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ylt @2Kings:23:1 @And the king sendeth , and they gather unto him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem , ylt @2Kings:23:2 @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 . ylt @2Kings:23:3 @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 . ylt @2Kings:23:4 @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 . ylt @2Kings:23:5 @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 . ylt @2Kings:23:6 @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 . ylt @2Kings:23:7 @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 . ylt @2Kings:23:8 @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 ; ylt @2Kings:23:9 @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 . ylt @2Kings:23:10 @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 . ylt @2Kings:23:11 @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 . ylt @2Kings:23:12 @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 . ylt @2Kings:23:13 @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 . ylt @2Kings:23:14 @And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars , and cutteth down the shrines , and filleth their place with bones of men ; ylt @2Kings:23:15 @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 . ylt @2Kings:23:16 @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 . ylt @2Kings:23:17 @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 .' ylt @2Kings:23:18 @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 . ylt @2Kings:23:19 @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 . ylt @2Kings:23:20 @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 . ylt @2Kings:23:21 @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 .' ylt @2Kings:23:22 @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 ; ylt @2Kings:23:23 @but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah , hath this passover been made to Jehovah in Jerusalem . ylt @2Kings:23:24 @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 . ylt @2Kings:23:25 @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 . ylt @2Kings:23:26 @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 , ylt @2Kings:23:27 @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 .' ylt @2Kings:23:28 @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 ? ylt @2Kings:23:29 @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 . ylt @2Kings:23:30 @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 .

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