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Reformas del rey Josías
23 (A)Entonces el rey mandó reunir con él a todos los ancianos de Judá y Jerusalén. 2 Y el rey subió a la casa del Señor, y con él todos los hombres de Judá, todos los habitantes de Jerusalén, los sacerdotes, los profetas y todo el pueblo, desde el menor hasta el mayor; y leyó en su presencia[a] todas las palabras del libro del pacto(B) que había sido hallado en la casa del Señor(C). 3 Después el rey se puso en pie junto a la columna e hizo pacto delante del Señor(D) de andar en pos del Señor y de guardar Sus mandamientos, Sus testimonios y Sus estatutos(E) con todo su corazón y con toda su alma, para cumplir las palabras de este pacto escritas en este libro. Y todo el pueblo confirmó el pacto.
4 Después el rey ordenó que el sumo sacerdote Hilcías y los sacerdotes de segundo orden y los guardianes del umbral(F), sacaran del templo del Señor todas las vasijas que se habían hecho para Baal, para la Asera[b] y para todo el ejército de los cielos(G), y los quemó fuera de Jerusalén en los campos del Cedrón y llevó sus cenizas a Betel[c](H). 5 Josías quitó a los sacerdotes idólatras que los reyes de Judá habían nombrado para quemar incienso en los lugares altos en las ciudades de Judá y en los alrededores de Jerusalén, también a los que quemaban incienso a Baal, al sol y a la luna, a las constelaciones y a todo el ejército de los cielos(I). 6 Y sacó la Asera de la casa del Señor fuera de Jerusalén, al torrente Cedrón, y la quemó junto al torrente Cedrón; la redujo a polvo(J) y arrojó el polvo sobre los sepulcros de los hijos del pueblo(K). 7 También derribó las casas de los dedicados a la prostitución[d](L) que estaban en la casa del Señor, donde las mujeres tejían(M) pabellones para la Asera.
8 Entonces Josías trajo a todos los sacerdotes de las ciudades de Judá, y profanó los lugares altos donde los sacerdotes habían quemado incienso, desde Geba(N) hasta Beerseba, y derribó los lugares altos de las puertas que estaban a la entrada de la puerta de Josué, gobernador de la ciudad, a la izquierda de la puerta de la ciudad. 9 Sin embargo, los sacerdotes(O) de los lugares altos no podían subir al altar del Señor en Jerusalén, sino que comían panes sin levadura entre sus hermanos. 10 También profanó al Tofet que está en el valle de Ben Hinom, para que nadie hiciera pasar por fuego(P) a su hijo o a su hija(Q) para honrar a Moloc(R).
11 A la entrada de la casa del Señor, junto a la cámara de Natán Melec, el oficial que estaba en las dependencias, quitó los caballos que los reyes de Judá habían dedicado al sol(S), y prendió fuego a los carros del sol. 12 Y los altares que estaban sobre el techo(T), el aposento alto de Acaz que habían hecho los reyes de Judá, y los altares que había hecho Manasés en los dos atrios de la casa del Señor el rey los derribó(U), los destrozó[e] allí y arrojó su polvo al torrente Cedrón(V). 13 El rey también profanó los lugares altos que estaban frente a Jerusalén, los que estaban a la derecha del monte de destrucción, que Salomón, rey de Israel, había edificado a Astoret, abominación de los sidonios, y a Quemos, abominación de los moabitas(W), y a Milcom(X), ídolo abominable de los amonitas(Y). 14 Asimismo hizo pedazos los pilares sagrados(Z), derribó las Aseras y llenó sus lugares con huesos humanos(AA).
15 Además, derribó el altar que estaba en Betel(AB) y el lugar alto que había hecho Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat, el que hizo pecar a Israel, o sea, derribó también aquel altar y el lugar alto(AC), destruyó sus piedras, las redujo a polvo y quemó la Asera(AD). 16 Al regresar, Josías vio los sepulcros que estaban allí en el monte, y envió a recoger los huesos de los sepulcros y los quemó sobre el altar, profanándolo, conforme a la palabra del Señor que había proclamado el hombre de Dios(AE) que había anunciado estas cosas. 17 Entonces dijo: «¿Qué monumento es este que veo?». Y los hombres de la ciudad le dijeron: «Es el sepulcro del hombre de Dios que vino de Judá y proclamó estas cosas que has hecho contra el altar de Betel(AF)». 18 Y él dijo: «Déjenlo en paz; que nadie moleste sus huesos». Así dejaron sus huesos intactos con los huesos del profeta que vino(AG) de Samaria.
19 Josías quitó también todas las casas de los lugares altos que estaban en las ciudades de Samaria, las cuales habían hecho los reyes de Israel provocando a ira al Señor(AH). Les hizo tal y como había hecho en Betel. 20 Y mató sobre los altares a todos los sacerdotes de los lugares altos que estaban allí, y quemó huesos humanos sobre ellos(AI). Y regresó a Jerusalén.
21 (AJ)Entonces el rey ordenó a todo el pueblo: «Celebren la Pascua al Señor su Dios como está escrito en este libro del pacto(AK)». 22 En verdad que tal Pascua no se había celebrado desde los días de los jueces que gobernaban a Israel, ni en ninguno de los días de los reyes de Israel y de los reyes de Judá(AL). 23 Solo en el año dieciocho del rey Josías fue celebrada esta Pascua al Señor en Jerusalén.
24 Josías también quitó[f] a los adivinos y a los espiritistas(AM), los ídolos domésticos(AN) y los otros ídolos(AO), y todas las abominaciones que se veían en la tierra de Judá y en Jerusalén, con el fin de confirmar las palabras de la ley(AP) que estaban escritas en el libro que el sacerdote Hilcías había hallado en la casa del Señor(AQ). 25 Y antes de él no hubo rey como él que se volviera al Señor con todo su corazón, con toda su alma y con todas sus fuerzas, conforme a toda la ley de Moisés, ni otro como él se levantó después de él(AR).
26 Sin embargo, el Señor no desistió del furor de Su gran ira, ya que ardía Su ira contra Judá a causa de todas las provocaciones con que Manasés lo había provocado(AS). 27 Y el Señor dijo: «También quitaré a Judá de Mi presencia, como he quitado a Israel(AT). Y desecharé a esta ciudad que Yo había escogido, a Jerusalén, y al templo del[g] cual dije: “Mi nombre estará allí(AU)”».
28 Los demás hechos de Josías y todo lo que hizo, ¿no están escritos en el libro de las Crónicas de los reyes de Judá? 29 (AV)En sus días subió Faraón Necao, rey de Egipto, contra el rey de Asiria junto al río Éufrates(AW). Y el rey Josías fue a su encuentro, pero Faraón Necao lo mató en Meguido(AX) en cuanto lo vio. 30 Sus siervos llevaron su cuerpo en un carro desde Meguido, lo trajeron a Jerusalén y lo sepultaron en su sepulcro(AY). Entonces el pueblo de aquella tierra tomó a Joacaz, hijo de Josías, y lo ungieron y lo hicieron rey en lugar de su padre(AZ).
Reinados de Joacaz y Joacim
31 (BA)Joacaz tenía veintitrés años cuando comenzó a reinar(BB), y reinó tres meses en Jerusalén. El nombre de su madre era Hamutal, hija de Jeremías, de Libna(BC). 32 Hizo lo malo ante los ojos del Señor, conforme a todo lo que habían hecho sus padres(BD). 33 Y Faraón Necao(BE) lo puso en prisión en Ribla(BF), en la tierra de Hamat(BG), para que no reinara en Jerusalén; e impuso una multa sobre la tierra de 34 toneladas de plata y 34 kilos de oro. 34 Faraón Necao hizo rey a Eliaquim, hijo de Josías(BH), en lugar de Josías su padre, y cambió su nombre por el de Joacim. Pero tomó a Joacaz y lo llevó a Egipto(BI), y allí murió(BJ). 35 Y Joacim dio la plata y el oro a Faraón, e impuso contribuciones al país para entregar el dinero conforme al mandato de Faraón. Exigió la plata y el oro del pueblo del país, a cada uno conforme a sus bienes, para dárselo a Faraón Necao(BK).
36 Joacim tenía veinticinco años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó once años en Jerusalén(BL). El nombre de su madre era Zebuda, hija de Pedaías, de Ruma. 37 Hizo lo malo ante los ojos del Señor, conforme a todo lo que habían hecho sus padres(BM).
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23 Entonces el rey mandó reunir con él a todos los ancianos de Judá y de Jerusalén. 2 Y subió el rey a la casa de Jehová con todos los varones de Judá, y con todos los moradores de Jerusalén, con los sacerdotes y profetas y con todo el pueblo, desde el más chico hasta el más grande; y leyó, oyéndolo ellos, todas las palabras del libro del pacto que había sido hallado en la casa de Jehová. 3 Y poniéndose el rey en pie junto a la columna, hizo pacto delante de Jehová, de que irían en pos de Jehová, y guardarían sus mandamientos, sus testimonios y sus estatutos, con todo el corazón y con toda el alma, y que cumplirían las palabras del pacto que estaban escritas en aquel libro. Y todo el pueblo confirmó el pacto.
Reformas de Josías
(2 Cr. 34.3-7)
4 Entonces mandó el rey al sumo sacerdote Hilcías, a los sacerdotes de segundo orden, y a los guardianes de la puerta, que sacasen del templo de Jehová todos los utensilios que habían sido hechos para Baal, para Asera y para todo el ejército de los cielos; y los quemó fuera de Jerusalén en el campo del Cedrón, e hizo llevar las cenizas de ellos a Bet-el. 5 Y quitó a los sacerdotes idólatras que habían puesto los reyes de Judá para que quemasen incienso en los lugares altos en las ciudades de Judá, y en los alrededores de Jerusalén; y asimismo a los que quemaban incienso a Baal, al sol y a la luna, y a los signos del zodíaco, y a todo el ejército de los cielos. 6 Hizo también sacar la imagen de Asera fuera de la casa de Jehová, fuera de Jerusalén, al valle del Cedrón, y la quemó en el valle del Cedrón, y la convirtió en polvo, y echó el polvo sobre los sepulcros de los hijos del pueblo.(A) 7 Además derribó los lugares de prostitución idolátrica que estaban en la casa de Jehová, en los cuales tejían las mujeres tiendas para Asera. 8 E hizo venir todos los sacerdotes de las ciudades de Judá, y profanó los lugares altos donde los sacerdotes quemaban incienso, desde Geba hasta Beerseba; y derribó los altares de las puertas que estaban a la entrada de la puerta de Josué, gobernador de la ciudad, que estaban a la mano izquierda, a la puerta de la ciudad. 9 Pero los sacerdotes de los lugares altos no subían al altar de Jehová en Jerusalén, sino que comían panes sin levadura entre sus hermanos. 10 Asimismo profanó a Tofet, que está en el valle del hijo de Hinom,(B) para que ninguno pasase su hijo o su hija por fuego a Moloc.(C) 11 Quitó también los caballos que los reyes de Judá habían dedicado al sol a la entrada del templo de Jehová, junto a la cámara de Natán-melec eunuco, el cual tenía a su cargo los ejidos; y quemó al fuego los carros del sol. 12 Derribó además el rey los altares que estaban sobre la azotea de la sala de Acaz, que los reyes de Judá habían hecho, y los altares que había hecho Manasés en los dos atrios de la casa de Jehová;(D) y de allí corrió y arrojó el polvo al arroyo del Cedrón. 13 Asimismo profanó el rey los lugares altos que estaban delante de Jerusalén, a la mano derecha del monte de la destrucción, los cuales Salomón rey de Israel había edificado a Astoret ídolo abominable de los sidonios, a Quemos ídolo abominable de Moab, y a Milcom ídolo abominable de los hijos de Amón.(E) 14 Y quebró las estatuas, y derribó las imágenes de Asera, y llenó el lugar de ellos de huesos de hombres.
15 Igualmente el altar que estaba en Bet-el, y el lugar alto que había hecho Jeroboam hijo de Nabat,(F) el que hizo pecar a Israel; aquel altar y el lugar alto destruyó, y lo quemó, y lo hizo polvo, y puso fuego a la imagen de Asera. 16 Y se volvió Josías, y viendo los sepulcros que estaban allí en el monte, envió y sacó los huesos de los sepulcros, y los quemó sobre el altar para contaminarlo, conforme a la palabra de Jehová que había profetizado el varón de Dios, el cual había anunciado esto.(G) 17 Después dijo: ¿Qué monumento es este que veo? Y los de la ciudad le respondieron: Este es el sepulcro del varón de Dios que vino de Judá, y profetizó estas cosas que tú has hecho sobre el altar de Bet-el.(H) 18 Y él dijo: Dejadlo; ninguno mueva sus huesos; y así fueron preservados sus huesos, y los huesos del profeta que había venido de Samaria. 19 Y todas las casas de los lugares altos que estaban en las ciudades de Samaria, las cuales habían hecho los reyes de Israel para provocar a ira, las quitó también Josías, e hizo de ellas como había hecho en Bet-el. 20 Mató además sobre los altares a todos los sacerdotes de los lugares altos que allí estaban, y quemó sobre ellos huesos de hombres, y volvió a Jerusalén.
Josías celebra la pascua
(2 Cr. 35.1-19)
21 Entonces mandó el rey a todo el pueblo, diciendo: Haced la pascua a Jehová vuestro Dios, conforme a lo que está escrito en el libro de este pacto. 22 No había sido hecha tal pascua desde los tiempos en que los jueces gobernaban a Israel, ni en todos los tiempos de los reyes de Israel y de los reyes de Judá. 23 A los dieciocho años del rey Josías fue hecha aquella pascua a Jehová en Jerusalén.
Persiste la ira de Jehová contra Judá
24 Asimismo barrió Josías a los encantadores, adivinos y terafines, y todas las abominaciones que se veían en la tierra de Judá y en Jerusalén, para cumplir las palabras de la ley que estaban escritas en el libro que el sacerdote Hilcías había hallado en la casa de Jehová. 25 No hubo otro rey antes de él, que se convirtiese a Jehová de todo su corazón, de toda su alma y de todas sus fuerzas, conforme a toda la ley de Moisés; ni después de él nació otro igual. 26 Con todo eso, Jehová no desistió del ardor con que su gran ira se había encendido contra Judá, por todas las provocaciones con que Manasés le había irritado. 27 Y dijo Jehová: También quitaré de mi presencia a Judá, como quité a Israel, y desecharé a esta ciudad que había escogido, a Jerusalén, y a la casa de la cual había yo dicho: Mi nombre estará allí.
Muerte de Josías
(2 Cr. 35.20-27)
28 Los demás hechos de Josías, y todo lo que hizo, ¿no está todo escrito en el libro de las crónicas de los reyes de Judá? 29 En aquellos días Faraón Necao rey de Egipto subió contra el rey de Asiria al río Éufrates, y salió contra él el rey Josías; pero aquel, así que le vio, lo mató en Meguido. 30 Y sus siervos lo pusieron en un carro, y lo trajeron muerto de Meguido a Jerusalén, y lo sepultaron en su sepulcro. Entonces el pueblo de la tierra tomó a Joacaz hijo de Josías, y lo ungieron y lo pusieron por rey en lugar de su padre.
Reinado y destronamiento de Joacaz
(2 Cr. 36.1-4)
31 De veintitrés años era Joacaz cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó tres meses en Jerusalén. El nombre de su madre fue Hamutal hija de Jeremías, de Libna. 32 Y él hizo lo malo ante los ojos de Jehová, conforme a todas las cosas que sus padres habían hecho. 33 Y lo puso preso Faraón Necao en Ribla en la provincia de Hamat, para que no reinase en Jerusalén; e impuso sobre la tierra una multa de cien talentos de plata, y uno de oro. 34 Entonces Faraón Necao puso por rey a Eliaquim hijo de Josías, en lugar de Josías su padre, y le cambió el nombre por el de Joacim; y tomó a Joacaz y lo llevó a Egipto, y murió allí.(I) 35 Y Joacim pagó a Faraón la plata y el oro; mas hizo avaluar la tierra para dar el dinero conforme al mandamiento de Faraón, sacando la plata y el oro del pueblo de la tierra, de cada uno según la estimación de su hacienda, para darlo a Faraón Necao.
Reinado de Joacim
(2 Cr. 36.5-8)
36 De veinticinco años era Joacim(J) cuando comenzó a reinar, y once años reinó en Jerusalén. El nombre de su madre fue Zebuda hija de Pedaías, de Ruma. 37 E hizo lo malo ante los ojos de Jehová, conforme a todas las cosas que sus padres habían hecho.
2 Kings 23
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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
- 23:3 2Ch 34:31 reads platform
- 23:3 Lit people took a stand in
- 23:6 Lit the sons of the people
- 23:7 Or clothing
- 23:10 Lit could make his son or daughter pass through the fire
- 23:12 Text emended; MT reads he ran from
- 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
- 23:30 Lit the people of the land, also in v. 35
- 23:33 Lit 100 talents
- 23:33 Lit one talent
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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
- 2 Kings 23:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- 2 Kings 23:27 1 Kings 8:29
- 2 Kings 23:33 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons
- 2 Kings 23:33 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms
2 Kings 23
King James Version
2 Kings 23
King James Version
23 And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
2 And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the Lord.
3 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.
5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
6 And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
7 And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.
9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.
10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
12 And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.
17 Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Bethel.
18 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
19 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.
20 And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
21 And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the Lord your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.
22 Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the Lord in Jerusalem.
24 Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.
25 And like unto him was there no king before him, that 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; neither after him arose there any like him.
26 Notwithstanding the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.
27 And the Lord said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
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 In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.
31 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.
33 And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
34 And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh.
36 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
37 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.
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