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24 Josiah also got rid of[a] the ritual pits used to conjure up spirits,[b] the magicians, personal idols, disgusting images,[c] and all the detestable idols that had appeared in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. In this way he carried out the terms of the law[d] recorded on the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the Lord’s temple.

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  1. 2 Kings 23:24 tn Here בִּעֵר (biʿer) is not the well attested verb “burn,” but the less common homonym meaning “devastate, sweep away, remove.” See HALOT 146 s.v. בער.
  2. 2 Kings 23:24 sn See the note at 2 Kgs 21:6.
  3. 2 Kings 23:24 sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.
  4. 2 Kings 23:24 tn Heb “carrying out the words of the law.”