So Naaman went down and dipped in the Jordan seven times, ·just as Elisha had said [^Lin accordance with the word of the man of God]. Then his skin ·became new again [was restored], like the skin of a child. And he was clean.

Jeroboam ·won back [restored] Israel’s border from Lebo Hamath to the ·Dead Sea [^LSea of Arabah]. This happened ·as [^Lin accordance with the word of] the Lord, the God of Israel, ·had said [spoken] through his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.

Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to ·ask [seek; inquire of] the Lord, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the words you heard:

When he turned around, he saw the ·graves [tombs] on the ·mountain [hillside]. He had the bones taken from the graves, and he burned them on the altar to ·ruin [desecrate; defile] it. This happened ·as the Lord had said it would [^Lin accordance with the word of the Lord proclaimed] through the man of God [1 Kin. 13:1–3].

Josiah ·destroyed [removed; got rid of] the mediums, ·fortune-tellers [spiritualists], house gods, and idols. He also ·destroyed [removed; got rid of] all the ·hated gods [detestable/abominable practices] seen in the land of Judah and Jerusalem. This was to ·obey [fulfill; confirm] the words of the ·teachings [law; ^Ltorah] written in the ·book [scroll] Hilkiah the priest had found in the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord.