Verse 33

And Josiah{H2977} took away{H5493}{(H8686)} all the abominations{H8441} out of all the countries{H776} that pertained to the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, and made all that were present{H4672}{(H8737)} in Israel{H3478} to serve{H5647}{(H8686)}, even to serve{H5647}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068} their God{H430}. And all his days{H3117} they departed{H5493}{(H8804)} not from following{H310} the LORD{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}{(H8800)}, while he was yet young{H5288}, he began{H2490}{(H8689)} to seek{H1875}{(H8800)} after the God{H430} of David{H1732} his father{H1}: and in the twelfth{H8147}{H6240} year{H8141} he began{H2490}{(H8689)} to purge{H2891}{(H8763)} Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389} from the high places{H1116}, and the groves{H842}, and the carved images{H6456}, and the molten images{H4541}. 4 And they brake down{H5422}{(H8762)} the altars{H4196} of Baalim{H1168} in his presence{H6440}; and the images{H2553}, that were on high above them{H4605}, he cut down{H1438}{(H8765)}; and the groves{H842}, and the carved images{H6456}, and the molten images{H4541}, he brake in pieces{H7665}{(H8765)}, and made dust{H1854}{(H8689)} of them, and strowed{H2236}{(H8799)} it upon{H6440} the graves{H6913} of them that had sacrificed{H2076}{(H8802)} unto them. 5 And he burnt{H8313}{(H8804)} the bones{H6106} of the priests{H3548} upon their altars{H4196}, and cleansed{H2891}{(H8762)} 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}, with their mattocks{H2719} round about{H5439}. 7 And when he had broken down{H5422}{(H8762)} the altars{H4196} and the groves{H842}, and had beaten{H3807}{(H8765)} the graven images{H6456} into powder{H1854}{(H8687)}, and cut down{H1438}{(H8765)} all the idols{H2553} throughout all the land{H776} of Israel{H3478}, he returned{H7725}{(H8799)} to Jerusalem{H3389}.
  • Jer 3:10 : 10 And yet for all this her treacherous{H901} sister{H269} Judah{H3063} hath not turned{H7725}{(H8804)} unto me with her whole heart{H3820}, but feignedly{H8267}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
  • Hos 6:4 : 4 O Ephraim{H669}, what shall I do{H6213}{(H8799)} unto thee? O Judah{H3063}, what shall I do{H6213}{(H8799)} unto thee? for your goodness{H2617} is as a morning{H1242} cloud{H6051}, and as the early{H7925}{(H8688)} dew{H2919} it goeth away{H1980}{(H8802)}.
  • Josh 24:31 : 31 And Israel{H3478} served{H5647}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068} all the days{H3117} of Joshua{H3091}, and all the days{H3117} of the elders{H2205} that overlived{H748}{(H8689)}{H3117}{H310} Joshua{H3091}, and which had known{H3045}{(H8804)} all the works{H4639} of the LORD{H3068}, that he had done{H6213}{(H8804)} for Israel{H3478}.
  • 1 Kgs 11:5-7 : 5 For Solomon{H8010} went{H3212}{(H8799)} after{H310} Ashtoreth{H6253} the goddess{H430} of the Zidonians{H6722}, and after{H310} Milcom{H4445} the abomination{H8251} of the Ammonites{H5984}. 6 And Solomon{H8010} did{H6213}{(H8799)} evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, and went not fully{H4390}{(H8765)} after{H310} the LORD{H3068}, as did David{H1732} his father{H1}. 7 Then did Solomon{H8010} build{H1129}{(H8799)} an high place{H1116} for Chemosh{H3645}, the abomination{H8251} of Moab{H4124}, in the hill{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}{(H8762)} Hilkiah{H2518} the high{H1419} priest{H3548}, and the priests{H3548} of the second order{H4932}, and the keepers{H8104}{(H8802)} of the door{H5592}, to bring forth{H3318}{(H8687)} out of the temple{H1964} of the LORD{H3068} all the vessels{H3627} that were made{H6213}{(H8803)} for Baal{H1168}, and for the grove{H842}, and for all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064}: and he burned{H8313}{(H8799)} them without{H2351} Jerusalem{H3389} in the fields{H7709} of Kidron{H6939}, and carried{H5375}{(H8804)} the ashes{H6083} of them unto Bethel{H1008}. 5 And he put down{H7673}{(H8689)} the idolatrous priests{H3649}, whom the kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063} had ordained{H5414}{(H8804)} to burn incense{H6999}{(H8762)} 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}{(H8764)} 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}{(H8686)} the grove{H842} from the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, without{H2351} Jerusalem{H3389}, unto the brook{H5158} Kidron{H6939}, and burned{H8313}{(H8799)} it at the brook{H5158} Kidron{H6939}, and stamped it small{H1854}{(H8686)} to powder{H6083}, and cast{H7993}{(H8686)} the powder{H6083} thereof upon the graves{H6913} of the children{H1121} of the people{H5971}. 7 And he brake down{H5422}{(H8799)} the houses{H1004} of the sodomites{H6945}, that were by the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, where the women{H802} wove{H707}{(H8802)} hangings{H1004} for the grove{H842}. 8 And he brought{H935}{(H8686)} all the priests{H3548} out of the cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063}, and defiled{H2930}{(H8762)} the high places{H1116} where the priests{H3548} had burned incense{H6999}{(H8765)}, from Geba{H1387} to Beersheba{H884}, and brake down{H5422}{(H8804)} the high places{H1116} of the gates{H8179} that were in the entering in{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}{(H8799)} to the altar{H4196} of the LORD{H3068} in Jerusalem{H3389}, but they did eat{H398}{(H8804)} of the unleavened bread{H4682} among{H8432} their brethren{H251}. 10 And he defiled{H2930}{(H8765)} Topheth{H8612}, which is in the valley{H1516} of the children{H1121}{(H8675)}{H1121} of Hinnom{H2011}, that no man{H376} might make his son{H1121} or his daughter{H1323} to pass through{H5674}{(H8687)} the fire{H784} to Molech{H4432}. 11 And he took away{H7673}{(H8686)} the horses{H5483} that the kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063} had given{H5414}{(H8804)} to the sun{H8121}, at the entering in{H935}{(H8800)} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, by the chamber{H3957} of Nathanmelech{H5419} the chamberlain{H5631}, which was in the suburbs{H6503}, and burned{H8313}{(H8804)} the chariots{H4818} of the sun{H8121} with fire{H784}. 12 And the altars{H4196} that were on the top{H1406} of the upper chamber{H5944} of Ahaz{H271}, which the kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063} had made{H6213}{(H8804)}, and the altars{H4196} which Manasseh{H4519} had made{H6213}{(H8804)} in the two{H8147} courts{H2691} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, did the king{H4428} beat down{H5422}{(H8804)}, and brake them down{H7323}{(H8799)} from thence, and cast{H7993}{(H8689)} 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}{(H8804)} for Ashtoreth{H6253} the abomination{H8251} of the Zidonians{H6722}, and for Chemosh{H3645} the abomination{H8251} of the Moabites{H4124}, and for Milcom{H4445} the abomination{H8441} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}, did the king{H4428} defile{H2930}{(H8765)}. 14 And he brake in pieces{H7665}{(H8765)} the images{H4676}, and cut down{H3772}{(H8799)} the groves{H842}, and filled{H4390}{(H8762)} their places{H4725} with the bones{H6106} of men{H120}. 15 Moreover the altar{H4196} that was at Bethel{H1008}, and the high place{H1116} which Jeroboam{H3379} the son{H1121} of Nebat{H5028}, who made Israel{H3478} to sin{H2398}{(H8689)}, had made{H6213}{(H8804)}, both that altar{H4196} and the high place{H1116} he brake down{H5422}{(H8804)}, and burned{H8313}{(H8799)} the high place{H1116}, and stamped{H1854}{(H8689)} it small to powder{H6083}, and burned{H8313}{(H8804)} the grove{H842}. 16 And as Josiah{H2977} turned{H6437}{(H8799)} himself, he spied{H7200}{(H8799)} the sepulchres{H6913} that were there in the mount{H2022}, and sent{H7971}{(H8799)}, and took{H3947}{(H8799)} the bones{H6106} out of the sepulchres{H6913}, and burned{H8313}{(H8799)} them upon the altar{H4196}, and polluted{H2930}{(H8762)} it, according to the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} which the man{H376} of God{H430} proclaimed{H7121}{(H8804)}, who proclaimed{H7121}{(H8804)} these words{H1697}. 17 Then he said{H559}{(H8799)}, What title{H6725} is that{H1975} that I see{H7200}{(H8802)}? And the men{H582} of the city{H5892} told{H559}{(H8799)} him, It is the sepulchre{H6913} of the man{H376} of God{H430}, which came{H935}{(H8804)} from Judah{H3063}, and proclaimed{H7121}{(H8799)} these things{H1697} that thou hast done{H6213}{(H8804)} against the altar{H4196} of Bethel{H1008}. 18 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Let him alone{H3240}{(H8685)}; let no man{H376} move{H5128}{(H8686)} his bones{H6106}. So they let his bones{H6106} alone{H4422}{(H8762)}, with the bones{H6106} of the prophet{H5030} that came out{H935}{(H8804)} 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}{(H8804)} to provoke the LORD to anger{H3707}{(H8687)}, Josiah{H2977} took away{H5493}{(H8689)}, and did{H6213}{(H8799)} to them according to all the acts{H4639} that he had done{H6213}{(H8804)} in Bethel{H1008}. 20 And he slew{H2076}{(H8799)} all the priests{H3548} of the high places{H1116} that were there upon the altars{H4196}, and burned{H8313}{(H8799)} men's{H120} bones{H6106} upon them, and returned{H7725}{(H8799)} to Jerusalem{H3389}.