Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
the king sendeth,
and
they
gather
unto
him
all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem ,
Then
the king summoned
all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem .
and the
king
goeth
up to the house of Jehovah,
and
every
man
of
Judah,
and
all the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, with
him,
and
the priests ,
and the prophets ,
and
all the people ,
from
small unto
great ,
and he
readeth
in their ears
all the words of the book of the covenant that is
found in the house of Jehovah
.
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 standeth
by the pillar ,
and maketh
the
covenant before Jehovah,
to walk
after
Jehovah,
and to keep His commands
, and
His
testimonies
, and His
statutes ,
with all the
heart ,
and with
all the
soul, to establish
the words of this covenant that are
written on
this book ,
and all the people stand
in
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 commandeth
Hilkiah the high priest, and
the priests of
the
second order
, and the keepers
of
the
threshold,
to bring
out
from the temple of Jehovah
all the vessels
that
are
made for Baal, and
for
the
shrine
, and for
all the host of the
heavens,
and he burneth
them at
the
outside of
Jerusalem ,
in the fields of Kidron ,
and hath
borne
their ashes to Beth-El
.
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
hath
caused
to
cease
the idolatrous priests whom
the kings of Judah have
appointed,
(and
they
make
perfume
in
high places ,
in
cities of Judah and suburbs
of
Jerusalem ,)
and
those making
perfume
to Baal, to the sun ,
and to
the
moon, and
to the planets
, and to all the host of the
heavens
.
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 bringeth
out
the shrine
from the house of Jehovah
to the outside of
Jerusalem, unto
the
brook
Kidron,
and burneth
it at
the
brook
Kidron
, and
beateth
it small
to dust
, and casteth
its dust on the grave
of
the
sons
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 breaketh
down the houses
of the whoremongers
that `are'
in the house of Jehovah
, where the women are
weaving
houses
for the
shrine
.
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
bringeth
in
all the priests out
of
the cities of Judah ,
and defileth
the high places where
the
priests
have
made
perfume
, from Geba unto
Beer-Sheba
, and
hath
broken
down the high places of the gates that
`are'
at the opening
of the gate of Joshua ,
head
of the city, that
`is'
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.
only,
the priests of the high places come
not up unto
the altar of Jehovah
in Jerusalem, but
they have
eaten
unleavened things
in
the
midst
of
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 hath
defiled
Topheth ,
that
`is'
in the valley of the
son
of
Hinnom ,
so that no man
doth
cause
his son and
his
daughter to
pass
over
through
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 causeth
to cease
the horses that the kings of Judah have
given
to the sun from
the
entering
in of
the house
of
Jehovah,
by
the chamber of Nathan-Melech the
eunuch,
that
`is'
in
the
suburbs,
and the chariots of the sun he
hath
burnt
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 `are'
on
the top
of the upper chamber of Ahaz, that
the
kings
of
Judah
made,
and the altars that Manasseh made
in the two courts
of the house of Jehovah,
hath
the king broken
down,
and
removeth
thence,
and hath
cast
their dust unto
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
`are'
on
the
front
of Jerusalem, that
`are'
on
the right
of the mount of corruption, that
Solomon
king of Israel had built to
Ashtoreth abomination of the Zidonians
, and
Chemosh abomination of Moab
, and to
Milcom abomination
of
the sons
of Ammon,
hath
the king
defiled
.
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 hath
broken
in
pieces
the standing-
pillars, and
cutteth
down the shrines
, and filleth
their
place
with bones of
men;
He smashed
the sacred
pillars to
pieces
, cut
down the Asherah
poles
, and covered
the
sites
with human
bones .
and
also
the altar that
`is'
in
Beth-El
, the high place that
Jeroboam son of Nebat made
, by
which
he
made
Israel sin ,
both
that
altar
and
the
high
place
he hath
broken
down,
and
doth
burn
the high place --
he
hath
beat
it small
to dust
, and hath
burnt
the shrine
.
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 Josiah turneth
, and
seeth
the graves
that
`are'
there in
the mount
, and sendeth
and
taketh
the bones out of the graves
, and burneth
`
them '
on the altar ,
and
defileth
it, according to the word of Jehovah
that
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.
And
he
saith
, `
What `
is '
this sign
that
I see? '
and the men of the city say
unto
him
, `
The grave
of the man of God who hath
come
from Judah ,
and proclaimeth
these things that thou
hast
done concerning
the altar of Beth-El
. '
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
saith,
`
Let him alone
, let no
man
touch
his bones ;'
and
they let
his bones escape
, 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.
And
also all the houses
of the high places that
`are'
in
the
cities
of
Samaria,
that
the kings of Israel made
to
provoke
to anger ,
hath
Josiah
turned
aside,
and
doth
to
them
according
to
all
the
deeds
that
he
did
in
Beth-El
.
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 slayeth
all the priests of the high places who
`are'
there
by
the
altars
, and burneth
the
bones of
man
upon
them ,
and
turneth
back
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 commandeth
the
whole
of
the people, saying,
`Make
ye
a
passover to
Jehovah
your God, as it is written on
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
hath
not
been
made
like
this
passover from the days of the judges who judged
Israel ,
even
all the days of the kings of Israel ,
and 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
, hath
this passover been
made
to Jehovah
in Jerusalem.
But in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s
reign
, this Passover was
observed
to the
LORD
in Jerusalem.
And
also,
those
having
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 ,
hath
Josiah
put
away,
in
order
to establish
the words of the law that
are
written on
the book that Hilkiah the priest hath
found in the house of Jehovah
.
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
him
there
hath
not
been
before him
a
king who turned back
unto
Jehovah
with all his heart ,
and with all his soul ,
and with all his might
, according to all the law of Moses ,
and
after
him
there
hath
none
risen
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.
Only
, Jehovah
hath
not turned
back
from the fierceness
of His great
anger with
which His
anger
burned
against Judah ,
because of all the
provocations
with
which
Manasseh 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.
and
Jehovah
saith
, `Also
Judah
I turn
aside
from my presence
, as I turned
Israel aside,
and
I have
rejected
this city that
I
have
chosen
--
Jerusalem, and the house
of which I said, My name is
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. ’”
And
the rest of the matters
of Josiah, and
all that
he
did
, are they not written on
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
hath
Pharaoh -Nechoh
king of Egypt come
up against
the king of Asshur,
by
the river Phrat,
and
king Josiah goeth
out to meet
him, and he
putteth
him to
death
in
Megiddo ,
when
he
seeth
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
cause
him
to
ride
dying
from Megiddo, and
bring
him in
to Jerusalem, and bury
him in his own grave,
and
the people of the land take
Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and
anoint
him, and cause
him to
reign
instead
of his father.
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.
A
son
of
twenty and
three years `is'
Jehoahaz
in
his
reigning
, and three
months
he hath
reigned in Jerusalem ,
and
the
name
of
his mother
`is'
Hamutal 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 doth
the
evil thing
in the eyes
of Jehovah
, according
to
all
that
his fathers did,
And he did
evil in the sight
of the
LORD
, just
as
his fathers had
done.
and Pharaoh -Nechoh
bindeth
him
in
Riblah ,
in the land of Hamath ,
from
reigning
in Jerusalem, and he putteth
a
fine
on the
land
--
a 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
Pharaoh -Nechoh
causeth
Eliakim son of Josiah to
reign
instead
of Josiah
his father, and turneth
his
name to Jehoiakim ,
and
Jehoahaz he
hath
taken
away,
and he
cometh
in
to Egypt, and
dieth
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
the silver and the
gold hath
Jehoiakim
given
to Pharaoh ;
only
he
valued
the
land
to
give
the
silver
by
the
command
of
Pharaoh;
from
each
, according
to his
valuation,
he exacted the silver and the gold ,
from the people of
the
land
, to
give
to Pharaoh-Nechoh
.
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
.
A
son
of
twenty and
five years `is'
Jehoiakim
in
his
reigning
, and eleven
years
he hath
reigned in Jerusalem ,
and
the
name
of
his mother
`is'
Zebudah
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 doth
the
evil thing
in the eyes
of Jehovah
, according
to
all
that
his fathers did
.
And he did
evil in the sight
of the
LORD
, just
as
his fathers had
done
.
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