2 Kings 23
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2 Kings 23:21-27

21Then the king commanded all the people, saying, “1Celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God 2as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.” 223Truly such a Passover had not been celebrated since the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah. 23But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was celebrated to the Lord in Jerusalem.

24Moreover, Josiah removed 4the mediums, the spiritists, the 56household idols, 7the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, 8so that he might 9fulfill the words of the Law which were written 10in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord. 25Before him there was no king 11like him who turned to the Lord with all his heart, all his soul, and all his might, in conformity to all the Law of Moses; nor did any like him arise after him.

26Nevertheless, the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah, 12because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him. 27And the Lord said, “I will also remove Judah from My sight, 13just as I have removed Israel. And 14I will reject this city which I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the 15temple of which I said, ‘My name shall be there!’”

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Kings 23:21 2 Chr 35:1-17 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Kings 23:21 Num 9:2-4; Deut 16:2-8 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Kings 23:22 2 Chr 35:18, 19 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Kings 23:24 Lev 19:31; 2 Kin 21:6 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Kings 23:24 Heb teraphim ↩
  6. 6. 2 Kings 23:24 Gen 31:19 mg ↩
  7. 7. 2 Kings 23:24 2 Kin 21:11, 21 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Kings 23:24 Deut 18:10-22 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Kings 23:24 Or perform ↩
  10. 10. 2 Kings 23:24 2 Kin 22:8 ↩
  11. 11. 2 Kings 23:25 2 Kin 18:5 ↩
  12. 12. 2 Kings 23:26 2 Kin 21:11-13; Jer 15:4 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Kings 23:27 2 Kin 18:11 ↩
  14. 14. 2 Kings 23:27 2 Kin 21:13, 14 ↩
  15. 15. 2 Kings 23:27 Lit house ↩

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