2 Kings 23:24-27

Amplified Bible

²⁴Moreover, Josiah removed the mediums and the soothsayers and the teraphim (household gods) and the idols and all the repulsive things that were seen in Judah and in Jerusalem, so that he might fulfill the words of the law written in the book which Hilkiah the priest found in the house (temple) of the Lord. ²⁵Before him there was no king like Josiah who turned to the Lord with all his heart and all his soul and all his might, in accordance with all the Law of Moses; nor did anyone like him arise after him.

²⁶However, the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath which was kindled against Judah because of all the ^[a]despicable acts with which Manasseh had provoked Him. ²⁷The Lord said, “I will also remove Judah from My sight, just as I have removed Israel; and will reject this city which I have chosen, this Jerusalem, and the house, of which I said, ‘My Name [and the pledge of My Presence] shall be there.’”

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2 Kings 23:26 Lit provocations.

2 Kings 23:24-27

New International Version

²⁴Furthermore, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists,^(A) the household gods,^(B) the idols and all the other detestable^(C) 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. ²⁵Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him who turned^(D) 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.^(E)

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