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2 Kings 23
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Covenant Renewal

23 So the king sent messengers,(A) and they gathered all the elders(B) of Judah and Jerusalem to him. 2 Then the king went to the Lord’s temple with all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people from the youngest to the oldest. He read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant(C) that had been found in the Lord’s temple.(D) 3 Next, the king stood by the pillar[a](E) and made a covenant(F) in the Lord’s presence to follow the Lord and to keep his commands, his decrees, and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul(G) in order to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book; all the people agreed to[b] the covenant.(H)

Josiah’s Reforms

4 Then the king commanded the high priest Hilkiah(I) and the priests of the second rank(J) and the doorkeepers to bring out of the Lord’s sanctuary all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the stars in the sky.(K) He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.(L) 5 Then he did away with the idolatrous priests the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense at the high places(M) in the cities of Judah and in the areas surrounding Jerusalem. They had burned incense to Baal, and to the sun, moon, constellations, and all the stars in the sky.(N) 6 He brought out the Asherah pole(O) from the Lord’s temple to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem. He burned it at the Kidron Valley,(P) beat it to dust,(Q) and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.[c](R) 7 He also tore down the houses of the male cult prostitutes(S) that were in the Lord’s temple, in which the women were weaving tapestries[d] for Asherah.(T)

8 Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah, and he defiled the high places(U) from Geba(V) to Beer-sheba,(W) where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the city gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city (on the left at the city gate). 9 The priests of the high places, however, did not come up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem; instead, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.(X)

10 He defiled Topheth,(Y) which is in Ben Hinnom Valley,(Z) so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire[e](AA) to Molech.(AB) 11 He did away with the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They had been at the entrance of the Lord’s temple in the precincts by the chamber of Nathan-melech, the eunuch. He also burned the chariots of the sun.(AC)

12 The king tore down the altars that the kings of Judah had made on the roof(AD) of Ahaz’s upper chamber.(AE) He also tore down the altars that Manasseh had made(AF) in the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple. Then he smashed them[f] there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley. 13 The king also defiled the high places that were across from Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Destruction, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth, the abhorrent idol of the Sidonians; for Chemosh, the abhorrent idol of Moab; and for Milcom, the detestable idol of the Ammonites.(AG) 14 He broke the sacred pillars into pieces,(AH) cut down the Asherah poles,(AI) then filled their places with human bones.

15 He even tore down the altar at Bethel(AJ) and the high place(AK) that had been made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin. He burned the high place, crushed it to dust, and burned the Asherah.(AL) 16 As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the mountain. He sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar.(AM) He defiled it according to the word of the Lord proclaimed by the man of God[g] who proclaimed these things.(AN) 17 Then he said, “What is this monument I see?”

The men of the city told him, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar at Bethel.”(AO)

18 So he said, “Let him rest. Don’t let anyone disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.(AP)

19 Josiah also removed all the shrines of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to anger the Lord.(AQ) Josiah did the same things to them that he had done at Bethel. 20 He slaughtered on the altars all the priests of those high places,(AR) and he burned human bones on the altars.(AS) Then he returned to Jerusalem.

Passover Observed

21 The king commanded all the people, “Observe the Passover of the Lord your God as written in the book of the covenant.”(AT) 22 No such Passover had ever been observed from the time of the judges who judged Israel through the entire time of the kings of Israel and Judah. 23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the Lord’s Passover was observed in Jerusalem.(AU)

Further Zeal for the Lord

24 In addition, Josiah eradicated the mediums, the spiritists,(AV) household idols,(AW) images, and all the abhorrent things(AX) that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this in order to carry out the words of the law that were written in the book that the priest Hilkiah found in the Lord’s temple.(AY) 25 Before him there was no king like him who turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength(AZ) according to all the law of Moses, and no one like him arose after him.(BA)

26 In spite of all that, the Lord did not turn from the fury of his intense burning anger, which burned against Judah because of all the affronts with which Manasseh had angered him.(BB) 27 For the Lord had said, “I will also remove Judah from my presence just as I have removed Israel.(BC) I will reject this city Jerusalem, that I have chosen, and the temple about which I said, ‘My name will be there.’”(BD)

Josiah’s Death

28 The rest of the events of Josiah’s reign,(BE) along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings. 29 During his reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt(BF) marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went to confront him, and at Megiddo(BG) when Neco saw him he killed him. 30 From Megiddo his servants carried his dead body in a chariot, brought him into Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb.(BH) Then the common people[h] took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.(BI)

Judah’s King Jehoahaz

31 Jehoahaz(BJ) was(BK) twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal(BL) daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. 32 He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight just as his ancestors had done.(BM) 33 Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah(BN) in the land of Hamath(BO) to keep him from reigning in Jerusalem, and he imposed on the land a fine of seventy-five hundred pounds[i] of silver and seventy-five pounds[j] of gold.

Judah’s King Jehoiakim

34 Then(BP) Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim(BQ) son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim.(BR) But Neco took Jehoahaz and went to Egypt, and he died there.(BS) 35 So Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but at Pharaoh’s command he taxed the land to give it. He exacted the silver and the gold from the common people, each according to his assessment,(BT) to give it to Pharaoh Neco.

36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah. 37 He did what was evil(BU) in the Lord’s sight just as his ancestors had done.

Footnotes

  1. 23:3 2Ch 34:31 reads platform
  2. 23:3 Lit people took a stand in
  3. 23:6 Lit the sons of the people
  4. 23:7 Or clothing
  5. 23:10 Lit could make his son or daughter pass through the fire
  6. 23:12 Text emended; MT reads he ran from
  7. 23:16 LXX adds when Jeroboam stood by the altar of the feast. And he turned and raised his eyes to the tomb of the man of God
  8. 23:30 Lit the people of the land, also in v. 35
  9. 23:33 Lit 100 talents
  10. 23:33 Lit one talent
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2 Koningen 23
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Koning Josia wil dat de mensen weer volgens de wet gaan leven

23 Toen liet koning Josia alle leiders van Juda en Jeruzalem bij zich komen. 2 De koning ging naar de tempel van de Heer. Iedereen ging met hem mee: alle bewoners van Jeruzalem, de priesters, de profeten en het hele volk, van hoog tot laag. Hij las hun het hele boek van het verbond voor dat in de tempel van de Heer was gevonden.

3 Toen ging hij bij de pilaar staan en sloot een verbond met de Heer en met het volk. Ze beloofden dat ze voortaan met hun hele hart en hun hele ziel de Heer zouden dienen. Voortaan zouden ze gehoorzaam zijn aan de wetten en leefregels die in het boek waren opgeschreven. Het hele volk wilde meedoen met dat verbond.

4 Daarna zei de koning tegen de hogepriester Hilkia, de priesters die hem hielpen en de deurwachters: "Haal alles wat voor de afgoden is gemaakt, uit de tempel weg." Hij liet alles buiten Jeruzalem verbranden op de velden langs de beek Kidron. De as liet hij naar Bet-El brengen. 5 Ook ontsloeg hij alle afgodspriesters. Zij waren door de vorige koningen van Juda aangewezen om offers te brengen op de altaren die in de steden van Juda en in de omgeving van Jeruzalem stonden. Ook alle priesters die offers brachten aan de zon, de maan, de sterren en de sterrenbeelden stuurde hij weg. 6 Hij haalde de heilige paal weg uit de tempel van de Heer. Hij verbrandde hem buiten Jeruzalem bij de beek Kidron. Wat ervan overbleef, verpulverde hij tot stof. Het stof wierp hij op de begraafplaats. 7 Hij liet in de tempel van de Heer de kamers afbreken van de mannen die als tempelhoer werkten en van de vrouwen die kleren weefden voor het godenbeeld. 8 Hij liet alle Levitische afgodspriesters uit de steden van Juda naar Jeruzalem komen. Hij zorgde ervoor dat de altaren waar zij offers hadden gebracht, van Geba tot Berseba, onrein gemaakt werden. De altaren bij het huis van de stadsbestuurder Jozua, links van de stadspoort als je de stad in kwam, liet hij ook afbreken. 9 De Levieten die priester waren geweest bij de altaren van de afgoden, mochten geen dienst doen bij het altaar van de Heer in Jeruzalem. Maar ze mochten wel samen met de andere Levieten mee-eten van de ongegiste broden.[a] 10 Hij maakte de offerplaats Tofet in het dal Ben-Hinnom onrein, zodat niemand meer zijn zoon of zijn dochter voor Moloch zou verbranden.

11 Hij haalde de paarden weg die de koningen van Juda voor de aanbidding van de zon hadden gegeven.[b] Die paarden stonden bij de ingang van de tempel van de Heer, bij de kamer van de hoveling Natan-Melech in de bijgebouwen. De zonnewagen liet hij verbranden. 12 Ook liet hij de altaren afbreken die op het dak van de bovenzaal van Achaz stonden. Die altaren waren gebouwd door koningen van Juda. De altaren die koning Manasse had neergezet op de twee pleinen van de tempel van de Heer, liet hij ook afbreken. Het puin stortte hij in de beek Kidron. 13 Ook de altaren aan de oostkant van Jeruzalem, ten zuiden van de berg Mashit, liet hij onrein maken. Die altaren waren nog door koning Salomo gebouwd. Hij had ze laten neerzetten voor Astoret, de god van de Sidoniërs, voor Kamos, de god van Moab, en voor Milkom, de god van de Ammonieten. 14 Koning Josia sloeg de godenbeelden stuk, hakte de heilige palen om en gooide er mensenbotten neer.[c]

15 Ook het altaar in Bet-El[d] dat Jerobeam, de zoon van Nebat, had gemaakt, brak hij af. Hij stak het in brand en wat ervan overbleef verpulverde hij tot stof. De heilige paal liet hij verbranden. 16 Toen zag hij de graven op de berg. Hij liet de botten eruit halen. Hij verbrandde ze op het altaar, om zo het altaar onrein te maken. Zo gebeurde wat de profeet had gezegd in de tijd van koning Jerobeam.[e] 17 Toen zag hij daar een grafsteen. Hij vroeg: "Wat is dat daar voor een graf?" De bewoners van de stad antwoordden hem: "Dat is het graf van de profeet die uit Juda kwam en tegen het altaar van Bet-El de dingen heeft geprofeteerd die u nu heeft gedaan."[f] 18 Toen zei de koning: "Dat graf moeten jullie met rust laten. Laat de botten van die profeet in het graf liggen." Zo lieten ze de botten van de profeet met rust, en ook de botten van de profeet die uit Samaria was gekomen en die bij hem was begraven. 19 Ook liet koning Josia alle tempels in de steden van Samaria afbreken. Die waren ook door de koningen van Israël gemaakt. Daarmee hadden ze de Heer erg kwaad gemaakt. Hij deed daar hetzelfde als hij in Bet-El had gedaan. 20 Hij doodde alle priesters van de afgoden op hun altaren. Daarna verbrandde hij hun botten op de altaren om de altaren onrein te maken. Toen ging hij naar Jeruzalem terug.

Koning Josia laat het Paasfeest vieren

21 De koning beval het hele volk. "Ga nu voor jullie Heer God het Paasfeest vieren. Doe dat op de manier die staat in het boek van het verbond." 22 Want het Paasfeest was nooit meer op die manier gevierd sinds de tijd van de leiders die Israël leidden toen er nog geen koning was. Want ook in de tijd van de koningen van Israël en van Juda was dat nooit meer gedaan. 23 Maar toen Josia 18 jaar koning was van Juda, werd dit Paasfeest voor de Heer weer in Jeruzalem gevierd. 24 Josia deed ook alle mensen uit het land weg die doden om raad vroegen, en alle waarzeggers. Ook verbrandde hij alle grote en kleine afgodsbeelden en alle andere vreselijke dingen die in Juda en Jeruzalem werden gevonden. Want hij wilde leven volgens alle wetten en leefregels van het boek dat de priester Hilkia in de tempel van de Heer had gevonden. 25 Vóór hem is er geen enkele koning geweest, die op dezelfde manier met hart en ziel de Heer wilde dienen volgens alles wat er in de wet van Mozes stond. En na hem is er ook nooit meer zo iemand geweest.

De koning van Egypte valt Juda aan

26 Maar de Heer was nog steeds woedend op Juda, omdat koning Manasse, de grootvader van Josia, Hem zo vreselijk kwaad had gemaakt met alles wat hij had gedaan. 27 Daarom zei de Heer: "Ook met Juda wil Ik niets meer te maken hebben. Net zoals met Israël. Ik wil niet meer in Jeruzalem wonen, de stad die Ik had uitgekozen. Ik zal niet meer in de tempel wonen waarvan Ik gezegd had dat Ik daar zou wonen."

28 De rest van wat Josia allemaal heeft gedaan,[g] staat opgeschreven in de boeken met de geschiedenis van de koningen van Juda. 29 In de tijd dat Josia koning was, trok koning Necho van Egypte met zijn leger dwars door Juda naar de koning van Assur, bij de rivier de Eufraat. Koning Josia viel hem met zijn leger bij Megiddo aan omdat hij hem niet door Juda wilde laten trekken. Maar Necho doodde Josia zodra hij hem zag. 30 Josia's dienaren brachten zijn lijk van Megiddo op een strijdwagen terug naar Jeruzalem. Daar begroeven ze hem in zijn graf. Toen kroonden de mensen Josia's zoon Joahaz tot koning van Juda.

Joahaz, koning van Juda

31 Joahaz was 23 jaar toen hij koning werd. Hij regeerde drie maanden in Jeruzalem. Zijn moeder heette Hamutal. Ze was een dochter van Jeremia. Ze kwam uit Libna. 32 Joahaz leefde niet zoals de Heer het wil, net zoals zijn voorvaders. 33 Na drie maanden zette koning Necho van Egypte hem gevangen in de stad Ribla in Hamat, zodat hij niet meer over Juda zou regeren. Hij liet Juda een belasting betalen van 100 talenten (3000 kilo) zilver en 1 talent (30 kilo) goud. 34 En hij maakte Eljakim, de broer van Joahaz, koning van Juda. Hij gaf Eljakim een andere naam: Jojakim. Maar Joahaz nam hij mee naar Egypte. Daar stierf hij.[h] 35 Jojakim betaalde de gevraagde belasting aan koning Necho. Maar om dat te kunnen doen, liet hij al het goud en zilver dat daarvoor nodig was, betalen door het volk.

Jojakim, koning van Juda

36 Jojakim was 25 jaar toen hij koning van Juda werd. Hij regeerde 11 jaar in Jeruzalem. Zijn moeder heette Zebudda. Ze was een dochter van Pedaja. Ze kwam uit Ruma. 37 Jojakim leefde niet zoals de Heer het wil, net zoals zijn voorvaders. (lees verder)

Footnotes

  1. 2 Koningen 23:9 God had bepaald dat een deel van de vlees-offers en meel-offers niet moest worden verbrand, maar voor de priesters was.
  2. 2 Koningen 23:11 Die waren voor de 'zonnewagen', de wagen waarmee volgens hen de zon langs de hemel trok.
  3. 2 Koningen 23:14 Van mensenbotten werd een plaats onrein, zodat die plek niet meer geschikt was om offers aan de god te brengen.
  4. 2 Koningen 23:15 Bet-El lag in het koninkrijk Israël, dus eigenlijk had koning Josia daar niets te maken. Maar het koninkrijk Israël bestond in die tijd niet meer, doordat hun koning en alle bewoners gevangen waren meegenomen naar Assur. Daardoor kon Josia dat doen.
  5. 2 Koningen 23:16 Dat was 300 jaar eerder gezegd. Lees 1 Koningen 13:1-3.
  6. 2 Koningen 23:17 Lees 1 Koningen 13:4-32.
  7. 2 Koningen 23:28 Lees ook 2 Kronieken 34 en 35.
  8. 2 Koningen 23:34 Lees ook 2 Kronieken 36:1-4.
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Josiah Restores True Worship(A)

23 Now (B)the king sent them to gather all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to him. 2 The king went up to the house of the Lord with all the men of Judah, and with him all the inhabitants of Jerusalem—the priests and the prophets and all the people, both small and great. And he (C)read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant (D)which had been found in the house of the Lord.

3 Then the king (E)stood by a pillar and made a (F)covenant before the Lord, to follow the Lord and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people took a stand for the covenant. 4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the (G)priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to bring (H)out of the temple of the Lord all the articles that were made for Baal, for [a]Asherah, and for all [b]the host of heaven; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. 5 Then he removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem, and those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the [c]constellations, and to (I)all the host of heaven. 6 And he brought out the (J)wooden[d] image from the house of the Lord, to the Brook Kidron outside Jerusalem, burned it at the Brook Kidron and ground it to (K)ashes, and threw its ashes on (L)the graves of the common people. 7 Then he tore down the ritual [e]booths (M)of the [f]perverted persons that were in the house of the Lord, (N)where the (O)women wove hangings for the wooden image. 8 And he brought all the priests from the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from (P)Geba to Beersheba; also he broke down the high places at the gates which were at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were to the left of the city gate. 9 (Q)Nevertheless the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, (R)but they ate unleavened bread among their brethren.

10 And he defiled (S)Topheth, which is in (T)the Valley of the [g]Son of Hinnom, (U)that no man might make his son or his daughter (V)pass through the fire to Molech. 11 Then he removed the horses that the kings of Judah had [h]dedicated to the sun, at the entrance to the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan-Melech, the officer who was in the court; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 12 The altars that were (W)on the roof, the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which (X)Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, the king broke down and pulverized there, and threw their dust into the Brook Kidron. 13 Then the king defiled the [i]high places that were east of Jerusalem, which were on the [j]south of [k]the Mount of Corruption, which (Y)Solomon king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the people of Ammon. 14 And he (Z)broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images, and filled their places with the bones of men.

15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the [l]high place (AA)which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and crushed it to powder, and burned the wooden image. 16 As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs that were there on the mountain. And he sent and took the bones out of the tombs and burned them on the altar, and defiled it according to the (AB)word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. 17 Then he said, “What gravestone is this that I see?”

So the men of the city told him, “It is (AC)the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which you have done against the altar of Bethel.”

18 And he said, “Let him alone; let no one move his bones.” So they let his bones alone, with the bones of (AD)the prophet who came from Samaria.

19 Now Josiah also took away all the [m]shrines of the [n]high places that were (AE)in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke [o]the Lord to anger; and he did to them according to all the deeds he had done in Bethel. 20 (AF)He (AG)executed all the priests of the [p]high places who were there, on the altars, and (AH)burned men’s bones on them; and he returned to Jerusalem.

21 Then the king commanded all the people, saying, (AI)“Keep the Passover to the Lord your God, (AJ)as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.” 22 (AK)Such a Passover surely had never been held since the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah. 23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah this Passover was held before the Lord in Jerusalem. 24 Moreover Josiah put away those who consulted mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might perform the words of (AL)the law which were written in the book (AM)that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord. 25 (AN)Now before him there was no king like him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses; nor after him did any arise like him.

Impending Judgment on Judah

26 Nevertheless the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath, with which His anger was aroused against Judah, (AO)because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him. 27 And the Lord said, “I will also remove Judah from My sight, as (AP)I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, (AQ)‘My name shall be there.’ ”

Josiah Dies in Battle(AR)

28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 29 (AS)In his days Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went [q]to the aid of the king of Assyria, to the River Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him. And Pharaoh Necho killed him at (AT)Megiddo when he (AU)confronted him. 30 (AV)Then his servants moved his body in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. And (AW)the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.

The Reign and Captivity of Jehoahaz(AX)

31 (AY)Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was (AZ)Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. 33 Now Pharaoh Necho put him in prison (BA)at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 34 Then (BB)Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and (BC)changed his name to (BD)Jehoiakim. And Pharaoh took Jehoahaz (BE)and went to Egypt, and [r]he died there.

Jehoiakim Reigns in Judah(BF)

35 So Jehoiakim gave (BG)the silver and gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give money according to the command of Pharaoh; he exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land, from every one according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Necho. 36 (BH)Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 37 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:4 A Canaanite goddess
  2. 2 Kings 23:4 The gods of the Assyrians
  3. 2 Kings 23:5 Of the Zodiac
  4. 2 Kings 23:6 Heb. Asherah, a Canaanite goddess
  5. 2 Kings 23:7 Lit. houses
  6. 2 Kings 23:7 Heb. qedeshim, those practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals
  7. 2 Kings 23:10 Kt. Sons
  8. 2 Kings 23:11 given
  9. 2 Kings 23:13 Places for pagan worship
  10. 2 Kings 23:13 Lit. right of
  11. 2 Kings 23:13 The Mount of Olives
  12. 2 Kings 23:15 A place for pagan worship
  13. 2 Kings 23:19 Lit. houses
  14. 2 Kings 23:19 Places for pagan worship
  15. 2 Kings 23:19 So with LXX, Syr., Vg.; MT, Tg. omit the Lord
  16. 2 Kings 23:20 Places for pagan worship
  17. 2 Kings 23:29 Or to attack, Heb. al can mean together with or against
  18. 2 Kings 23:34 Jehoahaz
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