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1 # And the king <04428> sent <07971> (8799), and they gathered <0622> (8799) unto him all the elders <02205> of Judah <03063> and of Jerusalem <03389>.
2 And the king <04428> went up <05927> (8799) into the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and all the men <0376> of Judah <03063> and all the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389> with him, and the priests <03548>, and the prophets <05030>, and all the people <05971>, both small <06996> and great <01419>: and he read <07121> (8799) in their ears <0241> all the words <01697> of the book <05612> of the covenant <01285> which was found <04672> (8737) in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.
3 And the king <04428> stood <05975> (8799) by a pillar <05982>, and made <03772> (8799) a covenant <01285> before <06440> the LORD <03068>, to walk <03212> (8800) after <0310> the LORD <03068>, and to keep <08104> (8800) his commandments <04687> and his testimonies <05715> and his statutes <02708> with all their heart <03820> and all their soul <05315>, to perform <06965> (8687) the words <01697> of this covenant <01285> that were written <03789> (8803) in this book <05612>. And all the people <05971> stood <05975> (8799) to the covenant <01285>.
4 # And the king <04428> commanded <06680> (8762) Hilkiah <02518> the high <01419> priest <03548>, and the priests <03548> of the second order <04932>, and the keepers <08104> (8802) of the door <05592>, to bring forth <03318> (8687) out of the temple <01964> of the LORD <03068> all the vessels <03627> that were made <06213> (8803) for Baal <01168> , and for the grove <0842>, and for all the host <06635> of heaven <08064>: and he burned <08313> (8799) them without <02351> Jerusalem <03389> in the fields <07709> of Kidron <06939>, and carried <05375> (8804) the ashes <06083> of them unto Bethel <01008>.
5 And he put down <07673> (8689) the idolatrous priests <03649>, whom the kings <04428> of Judah <03063> had ordained <05414> (8804) to burn incense <06999> (8762) in the high places <01116> in the cities <05892> of Judah <03063> , and in the places round about <04524> Jerusalem <03389>; them also that burned incense <06999> (8764) unto Baal <01168>, to the sun <08121>, and to the moon <03394>, and to the planets <04208>, and to all the host <06635> of heaven <08064>.
6 And he brought out <03318> (8686) the grove <0842> from the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, without <02351> Jerusalem <03389>, unto the brook <05158> Kidron <06939>, and burned <08313> (8799) it at the brook <05158> Kidron <06939>, and stamped it small <01854> (8686) to powder <06083>, and cast <07993> (8686) the powder <06083> thereof upon the graves <06913> of the children <01121> of the people <05971>.
7 And he brake down <05422> (8799) the houses <01004> of the sodomites <06945>, that were by the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, where the women <0802> wove <0707> (8802) hangings <01004> for the grove <0842>.
8 And he brought <0935> (8686) all the priests <03548> out of the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>, and defiled <02930> (8762) the high places <01116> where the priests <03548> had burned incense <06999> (8765), from Geba <01387> to Beersheba <0884>, and brake down <05422> (8804) the high places <01116> of the gates <08179> that were in the entering in <06607> of the gate <08179> of Joshua <03091> the governor <08269> of the city <05892>, which were on a man's <0376> left hand <08040> at the gate <08179> of the city <05892>.
9 Nevertheless the priests <03548> of the high places <01116> came not up <05927> (8799) to the altar <04196> of the LORD <03068> in Jerusalem <03389>, but they did eat <0398> (8804) of the unleavened bread <04682> among <08432> their brethren <0251>.
10 And he defiled <02930> (8765) Topheth <08612>, which is in the valley <01516> of the children <01121> (8675) <01121> of Hinnom <02011>, that no man <0376> might make his son <01121> or his daughter <01323> to pass through <05674> (8687) the fire <0784> to Molech <04432>.
11 And he took away <07673> (8686) the horses <05483> that the kings <04428> of Judah <03063> had given <05414> (8804) to the sun <08121>, at the entering in <0935> (8800) of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, by the chamber <03957> of Nathanmelech <05419> the chamberlain <05631>, which was in the suburbs <06503>, and burned <08313> (8804) the chariots <04818> of the sun <08121> with fire <0784>.
12 And the altars <04196> that were on the top <01406> of the upper chamber <05944> of Ahaz <0271>, which the kings <04428> of Judah <03063> had made <06213> (8804), and the altars <04196> which Manasseh <04519> had made <06213> (8804) in the two <08147> courts <02691> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, did the king <04428> beat down <05422> (8804), and brake them down <07323> (8799) from thence, and cast <07993> (8689) the dust <06083> of them into the brook <05158> Kidron <06939>.
13 And the high places <01116> that were before <06440> Jerusalem <03389>, which were on the right hand <03225> of the mount <02022> of corruption <04889>, which Solomon <08010> the king <04428> of Israel <03478> had builded <01129> (8804) for Ashtoreth <06253> the abomination <08251> of the Zidonians <06722>, and for Chemosh <03645> the abomination <08251> of the Moabites <04124>, and for Milcom <04445> the abomination <08441> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, did the king <04428> defile <02930> (8765).
14 And he brake in pieces <07665> (8765) the images <04676>, and cut down <03772> (8799) the groves <0842> , and filled <04390> (8762) their places <04725> with the bones <06106> of men <0120>.
15 Moreover the altar <04196> that was at Bethel <01008>, and the high place <01116> which Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Nebat <05028>, who made Israel <03478> to sin <02398> (8689), had made <06213> (8804), both that altar <04196> and the high place <01116> he brake down <05422> (8804), and burned <08313> (8799) the high place <01116> , and stamped <01854> (8689) it small to powder <06083>, and burned <08313> (8804) the grove <0842>.
16 And as Josiah <02977> turned <06437> (8799) himself, he spied <07200> (8799) the sepulchres <06913> that were there in the mount <02022>, and sent <07971> (8799), and took <03947> (8799) the bones <06106> out of the sepulchres <06913>, and burned <08313> (8799) them upon the altar <04196>, and polluted <02930> (8762) it, according to the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> which the man <0376> of God <0430> proclaimed <07121> (8804), who proclaimed <07121> (8804) these words <01697>.
17 Then he said <0559> (8799), What title <06725> is that <01975> that I see <07200> (8802) ? And the men <0582> of the city <05892> told <0559> (8799) him, It is the sepulchre <06913> of the man <0376> of God <0430>, which came <0935> (8804) from Judah <03063>, and proclaimed <07121> (8799) these things <01697> that thou hast done <06213> (8804) against the altar <04196> of Bethel <01008>.
18 And he said <0559> (8799), Let him alone <03240> (8685); let no man <0376> move <05128> (8686) his bones <06106>. So they let his bones <06106> alone <04422> (8762), with the bones <06106> of the prophet <05030> that came out <0935> (8804) of Samaria <08111>.
19 And all the houses <01004> also of the high places <01116> that were in the cities <05892> of Samaria <08111>, which the kings <04428> of Israel <03478> had made <06213> (8804) to provoke the LORD to anger <03707> (8687), Josiah <02977> took away <05493> (8689), and did <06213> (8799) to them according to all the acts <04639> that he had done <06213> (8804) in Bethel <01008>.
20 And he slew <02076> (8799) all the priests <03548> of the high places <01116> that were there upon the altars <04196>, and burned <08313> (8799) men's <0120> bones <06106> upon them, and returned <07725> (8799) to Jerusalem <03389>.
21 And the king <04428> commanded <06680> (8762) all the people <05971>, saying <0559> (8800), Keep <06213> (8798) the passover <06453> unto the LORD <03068> your God <0430>, as it is written <03789> (8803) in the book <05612> of this covenant <01285>.
22 Surely there was not holden <06213> (8738) such a passover <06453> from the days <03117> of the judges <08199> (8802) that judged <08199> (8804) Israel <03478>, nor in all the days <03117> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478> , nor of the kings <04428> of Judah <03063>;
23 But in the eighteenth <08083> <06240> year <08141> of king <04428> Josiah <02977>, wherein this passover <06453> was holden <06213> (8738) to the LORD <03068> in Jerusalem <03389>.
24 Moreover the workers with familiar spirits <0178>, and the wizards <03049>, and the images <08655>, and the idols <01544> , and all the abominations <08251> that were spied <07200> (8738) in the land <0776> of Judah <03063> and in Jerusalem <03389> , did Josiah <02977> put away <01197> (8765), that he might perform <06965> (8687) the words <01697> of the law <08451> which were written <03789> (8803) in the book <05612> that Hilkiah <02518> the priest <03548> found <04672> (8804) in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.
25 # And like unto him was there no king <04428> before <06440> him, that turned <07725> (8804) to the LORD <03068> with all his heart <03824>, and with all his soul <05315>, and with all his might <03966>, according to all the law <08451> of Moses <04872> ; neither after <0310> him arose <06965> (8804) there any like him.
26 Notwithstanding the LORD <03068> turned <07725> (8804) not from the fierceness <02740> of his great <01419> wrath <0639>, wherewith his anger <0639> was kindled <02734> (8804) against Judah <03063>, because of all the provocations <03708> that Manasseh <04519> had provoked <03707> (8689) him withal.
27 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799), I will remove <05493> (8686) Judah <03063> also out of my sight <06440>, as I have removed <05493> (8689) Israel <03478>, and will cast off <03988> (8804) this city <05892> Jerusalem <03389> which I have chosen <0977> (8804), and the house <01004> of which I said <0559> (8804), My name <08034> shall be there.
28 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Josiah <02977>, and all that he did <06213> (8804), are they not written <03789> (8803) in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> <03117> of the kings <04428> of Judah <03063> ?
29 In his days <03117> Pharaohnechoh <06549> king <04428> of Egypt <04714> went up <05927> (8804) against the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> to the river <05104> Euphrates <06578>: and king <04428> Josiah <02977> went <03212> (8799) against <07125> (8800) him; and he slew <04191> (8686) him at Megiddo <04023>, when he had seen <07200> (8800) him.
30 And his servants <05650> carried him in a chariot <07392> (8686) dead <04191> (8801) from Megiddo <04023> , and brought <0935> (8686) him to Jerusalem <03389>, and buried <06912> (8799) him in his own sepulchre <06900>. And the people <05971> of the land <0776> took <03947> (8799) Jehoahaz <03059> the son <01121> of Josiah <02977>, and anointed <04886> (8799) him, and made him king <04427> (8686) in his father's <01> stead.
31 # Jehoahaz <03059> was twenty <06242> and three <07969> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427> (8800); and he reigned <04427> (8804) three <07969> months <02320> in Jerusalem <03389>. And his mother's <0517> name <08034> was Hamutal <02537>, the daughter <01323> of Jeremiah <03414> of Libnah <03841>.
32 And he did <06213> (8799) that which was evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, according to all that his fathers <01> had done <06213> (8804).
33 And Pharaohnechoh <06549> put him in bands <0631> (8799) at Riblah <07247> in the land <0776> of Hamath <02574>, that he might not reign <04427> (8800) in Jerusalem <03389>; and put <05414> (8799) the land <0776> to a tribute <06066> of an hundred <03967> talents <03603> of silver <03701>, and a talent <03603> of gold <02091>.
34 And Pharaohnechoh <06549> made Eliakim <0471> the son <01121> of Josiah <02977> king <04427> (8686) in the room of Josiah <02977> his father <01>, and turned <05437> (8686) his name <08034> to Jehoiakim <03079>, and took <03947> <00> Jehoahaz <03059> away <03947> (8804): and he came <0935> (8799) to Egypt <04714>, and died <04191> (8799) there.
35 And Jehoiakim <03079> gave <05414> (8804) the silver <03701> and the gold <02091> to Pharaoh <06547> ; but he taxed <06186> (8689) the land <0776> to give <05414> (8800) the money <03701> according to the commandment <06310> of Pharaoh <06547>: he exacted <05065> (8804) the silver <03701> and the gold <02091> of the people <05971> of the land <0776>, of every one <0376> according to his taxation <06187>, to give <05414> (8800) it unto Pharaohnechoh <06549> .
36 Jehoiakim <03079> was twenty <06242> and five <02568> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427> (8800); and he reigned <04427> (8804) eleven <0259> <06240> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389> . And his mother's <0517> name <08034> was Zebudah <02080>, the daughter <01323> of Pedaiah <06305> of Rumah <07316> .
37 And he did <06213> (8799) that which was evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, according to all that his fathers <01> had done <06213> (8804).