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约西亚的改革

23 于是，王召集犹大和耶路撒冷的所有长老， 2 与祭司、先知、犹大人、耶路撒冷的居民等全体民众，不论贵贱，一同上到耶和华的殿。王把在殿中发现的约书念给他们听。 3 王站在柱旁，在耶和华面前立约，要全心全意地跟随耶和华，遵从祂的一切诫命、法度和律例，履行约书上的规定。民众都答应守约。

4 王吩咐大祭司希勒迦及其副手和殿门守卫清除耶和华殿里用来祭拜巴力、亚舍拉及天上万象的一切器具，将其搬到耶路撒冷城外汲沦溪旁的田野烧掉，又把灰烬带到伯特利。 5 从前，犹大各王任命祭司在犹大各城和耶路撒冷周围的丘坛烧香。现在，约西亚除掉那些祭司，又除掉向巴力、日、月、星辰及天上万象烧香的祭司。 6 他将亚舍拉神像从耶和华的殿里搬到耶路撒冷城外汲沦溪旁烧掉，磨成灰撒在平民的坟墓上。 7 他又拆毁耶和华的殿内男庙妓的房屋，就是妇女为亚舍拉编织帐幔的地方。 8 他召集犹大各城中的祭司，污渎从迦巴到别示巴的各丘坛，那些祭司曾在那里烧香。他拆毁耶路撒冷城门左边、约书亚总督门前的丘坛。 9 但在丘坛烧香的祭司不能在耶路撒冷耶和华的祭坛那里事奉，只可以和其他祭司一起吃无酵饼。 10 他污渎欣嫩子谷中的陀斐特，使人们不能焚烧自己的儿女献给摩洛。 11 他从耶和华的殿门口除掉犹大各王献给太阳神的马匹，这些马匹在太监拿单·米勒房子旁边的院子里。他烧掉了那些献给太阳神的战车。 12 他推倒犹大各王在亚哈斯楼顶上建造的祭坛，摧毁玛拿西在耶和华殿的两个院子里所筑的祭坛，把它们打碎，把灰丢进汲沦溪。 13 他污渎耶路撒冷东面、败坏山南面的丘坛。这些丘坛都是以色列王所罗门为西顿人可憎的神明亚斯她录、摩押人可憎的神明基抹和亚扪人可憎的神明米勒公建造的。 14 他砸碎神柱，砍倒亚舍拉神像，用死人骨头填满那些地方。

15 他拆掉伯特利高岗上的祭坛，即尼八的儿子耶罗波安诱使以色列人犯罪时建造的祭坛，把祭坛烧毁，捣碎成灰，又焚烧亚舍拉神像。 16 约西亚转身看见山上的坟墓，就派人取出墓中的尸骨，放在那祭坛上焚烧，污渎了那祭坛，应验了耶和华借祂的仆人所说的预言。 17 约西亚问：“我看到的那墓碑是谁的？”那城里的人告诉他：“是上帝仆人的，他曾从犹大来预言你对伯特利祭坛所做的这些事。” 18 他说：“不要动他，不要动他的尸骨。”于是，他们没有动那位先知和撒玛利亚来的先知的尸骨。 19 他拆毁以色列各王从前建在撒玛利亚各城高岗上、惹耶和华发怒的丘坛，就像他在伯特利所做的一样。 20 他在祭坛上杀死那些丘坛的祭司，又在坛上焚烧死人骨头。之后，他返回耶路撒冷。

约西亚守逾越节

21 约西亚王吩咐民众：“你们应当依照约书的记载庆祝逾越节，以尊崇你们的上帝耶和华。” 22-23 约西亚执政第十八年，他们在耶路撒冷庆祝逾越节，以尊崇耶和华。自士师治理以色列起，至以色列和犹大列王统治期间，都没有这样庆祝过逾越节。

24 为了遵守祭司希勒迦在耶和华殿里找到的律法书上的话，约西亚彻底清除了耶路撒冷和犹大境内的灵媒、巫师、家庭神像及其他一切可憎之物。 25 约西亚全心、全意、全力归向耶和华，遵行摩西的一切律法，在犹大列王中空前绝后。

26 然而，玛拿西所行的一切惹怒耶和华，耶和华对犹大仍盛怒未息。 27 耶和华说：“我要像驱逐以色列人一样将犹大人从我面前赶走。我要撇弃我所拣选的耶路撒冷和我名常在的殿。”

28 约西亚其他的事及作为都记在犹大的列王史上。 29 约西亚执政期间，埃及王尼哥前往幼发拉底河援助亚述王，约西亚出兵迎战尼哥，在米吉多被杀。 30 他的臣仆用车把他的尸体从米吉多运回耶路撒冷，安葬在他的墓穴里。民众膏立他儿子约哈斯做王。

约哈斯做犹大王

31 约哈斯二十三岁登基，在耶路撒冷执政三个月。他母亲叫哈慕她，是立拿人耶利米的女儿。 32 约哈斯像他祖先一样做耶和华视为恶的事。 33 埃及王尼哥把约哈斯囚禁在哈马的利比拉，不准他在耶路撒冷做王，又罚犹大国三点四吨银子和三十四公斤金子。

约雅敬做犹大王

34 埃及王尼哥立约西亚的另一个儿子以利亚敬为王，给他改名为约雅敬。约哈斯被尼哥带到埃及，并死在那里。 35 为了缴纳法老索要的金银，约雅敬向全国征税，按照民众家产的多少征收金银。 36 约雅敬二十五岁登基，在耶路撒冷执政十一年。他母亲叫西布妲，是鲁玛人毗大雅的女儿。 37 他像他祖先一样做耶和华视为恶的事。

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2 Reis 23
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As reformas religiosas de Josias

23 Josias mandou chamar todas as autoridades de Judá e de Jerusalém. 2 Então o rei subiu ao templo do Senhor com os sacerdotes e os profetas e com todo o povo de Judá e de Jerusalém, dos mais simples até os mais importantes. Leu para eles todo o Livro da Aliança encontrado no templo do Senhor. 3 O rei ficou em pé no lugar de honra junto à coluna e renovou a aliança na presença do Senhor. Comprometeu-se a obedecer ao Senhor e a cumprir seus mandamentos, preceitos e decretos de todo o coração e de toda a alma. Confirmou, desse modo, os termos da aliança escritos no livro, e todo o povo se comprometeu com a aliança.

4 Em seguida, o rei deu ordens ao sumo sacerdote Hilquias, aos sacerdotes auxiliares e aos guardas das portas do templo para que removessem do templo do Senhor todos os utensílios usados para o culto a Baal, a Aserá e a todos os astros do céu. Mandou queimar tudo fora de Jerusalém, nos terraços do vale de Cedrom, e levou as cinzas para Betel. 5 Eliminou os sacerdotes idólatras nomeados por reis anteriores de Judá, pois haviam oferecido sacrifícios nos santuários idólatras em todo o território de Judá e nos arredores de Jerusalém. Também haviam oferecido sacrifícios a Baal, ao sol, à lua, às constelações e a todos os astros dos céus. 6 Removeu do templo do Senhor o poste de Aserá e o levou para fora de Jerusalém, para o vale de Cedrom, onde o queimou. Depois, moeu as cinzas do poste e lançou o pó sobre os túmulos do povo. 7 Também demoliu os alojamentos dos prostitutos e das prostitutas cultuais dentro do templo do Senhor, onde as mulheres teciam enfeites[a] para o poste de Aserá.

8 Josias trouxe para Jerusalém todos os sacerdotes que moravam em outras cidades de Judá. Profanou os santuários idólatras, onde haviam queimado incenso, desde Geba até Berseba. Destruiu os santuários na entrada da porta de Josué, governador de Jerusalém, à esquerda de quem entra pela porta da cidade. 9 Os sacerdotes que haviam servido nos santuários idólatras não tinham permissão de servir no[b] altar do Senhor, em Jerusalém, mas podiam comer dos pães sem fermento junto com os outros sacerdotes.

10 O rei profanou o altar de Tofete, no vale de Ben-Hinom, a fim de que ninguém mais pudesse usá-lo para sacrificar no fogo um filho ou uma filha como oferta a Moloque. 11 Removeu da entrada do templo do Senhor as estátuas de cavalos que os reis anteriores de Judá haviam dedicado ao sol. Ficavam perto do alojamento do eunuco Natã-Meleque, oficial do templo.[c] O rei também queimou os carros de guerra consagrados ao sol.

12 Derrubou os altares que os reis de Judá haviam construído no terraço do palácio, sobre a sala de Acaz. Destruiu os altares que Manassés havia construído nos dois pátios do templo do Senhor. Despedaçou-os[d] e espalhou o entulho no vale de Cedrom. 13 O rei também profanou os santuários idólatras a leste de Jerusalém, ao sul do monte da Corrupção, que Salomão, rei de Israel, havia construído para Astarote, a repulsiva deusa dos sidônios, e para Camos, o repulsivo deus dos moabitas, e para Moloque,[e] o repugnante deus dos amonitas. 14 Fez em pedaços as colunas sagradas e cortou os postes de Aserá. Depois, espalhou sobre eles ossos humanos.

15 O rei também demoliu o altar em Betel, o santuário idólatra que Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, havia construído quando levou Israel a pecar. Queimou o santuário e o reduziu a pó e queimou o poste de Aserá. 16 Então Josias olhou ao redor e viu várias sepulturas na encosta do monte. Mandou retirar os ossos das sepulturas e os queimou no altar em Betel para profaná-lo. Tudo isso aconteceu exatamente como o Senhor havia anunciado por meio do homem de Deus, quando Jeroboão estava junto ao altar durante a festa.

Depois, Josias se voltou e viu o túmulo do homem de Deus[f] que havia predito essas coisas. 17 “Que monumento é aquele ali?”, o rei perguntou.

E o povo da cidade lhe disse: “É o túmulo do homem de Deus que veio de Judá e anunciou exatamente o que o senhor acaba de fazer ao altar em Betel!”.

18 Josias respondeu: “Deixem-no em paz. Não mexam nos ossos”. Assim, não queimaram seus ossos, nem os ossos do profeta de Samaria.

19 Então Josias demoliu todos os santuários idólatras nas cidades de Samaria, como havia feito em Betel. Tinham sido construídos pelos reis de Israel e haviam provocado a ira do Senhor.[g] 20 Matou os sacerdotes dos santuários idólatras em seus próprios altares e queimou ossos humanos sobre os altares para profaná-los. Por fim, voltou para Jerusalém.

Josias celebra a Páscoa

21 O rei Josias deu a seguinte ordem a todo o povo: “Celebrem a Páscoa do Senhor, seu Deus, como requer este Livro da Aliança”. 22 A Páscoa não havia sido celebrada dessa forma desde o tempo em que os juízes governavam Israel, nem nos dias dos reis de Israel e de Judá. 23 Mas, no décimo oitavo ano do reinado de Josias, a Páscoa foi celebrada ao Senhor em Jerusalém.

24 Josias também exterminou os médiuns e os praticantes de ocultismo, os ídolos do lar, os ídolos em geral[h] e toda espécie de prática repulsiva tanto em Jerusalém como em todo o território de Judá. Fez isso em obediência às leis escritas no livro que o sacerdote Hilquias havia encontrado no templo do Senhor. 25 Nunca antes houve um rei como Josias, que se voltasse para o Senhor de todo o coração, de toda a alma e de todas as forças, e obedecesse a toda a lei de Moisés. E nunca mais houve um rei como ele.

26 Ainda assim, o Senhor continuou grandemente irado contra Judá, por causa de todas as coisas que Manassés havia feito para provocá-lo. 27 Pois o Senhor disse: “Também expulsarei Judá de minha presença, como expulsei Israel. E rejeitarei Jerusalém, a cidade que escolhi, e o templo onde meu nome deveria ser honrado”.

28 Os demais acontecimentos do reinado de Josias e tudo que ele fez estão registrados no Livro da História dos Reis de Judá.

29 Durante o reinado de Josias, o faraó Neco, rei do Egito, foi ao rio Eufrates dar apoio ao rei da Assíria. O rei Josias e seu exército saíram para lutar contra ele, mas o faraó[i] o matou quando se enfrentaram em Megido. 30 Os oficiais de Josias levaram seu corpo de volta num carro, de Megido para Jerusalém, e o sepultaram em seu próprio túmulo. Então o povo ungiu Jeoacaz, filho de Josias, e o proclamou rei.

Jeoacaz reina em Judá

31 Jeoacaz tinha 23 anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou em Jerusalém por três meses. Sua mãe se chamava Hamutal e era filha de Jeremias, de Libna. 32 Fez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, como seus antepassados.

33 O faraó Neco prendeu Jeoacaz em Ribla, na terra de Hamate, para impedir que reinasse[j] em Jerusalém. Também exigiu que Judá pagasse um tributo de 3.500 quilos de prata e 35 quilos de ouro.[k]

Jeoaquim reina em Judá

34 Em seguida, o faraó Neco escolheu Eliaquim, outro filho de Josias, como sucessor de seu pai e mudou o nome dele para Jeoaquim. Jeoacaz foi levado como prisioneiro para o Egito, onde morreu.

35 A fim de obter o ouro e a prata que o faraó Neco havia exigido como tributo, Jeoaquim cobrou dos habitantes de Judá um imposto proporcional às posses de cada um.

36 Jeoaquim tinha 25 anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou em Jerusalém por onze anos. Sua mãe se chamava Zebida e era filha de Pedaías, de Ruma. 37 Ele fez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, como seus antepassados.

Footnotes

  1. 23.7 Ou tendas.
  2. 23.9 Em hebraico, não subiam para o.
  3. 23.11 Ou no pátio anexo ao templo. O significado do hebraico é incerto.
  4. 23.12 Ou Removeu-os rapidamente.
  5. 23.13 Em hebraico, Milcom, variação de Moloque.
  6. 23.16 Conforme a Septuaginta; o hebraico não traz todo o trecho quando Jeroboão […] o túmulo do homem de Deus.
  7. 23.19 Conforme a Septuaginta, a versão siríaca e a Vulgata; o hebraico não traz do Senhor.
  8. 23.24 É provável que o termo hebraico (lit. coisas redondas) se refira a esterco.
  9. 23.29 Em hebraico, mas ele.
  10. 23.33a O significado do hebraico é incerto.
  11. 23.33b Em hebraico, 100 talentos de prata e 1 talento de ouro.
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2 Kings 23
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23 1 the king sent a message, and all of Judah’s and Jerusalem’s elders gathered before him. 2 Then the king went up to the Lord’s temple, together with all the people of Judah and all the citizens of Jerusalem, the priests and the prophets, and all the people, young and old alike. There the king read out loud all the words of the covenant scroll that had been found in the Lord’s temple. 3 The king stood beside the pillar and made a covenant with the Lord that he would follow the Lord by keeping his commandments, his laws, and his regulations with all his heart and all his being in order to fulfill the words of this covenant that were written in this scroll. All of the people accepted the covenant.

4 The king then commanded the high priest Hilkiah, the second-order priests, and the doorkeepers to remove from the Lord’s temple all the religious objects made for Baal, Asherah, and all the heavenly bodies. The king burned them outside Jerusalem in the Kidron fields and took the ashes to Bethel. 5 He got rid of the pagan priests that the Judean kings had appointed to burn incense at the shrines in Judah’s cities and the areas around Jerusalem. He did the same to those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations, and to all the heavenly bodies. 6 He removed the Asherah image[a] from the Lord’s temple, taking it to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem. There he burned it, ground it to dust, and threw the dust on the public graveyard. 7 The king tore down the shrines for the consecrated workers[b] that were in the Lord’s temple, where women made woven coverings[c] for Asherah.

8 Then Josiah brought all the priests out of Judah’s cities. From Geba to Beer-sheba, he defiled the shrines where the priests had been burning incense. He also tore down the shrines at the gates at the entrance to the gate of Joshua the city’s governor, which were on the left as one entered the city gate. 9 Although the priests of these shrines didn’t go up on the Lord’s altar in Jerusalem, they did eat unleavened bread with their fellow priests.

10 Josiah defiled the Topheth in the Ben-hinnom Valley so no one could burn their child alive in honor of the god Molech. 11 He did away with the horses that Judah’s kings had dedicated to the sun. They were kept at the entrance to the Lord’s temple near a room in the annex[d] that belonged to an official named Nathan-melech. Josiah set fire to the chariots that were dedicated to the sun. 12 The king also tore down the altars that were on the roof of Ahaz’s upper story, which had been made by the Judean kings, and he did the same with the altars that Manasseh had built in the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple. He broke them up there[e] and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley. 13 The king then defiled the shrines facing Jerusalem, south of the Mountain of Destruction. Solomon the king of Israel had built these for Ashtoreth, the monstrous Sidonian god, for Chemosh, the monstrous Moabite god, and for Milcom, the detestable Ammonite god. 14 He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the sacred poles,[f] filling the places where they had been with human bones.

15 Josiah also tore down the altar that was in Bethel. That was the shrine made by Jeroboam, Nebat’s son, who caused Israel to sin. Josiah tore down that altar and its shrine. He burned the shrine, grinding it into dust. Then he burned its sacred pole.[g] 16 When Josiah turned around, he noticed tombs up on the hillside. So he ordered the bones to be taken out of the tombs. He then burned them on the altar, desecrating it. (This was in agreement with the word that the Lord announced by the man of God when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the festival.) Josiah then turned and saw the tomb of the man of God[h] who had predicted these things. 17 “What’s this gravestone I see?” Josiah asked.

The people of the city replied, “That tomb belongs to the man of God who came from Judah and announced what you would do to the altar of Bethel.”

18 “Let it be,” Josiah said. “No one should disturb his bones.” So they left his bones untouched, along with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.

19 Moreover, Josiah removed all the shrines on the high hills that the Israelite kings had constructed throughout the cities of Samaria. These had made the Lord angry. Josiah did to them just what he did at Bethel. 20 He actually slaughtered on those altars all the priests of the shrines who were there, and he burned human bones on them. Then Josiah returned to Jerusalem.

21 The king commanded all the people, “Celebrate a Passover to the Lord your God following what is instructed in this scroll containing the covenant.” 22 A Passover like this hadn’t been celebrated since the days when the judges judged Israel; neither had it been celebrated during all the days of the Israelite and Judean kings. 23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s rule, this Passover was celebrated to the Lord in Jerusalem.

24 Josiah burned those who consulted dead spirits and the mediums, the household gods and the worthless idols—all the monstrous things that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. In this way Josiah fulfilled the words of the Instruction written in the scroll that the priest Hilkiah found in the Lord’s temple. 25 There’s never been a king like Josiah, whether before or after him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart, all his being, and all his strength, in agreement with everything in the Instruction from Moses.

26 Even so, the Lord didn’t turn away from the great rage that burned against Judah on account of all that Manasseh had done to make him angry. 27 The Lord said, “I will remove Judah from my presence just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city, Jerusalem, which I chose, and this temple where I promised my name would reside.”

28 The rest of Josiah’s deeds and all that he accomplished, aren’t they written in the official records of Judah’s kings? 29 In his days, the Egyptian king Pharaoh Neco marched against the Assyrian king at the Euphrates River. King Josiah marched out to intercept him. But when Neco encountered Josiah in Megiddo, he killed the king. 30 Josiah’s servants took his body from Megiddo in a chariot. They brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz, Josiah’s son, anointed him, and made him king after his father.

Jehoahaz rules Judah

31 Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king, and he ruled for three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal; she was Jeremiah’s daughter and was from Libnah. 32 He did what was evil in the Lord’s eyes, just as all his ancestors had done. 33 Pharaoh Neco made Jehoahaz a prisoner at Riblah in the land of Hamath, ending his rule in Jerusalem. Pharaoh Neco imposed a fine on the land totaling one hundred kikkars of silver and one kikkar of gold.

Jehoiakim rules Judah

34 Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim, Josiah’s son, king after his father Josiah. Neco changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Jehoahaz away; he later died in Egypt. 35 Jehoiakim gave Pharaoh the silver and gold, but he taxed the land in order to meet Pharaoh’s financial demands. Each person was taxed appropriately. Jehoiakim exacted silver and the gold from the land’s people in order to give it to Pharaoh Neco. 36 Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah; she was Pedaiah’s daughter and was from Rumah. 37 He did what was evil in the Lord’s eyes, just as all his ancestors had done.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:6 Heb lacks image; perhaps a pole dedicated to the goddess.
  2. 2 Kings 23:7 Traditionally cultic prostitutes
  3. 2 Kings 23:7 Heb uncertain
  4. 2 Kings 23:11 Heb uncertain
  5. 2 Kings 23:12 Correction; MT removed them quickly or ran from there
  6. 2 Kings 23:14 Heb asherim, perhaps objects devoted to the goddess Asherah
  7. 2 Kings 23:15 Heb asherah, perhaps an object devoted to the goddess Asherah
  8. 2 Kings 23:16 LXX; MT lacks when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the festival. Josiah then turned and saw the tomb of the man of God.
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2 Kings 23
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Josiah Renews the Covenant(A)(B)(C)(D)

23 Then the king called together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 2 He went up to the temple of the Lord with the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests and the prophets—all the people from the least to the greatest. He read(E) in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant,(F) which had been found in the temple of the Lord. 3 The king stood by the pillar(G) and renewed the covenant(H) in the presence of the Lord—to follow(I) the Lord and keep his commands, statutes and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant.

4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests next in rank and the doorkeepers(J) to remove(K) from the temple of the Lord all the articles made for Baal and Asherah and all the starry hosts. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron Valley and took the ashes to Bethel. 5 He did away with the idolatrous priests appointed by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the towns of Judah and on those around Jerusalem—those who burned incense(L) to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations and to all the starry hosts.(M) 6 He took the Asherah pole from the temple of the Lord to the Kidron Valley(N) outside Jerusalem and burned it there. He ground it to powder(O) and scattered the dust over the graves(P) of the common people.(Q) 7 He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes(R) that were in the temple of the Lord, the quarters where women did weaving for Asherah.

8 Josiah brought all the priests from the towns of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba(S) to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He broke down the gateway at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua, the city governor, which was on the left of the city gate. 9 Although the priests of the high places did not serve(T) at the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.

10 He desecrated Topheth,(U) which was in the Valley of Ben Hinnom,(V) so no one could use it to sacrifice their son(W) or daughter in the fire to Molek. 11 He removed from the entrance to the temple of the Lord the horses that the kings of Judah(X) had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court[a] near the room of an official named Nathan-Melek. Josiah then burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.(Y)

12 He pulled down(Z) the altars the kings of Judah had erected on the roof(AA) near the upper room of Ahaz, and the altars Manasseh had built in the two courts(AB) of the temple of the Lord. He removed them from there, smashed them to pieces and threw the rubble into the Kidron Valley.(AC) 13 The king also desecrated the high places that were east of Jerusalem on the south of the Hill of Corruption—the ones Solomon(AD) king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the vile goddess of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the vile god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable(AE) god of the people of Ammon.(AF) 14 Josiah smashed(AG) the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles and covered the sites with human bones.(AH)

15 Even the altar(AI) at Bethel, the high place made by Jeroboam(AJ) son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin—even that altar and high place he demolished. He burned the high place and ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole also. 16 Then Josiah(AK) looked around, and when he saw the tombs that were there on the hillside, he had the bones removed from them and burned on the altar to defile it, in accordance(AL) with the word of the Lord proclaimed by the man of God who foretold these things.

17 The king asked, “What is that tombstone I see?”

The people of the city said, “It marks the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and pronounced against the altar of Bethel the very things you have done to it.”

18 “Leave it alone,” he said. “Don’t let anyone disturb his bones(AM).” So they spared his bones and those of the prophet(AN) who had come from Samaria.

19 Just as he had done at Bethel, Josiah removed all the shrines at the high places that the kings of Israel had built in the towns of Samaria and that had aroused the Lord’s anger. 20 Josiah slaughtered(AO) all the priests of those high places on the altars and burned human bones(AP) on them. Then he went back to Jerusalem.

21 The king gave this order to all the people: “Celebrate the Passover(AQ) to the Lord your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”(AR) 22 Neither in the days of the judges who led Israel nor in the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah had any such Passover been observed. 23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was celebrated to the Lord in Jerusalem.(AS)

24 Furthermore, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists,(AT) the household gods,(AU) the idols and all the other detestable(AV) things seen in Judah and Jerusalem. This he did to fulfill the requirements of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the temple of the Lord. 25 Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him who turned(AW) to the Lord as he did—with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, in accordance with all the Law of Moses.(AX)

26 Nevertheless, the Lord did not turn away from the heat of his fierce anger,(AY) which burned against Judah because of all that Manasseh(AZ) had done to arouse his anger. 27 So the Lord said, “I will remove(BA) Judah also from my presence(BB) as I removed Israel, and I will reject(BC) Jerusalem, the city I chose, and this temple, about which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’[b]”

28 As for the other events of Josiah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

29 While Josiah was king, Pharaoh Necho(BD) king of Egypt went up to the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to meet him in battle, but Necho faced him and killed him at Megiddo.(BE) 30 Josiah’s servants brought his body in a chariot(BF) from Megiddo to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in place of his father.

Jehoahaz King of Judah(BG)

31 Jehoahaz(BH) was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal(BI) daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. 32 He did evil(BJ) in the eyes of the Lord, just as his predecessors had done. 33 Pharaoh Necho put him in chains at Riblah(BK) in the land of Hamath(BL) so that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents[c] of silver and a talent[d] of gold. 34 Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim(BM) son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, and there he died.(BN) 35 Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh Necho the silver and gold he demanded. In order to do so, he taxed the land and exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land according to their assessments.(BO)

Jehoiakim King of Judah(BP)

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

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  2. 2 Kings 23:27 1 Kings 8:29
  3. 2 Kings 23:33 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons
  4. 2 Kings 23:33 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms
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