Verse 33
And Josiah{H2977} took away{H5493} all the abominations{H8441} out of all the countries{H776} that pertained to the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and made all that were found{H4672} in Israel{H3478} to serve,{H5647} even to serve{H5647} Jehovah{H3068} their God.{H430} All his days{H3117} they departed{H5493} not from following{H310} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of their fathers.{H1}
Referenced Verses
- 2 Chr 34:3-7 : 3 For in the eighth{H8083} year{H8141} of his reign,{H4427} while he was yet young,{H5288} he began{H2490} to seek{H1875} after the God{H430} of David{H1732} his father;{H1} and in the twelfth{H8147} year{H8141} he began{H2490} to purge{H2891} Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389} from the high places,{H1116} and the Asherim,{H842} and the graven images,{H6456} and the molten images.{H4541} 4 And they brake down{H5422} the altars{H4196} of the Baalim{H1168} in his presence;{H6440} and the sun-images{H2553} that were on high above them{H4605} he hewed down;{H1438} and the Asherim,{H842} and the graven images,{H6456} and the molten images,{H6456} he brake in pieces,{H7665} and made dust{H1854} of them, and strewed{H2236} it upon{H6440} the graves{H6913} [of them] that had sacrificed{H2076} unto them. 5 And he burnt{H8313} the bones{H6106} of the priests{H3548} upon their altars,{H4196} and purged{H2891} Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem.{H3389} 6 And [so did he] in the cities{H5892} of Manasseh{H4519} and Ephraim{H669} and Simeon,{H8095} even unto Naphtali,{H5321} in their ruins{H2719} round about.{H5439} 7 And he brake down{H5422} the altars,{H4196} and beat{H3807} the Asherim{H842} and the graven images{H6456} into powder,{H1854} and hewed down{H1438} all the sun-images{H6456} throughout all the land{H776} of Israel,{H3478} and returned{H7725} to Jerusalem.{H3389}
- Jer 3:10 : 10 And yet for all this her treacherous{H901} sister{H269} Judah{H3063} hath not returned{H7725} unto me with her whole heart,{H3820} but feignedly,{H8267} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}
- Hos 6:4 : 4 O Ephraim,{H669} what shall I do{H6213} unto thee? O Judah,{H3063} what shall I do{H6213} unto thee? for your goodness{H2617} is as a morning{H1242} cloud,{H6051} and as the dew{H2919} that goeth early{H7925} away.{H1980}
- Josh 24:31 : 31 And Israel{H3478} served{H5647} Jehovah{H3068} all the days{H3117} of Joshua,{H3091} and all the days{H3117} of the elders{H2205} that outlived{H3117} Joshua,{H3091} and had known{H3045} all the work{H4639} of Jehovah,{H3068} that he had wrought{H6213} for Israel.{H3478}
- 1 Kgs 11:5-7 : 5 For Solomon{H8010} went{H3212} after{H310} Ashtoreth{H6253} the goddess{H430} of the Sidonians,{H6722} and after{H310} Milcom{H4445} the abomination{H8251} of the Ammonites.{H5984} 6 And Solomon{H8010} did{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} and went not fully{H4390} after{H310} Jehovah,{H3068} as did David{H1732} his father.{H1} 7 Then did Solomon{H8010} build{H1129} a high place{H1116} for Chemosh{H3645} the abomination{H8251} of Moab,{H4124} in the mount{H2022} that is before{H6440} Jerusalem,{H3389} and for Molech{H4432} the abomination{H8251} of the children{H1121} of Ammon.{H5983}
- 2 Kgs 23:4-9 : 4 And the king{H4428} commanded{H6680} Hilkiah{H2518} the high{H1419} priest,{H3548} and the priests{H3548} of the second order,{H4932} and the keepers{H8104} of the threshold,{H5592} to bring forth{H3318} out of the temple{H1964} of Jehovah{H3068} all the vessels{H3627} that were made{H6213} for Baal,{H1168} and for the Asherah,{H842} and for all the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} and he burned{H8313} them without{H2351} Jerusalem{H3389} in the fields{H7709} of the Kidron,{H6939} and carried{H5375} the ashes{H6083} of them unto Beth-el.{H1008} 5 And he put down{H7673} the idolatrous priests,{H3649} whom the kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063} had ordained{H5414} to burn incense{H6999} in the high places{H1116} in the cities{H5892} of Judah,{H3063} and in the places round about{H4524} Jerusalem;{H3389} them also that burned incense{H6999} unto Baal,{H1168} to the sun,{H8121} and to the moon,{H3394} and to the planets,{H4208} and to all the host{H6635} of heaven.{H8064} 6 And he brought out{H3318} the Asherah{H842} from the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} without{H2351} Jerusalem,{H3389} unto the brook{H5158} Kidron,{H6939} and burned{H8313} it at the brook{H5158} Kidron,{H6939} and beat{H1854} it to dust,{H6083} and cast{H7993} the dust{H6083} thereof upon the graves{H6913} of the common{H1121} people.{H5971} 7 And he brake down{H5422} the houses{H1004} of the sodomites,{H6945} that were in the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} where the women{H802} wove{H707} hangings{H1004} for the Asherah.{H842} 8 And he brought{H935} all the priests{H3548} out of the cities{H5892} of Judah,{H3063} and defiled{H2930} the high places{H1116} where the priests{H3548} had burned incense,{H6999} from Geba{H1387} to Beer-sheba;{H884} and he brake down{H5422} the high places{H1116} of the gates{H8179} that were at the entrance{H6607} of the gate{H8179} of Joshua{H3091} the governor{H8269} of the city,{H5892} which were on a man's{H376} left hand{H8040} at the gate{H8179} of the city.{H5892} 9 Nevertheless the priests{H3548} of the high places{H1116} came not up{H5927} to the altar{H4196} of Jehovah{H3068} in Jerusalem,{H3389} but they did eat{H398} unleavened bread{H4682} among{H8432} their brethren.{H251} 10 And he defiled{H2930} Topheth,{H8612} which is in the valley{H1516} of the children{H1121} of Hinnom,{H2011} that no man{H376} might make his son{H1121} or his daughter{H1323} to pass through{H5674} the fire{H784} to Molech.{H4432} 11 And he took away{H7673} the horses{H5483} that the kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063} had given{H5414} to the sun,{H8121} at the entrance{H935} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} by the chamber{H3957} of Nathan-melech{H5419} the chamberlain,{H5631} which was in the precincts;{H6503} and he burned{H8313} the chariots{H4818} of the sun{H8121} with fire.{H784} 12 And the altars{H4196} that were on the roof{H1406} of the upper chamber{H5944} of Ahaz,{H271} which the kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063} had made,{H6213} and the altars{H4196} which Manasseh{H4519} had made{H6213} in the two{H8147} courts{H2691} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} did the king{H4428} break down,{H5422} and beat [them] down{H7323} from thence, and cast{H7993} the dust{H6083} of them into the brook{H5158} Kidron.{H6939} 13 And the high places{H1116} that were before{H6440} Jerusalem,{H3389} which were on the right hand{H3225} of the mount{H2022} of corruption,{H4889} which Solomon{H8010} the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} had builded{H1129} for Ashtoreth{H6253} the abomination{H8251} of the Sidonians,{H6722} and for Chemosh{H3645} the abomination{H8251} of Moab,{H4124} and for Milcom{H4445} the abomination{H8441} of the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} did the king{H4428} defile.{H2930} 14 And he brake in pieces{H7665} the pillars,{H4676} and cut down{H3772} the Asherim,{H842} and filled{H4390} their places{H4725} with the bones{H6106} of men.{H120} 15 Moreover the altar{H4196} that was at Beth-el,{H1008} and the high place{H1116} which Jeroboam{H3379} the son{H1121} of Nebat,{H5028} who made Israel{H3478} to sin,{H2398} had made,{H6213} even that altar{H4196} and the high place{H1116} he brake down;{H5422} and he burned{H8313} the high place{H1116} and beat{H1854} it to dust,{H6083} and burned{H8313} the Asherah.{H842} 16 And as Josiah{H2977} turned{H6437} himself, he spied{H7200} the sepulchres{H6913} that were there in the mount;{H2022} and he sent,{H7971} and took{H3947} the bones{H6106} out of the sepulchres,{H6913} and burned{H8313} them upon the altar,{H4196} and defiled{H2930} it, according to the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} which the man{H376} of God{H430} proclaimed,{H7121} who proclaimed{H7121} these things.{H1697} 17 Then he said,{H559} What monument{H6725} is that{H1975} which I see?{H7200} And the men{H582} of the city{H5892} told{H559} him, It is the sepulchre{H6913} of the man{H376} of God,{H430} who came{H935} from Judah,{H3063} and proclaimed{H7121} these things{H1697} that thou hast done{H6213} against the altar{H4196} of Beth-el.{H1008} 18 And he said,{H559} Let him be;{H3240} let no man{H376} move{H5128} his bones.{H6106} So they let his bones{H6106} alone,{H4422} with the bones{H6106} of the prophet{H5030} that came out{H935} of Samaria.{H8111} 19 And all the houses{H1004} also of the high places{H1116} that were in the cities{H5892} of Samaria,{H8111} which the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478} had made{H6213} to provoke [Jehovah] to anger,{H3707} Josiah{H2977} took away,{H5493} and did{H6213} to them according to all the acts{H4639} that he had done{H6213} in Beth-el.{H1008} 20 And he slew{H2076} all the priests{H3548} of the high places{H1116} that were there, upon the altars,{H4196} and burned{H8313} men's{H120} bones{H6106} upon them; and he returned{H7725} to Jerusalem.{H3389}