2 Chronicles 34:1-3

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Josiah King of Judah^(A)

34 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he ·ruled [reigned] thirty-one years in Jerusalem. ² He did what ·the Lord said was right [^Lwas pleasing/proper in the eyes/sight of the Lord]. He lived as his ·ancestor [father] David had lived, and he did not ·stop doing what was right [^Lturn aside/deviate to the right or the left].

³ In his eighth year as king while he was still young, Josiah began to ·obey [seek] the God of his ·ancestor [father] David. In his twelfth year as king, Josiah began to ·remove [purge; rid] from Judah and Jerusalem the ·places for worshiping gods [^Lhigh places; 11:15], the Asherah ·idols [poles; 14:3], and the ·wooden [carved] and ·metal [cast; molten] ·idols [images].