²⁴ Moreover, ^(A)the mediums and the spiritists and the ^(B)teraphim and ^(C)the idols and all the detestable things that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, Josiah purged in order ^(D)that he might ^[a]establish the words of the law which were written ^(E)in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of Yahweh. ²⁵ And before him there was no king ^(F)like him who turned to Yahweh 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.

²⁶ However, Yahweh did not turn from His great burning anger, His anger which burned against Judah, ^(G)because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him to anger. ²⁷ And Yahweh said, “I will remove Judah also from My presence, ^(H)as I have removed Israel. And ^(I)I will reject Jerusalem, this city which I have chosen, and the ^[b]house of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’”