2Chronicles:34:1-13

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ylt @2Chronicles:34:1 @A son of eight years [is ] Josiah in his reigning , and thirty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem , ylt @2Chronicles:34:2 @and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah , and walketh in the ways of David his father , and hath not turned aside -- right or left . ylt @2Chronicles:34:3 @And in the eighth year of his reign (and he yet a youth ), he hath begun to seek to the God of David his father , and in the twelfth year he hath begun to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places , and the shrines , and the graven images , and the molten images . ylt @2Chronicles:34:4 @And they break down before him the altars of the Baalim , and the images that [are ] on high above them he hath cut down , and the shrines , and the graven images , and the molten images , he hath broken and beaten small , and streweth on the surface of the graves of those sacrificing to them , ylt @2Chronicles:34:5 @and the bones of the priests he hath burnt on their altars , and cleanseth Judah and Jerusalem , ylt @2Chronicles:34:6 @and in the cities of Manasseh , and Ephraim , and Simeon , even unto Naphtali , with their tools , round about . ylt @2Chronicles:34:7 @And he breaketh down the altars and the shrines , and the graven images he hath beaten down very small , and all the images he hath cut down in all the land of Israel , and turneth back to Jerusalem . ylt @2Chronicles:34:8 @And in the eighteenth year of his reign , to purify the land and the house he hath sent Shaphan son of Azaliah , and Maaseiah head of the city , and Joah son of Johaz the remembrancer , to strengthen the house of Jehovah his God . ylt @2Chronicles:34:9 @And they come in unto Hilkiah the high priest , and they give the money that is brought in to the house of God , that the Levites , keeping the threshold , have gathered from the hand of Manasseh , and Ephraim , and from all the remnant of Israel , and from all Judah , and Benjamin , and the inhabitants of Jerusalem , ylt @2Chronicles:34:10 @and they give [it ] into the hand of the workmen , those appointed over the house of Jehovah , and they give it [to ] the workmen who are working in the house of Jehovah , to repair and to strengthen the house ; ylt @2Chronicles:34:11 @and they give [it ] to artificers , and to builders , to buy hewn stones , and wood for couplings and for beams to the houses that the kings of Judah had destroyed . ylt @2Chronicles:34:12 @And the men are working faithfully in the business , and over them are appointed Jahath and Obadiah , the Levites , of the sons of Merari , and Zechariah and Meshullam , of the sons of the Kohathite , to overlook ; and of the Levites , every one understanding about instruments of song , ylt @2Chronicles:34:13 @and over the burden-bearers , and overseers of every one doing work for service and service ; and of the Levites [are ] scribes , and officers , and gatekeepers .

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