And the king{H4428} sent,{H7971} and they gathered{H622} unto him all the elders{H2205} of Judah{H3063} and of Jerusalem.{H3389}

And the king{H4428} went up{H5927} to the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} and all the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} and all the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem{H3389} with him, and the priests,{H3548} and the prophets,{H5030} and all the people,{H5971} both small{H6996} and great:{H1419} and he read{H7121} in their ears{H241} all the words{H1697} of the book{H5612} of the covenant{H1285} which was found{H4672} in the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068}

And the king{H4428} stood{H5975} by the pillar,{H5982} and made{H3772} a covenant{H1285} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} to walk{H3212} after{H310} Jehovah,{H3068} and to keep{H8104} his commandments,{H4687} and his testimonies,{H5715} and his statutes,{H2708} with all [his] heart,{H3820} and all [his] soul,{H5315} to confirm{H6965} the words{H1697} of this covenant{H1285} that were written{H3789} in this book:{H5612} and all the people{H5971} stood{H5975} to the covenant.{H1285}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

And the king{H4428} commanded{H6680} all the people,{H5971} saying,{H559} Keep{H6213} the passover{H6453} unto Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} as it is written{H3789} in this book{H5612} of the covenant.{H1285}

Surely there was not kept{H6213} such a passover{H6453} from the days{H3117} of the judges{H8199} that judged{H8199} Israel,{H3478} nor in all the days{H3117} of the kings{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} nor of the kings{H4428} of Judah;{H3063}

but in the eighteenth{H8083} year{H8141} of king{H4428} Josiah{H2977} was this passover{H6453} kept{H6213} to Jehovah{H3068} in Jerusalem.{H3389}

Moreover them that had familiar spirits,{H178} and the wizards,{H3049} and the teraphim,{H8655} and the idols,{H1544} and all the abominations{H8251} that were seen{H7200} in the land{H776} of Judah{H3063} and in Jerusalem,{H3389} did Josiah{H2977} put away,{H1197} that he might confirm{H6965} the words{H1697} of the law{H8451} which were written{H3789} in the book{H5612} that Hilkiah{H2518} the priest{H3548} found{H4672} in the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068}

And like unto him was there no king{H4428} before{H6440} him, that turned{H7725} to Jehovah{H3068} with all his heart,{H3824} and with all his soul,{H5315} and with all his might,{H3966} according to all the law{H8451} of Moses;{H4872} neither after{H310} him arose{H6965} there any like him.

Notwithstanding, Jehovah{H3068} turned{H7725} not from the fierceness{H2740} of his great{H1419} wrath,{H639} wherewith his anger{H639} was kindled{H2734} against Judah,{H3063} because of all the provocations{H3708} wherewith Manasseh{H4519} had provoked{H3707} him.

And Jehovah{H3068} said,{H559} I will remove{H5493} Judah{H3063} also out of my sight,{H6440} as I have removed{H5493} Israel,{H3478} and I will cast off{H3988} this city{H5892} which I have chosen,{H977} even Jerusalem,{H3389} and the house{H1004} of which I said,{H559} My name{H8034} shall be there.

Now the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Josiah,{H2977} and all that he did,{H6213} are they not written{H3789} in the book{H5612} of the chronicles{H1697} of the kings{H4428} of Judah?{H3063}

In his days{H3117} Pharaoh-necoh{H6549} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} went up{H5927} against the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} to the river{H5104} Euphrates:{H6578} and king{H4428} Josiah{H2977} went{H3212} against{H7125} him; and [Pharaoh-necoh] slew{H4191} him at Megiddo,{H4023} when he had seen{H7200} him.

And his servants{H5650} carried him in a chariot{H7392} dead{H4191} from Megiddo,{H4023} and brought{H935} him to Jerusalem,{H3389} and buried{H6912} him in his own sepulchre.{H6900} And the people{H5971} of the land{H776} took{H3947} Jehoahaz{H3059} the son{H1121} of Josiah,{H2977} and anointed{H4886} him, and made him king{H4427} in his father's{H1} stead.

Jehoahaz{H3059} was twenty{H6242} and three{H7969} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign;{H4427} and he reigned{H4427} three{H7969} months{H2320} in Jerusalem:{H3389} and his mother's{H517} name{H8034} was Hamutal{H2537} the daughter{H1323} of Jeremiah{H3414} of Libnah.{H3841}

And he did{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} according to all that his fathers{H1} had done.{H6213}

And Pharaoh-necoh{H6549} put him in bonds{H631} at Riblah{H7247} in the land{H776} of Hamath,{H2574} that he might not reign{H4427} in Jerusalem;{H3389} and put{H5414} the land{H776} to a tribute{H6066} of a hundred{H3967} talents{H3603} of silver,{H3701} and a talent{H3603} of gold.{H2091}

And Pharaoh-necoh{H6549} made Eliakim{H471} the son{H1121} of Josiah{H2977} king{H4427} in the room of Josiah{H2977} his father,{H1} and changed{H5437} his name{H8034} to Jehoiakim:{H3079} but he took{H3947} Jehoahaz{H3059} away;{H3947} and he came{H935} to Egypt,{H4714} and died{H4191} there.

And Jehoiakim{H3079} gave{H5414} the silver{H3701} and the gold{H2091} to Pharaoh;{H6547} but he taxed{H6186} the land{H776} to give{H5414} the money{H3701} according to the commandment{H6310} of Pharaoh:{H6547} he exacted{H5065} the silver{H3701} and the gold{H2091} of the people{H5971} of the land,{H776} of every one{H376} according to his taxation,{H6187} to give{H5414} it unto Pharaoh-necoh.{H6549}

Jehoiakim{H3079} was twenty{H6242} and five{H2568} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign;{H4427} and he reigned{H4427} eleven{H259} years{H8141} in Jerusalem:{H3389} and his mother's{H517} name{H8034} was Zebidah{H2080} the daughter{H1323} of Pedaiah{H6305} of Rumah.{H7316}

And he did{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} according to all that his fathers{H1} had done.{H6213}