2 Kings 23

1And the kingH4428 sentH7971, and they gatheredH622 to him all the eldersH2205 of JudahH3063 and of JerusalemH3389. 2And the kingH4428 wentH5927 up into the houseH1004 of Jehovah, and all the menH376 of JudahH3063 and all the inhabitantsH3427 of JerusalemH3389 with him, and the priestsH3548 and the prophetsH5030, and all the peopleH5971, both smallH6996 and greatH1419; and he readH7121 in their earsH241 all the wordsH1697 of the bookH5612 of the covenantH1285 which had been foundH4672 in the houseH1004 of Jehovah. 3And the kingH4428 stoodH5975 on the dais, and madeH3772 a covenantH1285 before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keepH8104 his commandmentsH4687 and his testimoniesH5715 and his statutesH2708 with all [his] heartH3820, and with all [his] soulH5315, to establishH6965 the wordsH1697 of this covenantH1285 that are writtenH3789 in this bookH5612. And all the peopleH5971 stoodH5975 to the covenantH1285. 4And the kingH4428 commandedH6680 Hilkijah the high priestH3548, and the priestsH3548 of the secondH4932 order, and the doorkeepers, to bringH3318 forthH3318 out of the templeH1964 of Jehovah all the vesselsH3627 that had been madeH6213 for BaalH1168, and for the AsherahH842, and for all the hostH6635 of the heavensH8064; and he burnedH8313 them outside JerusalemH3389 in the fieldsH7709 of KidronH6939, and carriedH5375 the ashes of them to Bethel. 5And he abolished the idolatrous priestsH3649, whom the kingsH4428 of JudahH3063 had ordained to burn incenseH6999 on the highH1116 placesH1116 in the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063, and the environs of JerusalemH3389; and them that burned incenseH6999 to BaalH1168, to the sunH8121, and to the moonH3394, and to the constellations, and to all the hostH6635 of heavenH8064. 6And he broughtH3318 out the AsherahH842 from the houseH1004 of Jehovah, outside JerusalemH3389, to the torrent of KidronH6939, and burnedH8313 it at the torrent of KidronH6939, and stamped it small to powder, and castH7993 the powder upon the gravesH6913 of the children of the peopleH5971. 7And he brokeH5422 down the housesH1004 of the sodomites, which were in the houseH1004 of Jehovah, whereH834 the womenH802 wove tents for the AsherahH842. 8And he broughtH935 all the priestsH3548 out of the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063, and defiledH2930 the highH1116 placesH1116 whereH834 the priestsH3548 had burned incenseH6999, from GebaH1387 even to Beer-sheba; and he brokeH5422 down the highH1116 placesH1116 of the gatesH8179, those at the entranceH6607 of the gateH8179 of JoshuaH3091 the governor of the cityH5892, [and] those on the left handH8040 of any [goingH935 in] at the gateH8179 of the cityH5892. 9NeverthelessH389 the priestsH3548 of the highH1116 placesH1116 cameH5927 not up to the altarH4196 of Jehovah in JerusalemH3389, but they ateH398 of the unleavenedH4682 breadH4682 among their brethren. 10And he defiledH2930 TophethH8612, which is in the valleyH1516 of the sonsH1121 of HinnomH2011, that no manH376 might cause his sonH1121 or his daughterH1323 to passH5674 through the fireH784 to MolechH4432. 11And he abolished the horsesH5483 that the kingsH4428 of JudahH3063 had appointed to the sunH8121 at the entrance of the houseH1004 of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burnedH8313 the chariotsH4818 of the sunH8121, with fireH784. 12And the kingH4428 brokeH5422 down the altarsH4196 that were on the roofH1406 of the upperH5944 chamberH5944 of AhazH271, which the kingsH4428 of JudahH3063 had madeH6213, and the altarsH4196 that ManassehH4519 had madeH6213 in the twoH8147 courts of the houseH1004 of Jehovah, and he shattered them, [removing them] from thence, and castH7993 the powder of them into the torrent of KidronH6939. 13And the highH1116 placesH1116 that were before JerusalemH3389, which were on the rightH3225 handH3225 of the mount of corruption, which SolomonH8010 the kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 had builtH1129 for Ashtoreth the abominationH8441 of the Zidonians, and for ChemoshH3645 the abominationH8441 of the Moabites, and for MilcomH4445 the abominationH8441 of the children of AmmonH5983, did the kingH4428 defileH2930. 14And he brokeH7665 in pieces the columns, and cutH3772 down the Asherahs, and filledH4390 their placeH4725 with the bonesH6106 of menH120. 15Moreover the altarH4196 that was at Bethel, the highH1116 placeH1116 that JeroboamH3379 the sonH1121 of NebatH5028, who caused IsraelH3478 to sinH2398, had madeH6213, both that altarH4196 and the highH1116 placeH1116 he brokeH5422 downH5422; and burnedH8313 the highH1116 placeH1116, stamped it small to powder, and burnedH8313 the AsherahH842. 16And JosiahH2977 turnedH6437 himself, and sawH7200 the sepulchres that were there on the mount; and he sentH7971 and tookH3947 the bonesH6106 out of the sepulchres, and burnedH8313 [them] upon the altarH4196, and defiledH2930 it, according to the wordH1697 of Jehovah, that the manH376 of 1GodH430 had proclaimedH7121, who proclaimedH7121 these thingsH1697. 17Then he saidH559, What tombstone is that which I seeH7200? And the menH376 of the cityH5892 told him, It is the sepulchre of the manH376 of 2GodH430 who cameH935 from JudahH3063 and proclaimedH7121 these thingsH1697 which thou hast done against the altarH4196 of Bethel. 18And he saidH559, Let him alone; let no manH376 move his bonesH6106. And they savedH4422 his bonesH6106, with the bonesH6106 of the prophetH5030 that cameH935 out of SamariaH8111. 19And all the housesH1004 alsoH1571 of the highH1116 placesH1116 that were in the citiesH5892 of SamariaH8111, which the kingsH4428 of IsraelH3478 had madeH6213 to provokeH3707 [Jehovah] to angerH3707, JosiahH2977 removedH5493, and did to them according to all the actsH6213 that he had done in Bethel. 20And he sacrificedH2076 upon the altarsH4196 all the priestsH3548 of the highH1116 placesH1116 that were there, and burnedH8313 men's bonesH6106 upon them. And he returnedH7725 to JerusalemH3389. 21And the kingH4428 commandedH6680 all the peopleH5971 sayingH559, Hold the passoverH6453 to Jehovah your 3GodH430, as it is writtenH3789 in this bookH5612 of the covenantH1285. 22For there was not holden such a passoverH6453 from the daysH3117 of the judgesH8199 that judgedH8199 IsraelH3478, nor in all the daysH3117 of the kingsH4428 of IsraelH3478, nor of the kingsH4428 of JudahH3063; 23but in the eighteenth yearH8141 of kingH4428 JosiahH2977 was this passoverH6453 holden to Jehovah in JerusalemH3389. 24Moreover the necromancers and the soothsayers, and the teraphimH8655 and the idolsH1544, and all the abominationsH8251 that were seenH7200 in the landH776 of JudahH3063 and in JerusalemH3389, JosiahH2977 took away, that he might perform the wordsH1697 of the lawH8451 which were writtenH3789 in the bookH5612 that Hilkijah the priestH3548 had foundH4672 in the houseH1004 of Jehovah. 25And before him there had beenH1961 no kingH4428 like him that turnedH7725 to Jehovah with all his heartH3824 and with all his soulH5315 and with all his might, according to all the lawH8451 of MosesH4872; neither after him aroseH6965 there his like. 26But Jehovah turnedH7725 not from the fierceness of his greatH1419 wrath, wherewith his angerH639 was kindled against JudahH3063, because of all the provocations with which ManassehH4519 had provokedH3707 him. 27And Jehovah saidH559, I will removeH5493 JudahH3063 alsoH1571 out of my sight, as I have removedH5493 IsraelH3478, and will reject this cityH5892 JerusalemH3389 which I have chosenH977, and the houseH1004 of which I saidH559, My nameH8034 shall beH1961 there. 28And the restH3499 of the acts of JosiahH2977, and all that he did, are they not writtenH3789 in the bookH5612 of the chronicles of the kingsH4428 of JudahH3063? 29In his daysH3117 Pharaoh-Nechoh kingH4428 of EgyptH4714 wentH5927 up against the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 to the riverH5104 EuphratesH6578; and kingH4428 JosiahH2977 wentH5927 against him; but [Nechoh] slew him at MegiddoH4023, when he had seenH7200 him. 30And his servantsH5650 carried him in a chariot deadH4191 from MegiddoH4023, and broughtH935 him to JerusalemH3389, and buriedH6912 him in his own sepulchre. And the peopleH5971 of the landH776 tookH3947 JehoahazH3059 the sonH1121 of JosiahH2977, and anointedH4886 him, and made him kingH4427 in his father's stead. 31JehoahazH3059 was twenty-three yearsH8141 old when he began to reignH4427; and he reignedH4427 threeH7969 monthsH2320 in JerusalemH3389; and his mother's nameH8034 was HamutalH2537, daughterH1323 of JeremiahH3414 of LibnahH3841. 32And he did evilH7451 in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathersH1 had done. 33And Pharaoh-Nechoh had him boundH631 at RiblahH7247 in the landH776 of HamathH2574, that he might not reignH4427 in JerusalemH3389; and laid a tribute upon the landH776 of a hundredH3967 talentsH3603 of silverH3701 and a talentH3603 of goldH2091. 34And Pharaoh-Nechoh made EliakimH471 the sonH1121 of JosiahH2977 kingH4427 instead of JosiahH2977 his fatherH1, and changedH5437 his nameH8034 to JehoiakimH3079. And he tookH3947 JehoahazH3059; and he cameH935 to EgyptH4714, and diedH4191 there. 35And JehoiakimH3079 gaveH5414 the silverH3701 and the goldH2091 to PharaohH6547; but he laid a proportional tax on the landH776 to giveH5414 the moneyH3701 according to the command of PharaohH6547: he exacted the silverH3701 and the goldH2091 of the peopleH5971 of the landH776, of every oneH376 according to his estimation, to giveH5414 it to Pharaoh-Nechoh. 36JehoiakimH3079 was twenty-five yearsH8141 old when he began to reignH4427; and he reignedH4427 eleven yearsH8141 in JerusalemH3389; and his mother's nameH8034 was Zebuddah, daughterH1323 of PedaiahH6305 of RumahH7316. 37And he did evilH7451 in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathersH1 had done.