20 And (A)he sacrificed all the priests of the high places who were there, on the altars, (B)and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

Josiah Restores the Passover

21 And the king commanded all the people, (C)“Keep the Passover to the Lord your God, (D)as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.” 22 (E)For no such Passover had been kept since the days of the judges who judged Israel, or during all the days of the kings of Israel or of the kings of Judah. 23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah this Passover was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem.

24 Moreover, Josiah put away (F)the mediums and the necromancers and (G)the household gods and (H)the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might establish (I)the words of the law that were written in the book (J)that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord. 25 (K)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 might, according to all the Law of Moses, nor did any like him arise after him.

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20 Josiah slaughtered(A) all the priests of those high places on the altars and burned human bones(B) on them. Then he went back to Jerusalem.

21 The king gave this order to all the people: “Celebrate the Passover(C) to the Lord your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”(D) 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.(E)

24 Furthermore, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists,(F) the household gods,(G) the idols and all the other detestable(H) 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(I) 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.(J)

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