for
the
Asherah, and for
all the host of the
sky,
and he burned them outside of
Jerusalem in the fields of the
Kidron ,
and carried the
ashes of
them
to 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.
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 ;
those also
who burned incense to Baal, to the sun ,
and to
the
moon, and
to the planets
, and to all the host of the
sky
.
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
.
He brought out
the Asherah from the house of Yahweh,
outside
of
Jerusalem,
to the brook
Kidron, and burned it at
the
brook
Kidron
, and
beat
it to dust
, and cast
the
dust of
it
on the graves of the common 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.
He broke
down the houses
of the sodomites,
that were in the house of Yahweh
, where the women wove
hangings
for the
Asherah.
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.
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
he broke
down the high places of the gates that
were
at the entrance 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 didn't
come up to the altar of Yahweh
in Jerusalem, but
they ate unleavened bread among
their brothers
.
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
.
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.
He took
away
the horses that the kings of Judah had given
to the sun ,
at
the
entrance
of
the house
of
Yahweh,
by
the chamber of Nathan-melech the
chamberlain,
which
was
in
the
precincts;
and he
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.
The altars that were
on the roof 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 Yahweh,
did
the king break
down,
and
beat
[
them ]
down
from
there ,
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
.
The high places that
were
before
Jerusalem, which
were
on
the right
hand
of the mountain
of corruption, which Solomon
the
king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and
for Chemosh the abomination of Moab
, 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
.
He broke
in
pieces
the pillars, and
cut down the Asherim
, 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,
even
that
altar
and
the
high
place
he
broke
down;
and
he burned the high place and
beat
it to dust
, and burned the Asherah.
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
.
As Josiah turned himself
, he spied
the tombs that
were
there in
the mountain;
and he sent ,
and
took
the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar ,
and
defiled
it, according to the word of Yahweh
which
the man of God proclaimed,
who proclaimed
these things.
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 monument
is that
which
I see? The men of the city told
him
, It is the tomb of the man of God ,
who came from Judah ,
and proclaimed
these things that you have 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. ”
He
said,
Let him be;
let no
man
move
his bones. So they let
his bones alone
, with the
bones
of the prophet who 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.
All
the
houses
also of
the
high
places
that
were
in the cities of Samaria ,
which
the kings of Israel had made
to
provoke
[Yahweh]
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.
He killed
all the priests of the high places that
were
there
, on
the
altars,
and burned men's
bones on them ;
and
he 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.
The king commanded all the people, saying,
Keep the Passover to
Yahweh
your God, as it is written in this book of the 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
kept
such a
Passover from the days of the judges who 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
was
this Passover kept
to Yahweh
in Jerusalem.
But in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s
reign,
this Passover was
observed
to the
LORD
in Jerusalem.
Moreover
those
who
had
familiar
spirits
, and
the wizards,
and the
teraphim
, and
the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem ,
did
Josiah
put
away,
that
he might
confirm
the words of the law which
were
written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of Yahweh
.
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
.
Like
him
was there no
king before
him, who turned to Yahweh
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
, Yahweh
didn't
turn from the fierceness
of his great
wrath
, with
which his
anger
was kindled against Judah ,
because of all the
provocation
with
which
Manasseh had provoked
him.
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
.
Yahweh
said, I will remove Judah also
out
of
my sight, as I have
removed Israel ,
and
I will cast
off
this city which I have
chosen,
even
Jerusalem
, 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
, aren't
they 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
Pharaoh Necoh
king of Egypt went
up against
the king of Assyria to
the river
Euphrates :
and
king Josiah went against
him ;
and [Pharaoh
Necoh]
killed 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.
His servants carried him
in a chariot dead
from
Megiddo
, and
brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the
son of Josiah, and
anointed him, and made him king in his
father's
place.
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-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.
He did that
which
was
evil in the sight of Yahweh
, according
to
all
that
his fathers had done.
And
he did evil in the sight of the
LORD
, just
as
his fathers had done.
Pharaoh Necoh
put
him
in
bonds
at Riblah in the land of Hamath ,
that he might
not reign in Jerusalem ;
and put
the
land
to
a tribute
of one
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.
Pharaoh Necoh
made Eliakim the
son of Josiah king in the
room
of Josiah
his father, and changed his
name to Jehoiakim :
but he
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.
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
everyone
according to his taxation,
to
give
it
to
Pharaoh
Necoh
.
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-five years old when he began
to
reign;
and he reigned eleven
years
in Jerusalem :
and
his mother's
name was Zebidah 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.
He did that
which
was
evil in the sight of Yahweh
, according
to
all
that
his fathers had done.
And
he did evil in the sight of the
LORD
, just
as
his fathers had done.
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