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2 Kings 23 (WEBP)

[1] The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
[2] The king went up to Yahweh’s house, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him—with the priests, the prophets, and all the people, both small and great; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in Yahweh’s house.
[3] The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before Yahweh to walk after Yahweh and to keep his commandments, his testimonies, and his statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book; and all the people agreed to the covenant.
[4] The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out of Yahweh’s temple all the vessels that were made for Baal, for the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky; and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.
[5] He got rid of the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the planets, and to all the army of the sky.
[6] He brought out the Asherah from Yahweh’s house, outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the common people.
[7] He broke down the houses of the male shrine prostitutes that were in Yahweh’s house, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
[8] He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.
[9] Nevertheless the priests of the high places didn’t come up to Yahweh’s altar in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.
[10] He defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
[11] He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance of Yahweh’s house, by the room of Nathan Melech the officer who was in the court; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
[12] The king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of Yahweh’s house, and beat them down from there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron.
[13] The king defiled the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon.
[14] He broke in pieces the pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their places with men’s bones.
[15] Moreover the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.
[16] As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to Yahweh’s word which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
[17] Then he said, “What monument is that which I see?” The men of the city told him, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel.”
[18] He said, “Let him be! Let no one move his bones.” So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.
[19] All the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke Yahweh to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.
[20] He killed all the priests of the high places that were there, on the altars, and burned men’s bones on them; and he returned to Jerusalem.
[21] The king commanded all the people, saying, “Keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.”
[22] Surely there was not kept such a Passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
[23] but in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was kept to Yahweh in Jerusalem.
[24] Moreover, Josiah removed those who had familiar spirits, the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in Yahweh’s house.
[25] There was no king like him before 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; and there was none like him who arose after him.
[26] Notwithstanding, Yahweh didn’t turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocation with which Manasseh had provoked him.
[27] Yahweh said, “I will also remove Judah out of my sight, as I have removed Israel; and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’”
[28] Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[29] In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him, but Pharaoh Necoh killed him at Megiddo when he saw him.
[30] His servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.
[31] Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
[32] He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that his fathers had done.
[33] Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
[34] Pharaoh Necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim; but he took Jehoahaz away, and he came to Egypt and died there.
[35] Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Necoh.
[36] Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
[37] He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that his fathers had done.

2 Kings 23:24 Teraphim were household idols.
2 Kings 23:33 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

2 Kings 23 (KJVS)

[1] And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
[2] And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the Lord.
[3] And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
[4] And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.
[5] And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
[6] And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
[7] And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
[8] And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer-sheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.
[9] Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.
[10] And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
[11] And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
[12] And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
[13] And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
[14] And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
[15] Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
[16] And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.
[17] Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el.
[18] And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
[19] And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-el.
[20] And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
[21] And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the Lord your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.
[22] Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
[23] but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the Lord in Jerusalem.
[24] Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.
[25] And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
[26] Notwithstanding the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.
[27] And the Lord said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
[28] Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[29] In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
[30] And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.
[31] Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
[32] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.
[33] And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
[34] And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
[35] And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh.
[36] Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
[37] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.

2 Kings 23:2 Heb. from small even unto great
2 Kings 23:5a Heb. caused to cease. Heb. chemarim
2 Kings 23:5b Or, twelve signs or constellations
2 Kings 23:7 Heb. houses
2 Kings 23:11 Or, Eunuch, or Officer
2 Kings 23:12 Or, ran from thence
2 Kings 23:13 That is, the mount of Olives
2 Kings 23:14 Heb. statues
2 Kings 23:18 Heb. to escape
2 Kings 23:20 Or, sacrificed
2 Kings 23:24 Or, teraphim
2 Kings 23:26 Heb. angers
2 Kings 23:33a Or, because he reigned
2 Kings 23:33b Heb. set a mulct upon the land

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

2 Kings 23 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () καὶ () συνήγαγεν () πρὸς () ἑαυτὸν () πάντας () τοὺς () πρεσβυτέρους () Ιουδα καὶ () Ιερουσαλημ. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἀνέβη () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () εἰς () οἶκον () κυρίου () καὶ () πᾶς () ἀνὴρ () Ιουδα καὶ () πάντες () οἱ () κατοικοῦντες () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () οἱ () ἱερεῖς () καὶ () οἱ () προφῆται () καὶ () πᾶς () ὁ () λαὸς () ἀπὸ () μικροῦ () καὶ () ἕως () μεγάλου, () καὶ () ἀνέγνω () ἐν () ὠσὶν () αὐτῶν () πάντας () τοὺς () λόγους () τοῦ () βιβλίου () τῆς () διαθήκης () τοῦ () εὑρεθέντος () ἐν () οἴκῳ () κυρίου. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἔστη () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () πρὸς () τὸν () στῦλον () καὶ () διέθετο () διαθήκην () ἐνώπιον () κυρίου () τοῦ () πορεύεσθαι () ὀπίσω () κυρίου () καὶ () τοῦ () φυλάσσειν () τὰς () ἐντολὰς () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὰ () μαρτύρια () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὰ () δικαιώματα () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () πάσῃ () καρδίᾳ () καὶ () ἐν () πάσῃ () ψυχῇ () τοῦ () ἀναστῆσαι () τοὺς () λόγους () τῆς () διαθήκης () ταύτης, () τὰ () γεγραμμένα () ἐπὶ () τὸ () βιβλίον () τοῦτο· () καὶ () ἔστη () πᾶς () ὁ () λαὸς () ἐν () τῇ () διαθήκῃ. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἐνετείλατο () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () τῷ () Χελκια τῷ () ἱερεῖ () τῷ () μεγάλῳ () καὶ () τοῖς () ἱερεῦσιν () τῆς () δευτερώσεως καὶ () τοῖς () φυλάσσουσιν () τὸν () σταθμὸν τοῦ () ἐξαγαγεῖν () ἐκ () τοῦ () ναοῦ () κυρίου () πάντα () τὰ () σκεύη () τὰ () πεποιημένα () τῷ () Βααλ () καὶ () τῷ () ἄλσει καὶ () πάσῃ () τῇ () δυνάμει () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () καὶ () κατέκαυσεν () αὐτὰ () ἔξω () Ιερουσαλημ () ἐν () σαδημωθ Κεδρων () καὶ () ἔλαβεν () τὸν () χοῦν () αὐτῶν () εἰς () Βαιθηλ.
[5] Καὶ () κατέπαυσεν () τοὺς () χωμαριμ, οὓς () ἔδωκαν () βασιλεῖς () Ιουδα καὶ () ἐθυμίων () ἐν () τοῖς () ὑψηλοῖς () καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () πόλεσιν () Ιουδα καὶ () τοῖς () περικύκλῳ Ιερουσαλημ, () καὶ () τοὺς () θυμιῶντας () τῷ () Βααλ () καὶ () τῷ () ἡλίῳ () καὶ () τῇ () σελήνῃ () καὶ () τοῖς () μαζουρωθ καὶ () πάσῃ () τῇ () δυνάμει () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἐξήνεγκεν () τὸ () ἄλσος ἐξ () οἴκου () κυρίου () ἔξωθεν () Ιερουσαλημ () εἰς () τὸν () χειμάρρουν () Κεδρων () καὶ () κατέκαυσεν () αὐτὸν () ἐν () τῷ () χειμάρρῳ () Κεδρων () καὶ () ἐλέπτυνεν εἰς () χοῦν () καὶ () ἔρριψεν () τὸν () χοῦν () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () τὸν () τάφον () τῶν () υἱῶν () τοῦ () λαοῦ. ()
[7] Καὶ () καθεῖλεν () τὸν () οἶκον () τῶν () καδησιμ τῶν () ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () κυρίου, () οὗ () αἱ () γυναῖκες () ὕφαινον ἐκεῖ () χεττιιν τῷ () ἄλσει.
[8] Καὶ () ἀνήγαγεν () πάντας () τοὺς () ἱερεῖς () ἐκ () πόλεων () Ιουδα καὶ () ἐμίανεν () τὰ () ὑψηλά, () οὗ () ἐθυμίασαν () ἐκεῖ () οἱ () ἱερεῖς, () ἀπὸ () Γαβαα καὶ () ἕως () Βηρσαβεε. Καὶ () καθεῖλεν () τὸν () οἶκον () τῶν () πυλῶν () τὸν () παρὰ () τὴν () θύραν () τῆς () πύλης () Ιησου () ἄρχοντος () τῆς () πόλεως, () τῶν () ἐξ () ἀριστερῶν () ἀνδρὸς () ἐν () τῇ () πύλῃ () τῆς () πόλεως. ()
[9] Πλὴν () οὐκ () ἀνέβησαν () οἱ () ἱερεῖς () τῶν () ὑψηλῶν () πρὸς () τὸ () θυσιαστήριον () κυρίου () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ, () ὅτι () εἰ () μὴ () ἔφαγον () ἄζυμα () ἐν () μέσῳ () τῶν () ἀδελφῶν () αὐτῶν. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἐμίανεν () τὸν () Ταφεθ τὸν () ἐν () φάραγγι () υἱοῦ () Εννομ τοῦ () διάγειν () ἄνδρα () τὸν () υἱὸν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἄνδρα () τὴν () θυγατέρα () αὐτοῦ () τῷ () Μολοχ () ἐν () πυρί. ()
[11] Καὶ () κατέπαυσεν () τοὺς () ἵππους, () οὓς () ἔδωκαν () βασιλεῖς () Ιουδα τῷ () ἡλίῳ () ἐν () τῇ () εἰσόδῳ () οἴκου () κυρίου () εἰς () τὸ () γαζοφυλάκιον () Ναθαν () βασιλέως () τοῦ () εὐνούχου () ἐν () φαρουριμ, καὶ () τὸ () ἅρμα () τοῦ () ἡλίου () κατέκαυσεν () πυρί. ()
[12] Καὶ () τὰ () θυσιαστήρια () τὰ () ἐπὶ () τοῦ () δώματος () τοῦ () ὑπερῴου () Αχαζ, () ἃ () ἐποίησαν () βασιλεῖς () Ιουδα, καὶ () τὰ () θυσιαστήρια, () ἃ () ἐποίησεν () Μανασσης () ἐν () ταῖς () δυσὶν () αὐλαῖς () οἴκου () κυρίου, () καὶ () καθεῖλεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () καὶ () κατέσπασεν ἐκεῖθεν () καὶ () ἔρριψεν () τὸν () χοῦν () αὐτῶν () εἰς () τὸν () χειμάρρουν () Κεδρων. ()
[13] Καὶ () τὸν () οἶκον () τὸν () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () Ιερουσαλημ () τὸν () ἐκ () δεξιῶν () τοῦ () ὄρους () τοῦ () Μοσοαθ, ὃν () ᾠκοδόμησεν () Σαλωμων βασιλεὺς () Ισραηλ () τῇ () Ἀστάρτῃ προσοχθίσματι Σιδωνίων () καὶ () τῷ () Χαμως προσοχθίσματι Μωαβ καὶ () τῷ () Μολχολ βδελύγματι () υἱῶν () Αμμων, ἐμίανεν () ὁ () βασιλεύς. ()
[14] Καὶ () συνέτριψεν () τὰς () στήλας καὶ () ἐξωλέθρευσεν () τὰ () ἄλση καὶ () ἔπλησεν () τοὺς () τόπους () αὐτῶν () ὀστέων () ἀνθρώπων. ()—
[15] καί () γε () τὸ () θυσιαστήριον () τὸ () ἐν () Βαιθηλ, τὸ () ὑψηλόν, () ὃ () ἐποίησεν () Ιεροβοαμ υἱὸς () Ναβατ, ὃς () ἐξήμαρτεν τὸν () Ισραηλ, () καί () γε () τὸ () θυσιαστήριον () ἐκεῖνο () καὶ () τὸ () ὑψηλὸν () κατέσπασεν καὶ () συνέτριψεν () τοὺς () λίθους () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐλέπτυνεν εἰς () χοῦν () καὶ () κατέκαυσεν () τὸ () ἄλσος.
[16] Καὶ () ἐξένευσεν () Ιωσιας () καὶ () εἶδεν () τοὺς () τάφους () τοὺς () ὄντας () ἐκεῖ () ἐν () τῇ () πόλει () καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () καὶ () ἔλαβεν () τὰ () ὀστᾶ () ἐκ () τῶν () τάφων () καὶ () κατέκαυσεν () ἐπὶ () τὸ () θυσιαστήριον () καὶ () ἐμίανεν () αὐτὸ () κατὰ () τὸ () ῥῆμα () κυρίου, () ὃ () ἐλάλησεν () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἐν () τῷ () ἑστάναι () Ιεροβοαμ ἐν () τῇ () ἑορτῇ () ἐπὶ () τὸ () θυσιαστήριον. () Καὶ () ἐπιστρέψας () ἦρεν () τοὺς () ὀφθαλμοὺς () αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () τὸν () τάφον () τοῦ () ἀνθρώπου () τοῦ () θεοῦ () τοῦ () λαλήσαντος () τοὺς () λόγους () τούτους ()
[17] καὶ () εἶπεν () Τί () τὸ () σκόπελον ἐκεῖνο, () ὃ () ἐγὼ () ὁρῶ; () Καὶ () εἶπον () αὐτῷ () οἱ () ἄνδρες () τῆς () πόλεως () Ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἐστιν () ὁ () ἐξεληλυθὼς () ἐξ () Ιουδα καὶ () ἐπικαλεσάμενος () τοὺς () λόγους () τούτους, () οὓς () ἐπεκαλέσατο () ἐπὶ () τὸ () θυσιαστήριον () Βαιθηλ.
[18] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἄφετε () αὐτό, () ἀνὴρ () μὴ () κινησάτω () τὰ () ὀστᾶ () αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () ἐρρύσθησαν () τὰ () ὀστᾶ () αὐτοῦ () μετὰ () τῶν () ὀστῶν () τοῦ () προφήτου () τοῦ () ἥκοντος () ἐκ () Σαμαρείας. ()—
[19] καί () γε () εἰς () πάντας () τοὺς () οἴκους () τῶν () ὑψηλῶν () τοὺς () ἐν () ταῖς () πόλεσιν () Σαμαρείας, () οὓς () ἐποίησαν () βασιλεῖς () Ισραηλ () παροργίζειν () κύριον, () ἀπέστησεν () Ιωσιας () καὶ () ἐποίησεν () ἐν () αὐτοῖς () πάντα () τὰ () ἔργα, () ἃ () ἐποίησεν () ἐν () Βαιθηλ.
[20] Καὶ () ἐθυσίασεν πάντας () τοὺς () ἱερεῖς () τῶν () ὑψηλῶν () τοὺς () ὄντας () ἐκεῖ () ἐπὶ () τῶν () θυσιαστηρίων () καὶ () κατέκαυσεν () τὰ () ὀστᾶ () τῶν () ἀνθρώπων () ἐπ’ () αὐτά· () καὶ () ἐπεστράφη () εἰς () Ιερουσαλημ. ()
[21] Καὶ () ἐνετείλατο () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () παντὶ () τῷ () λαῷ () λέγων () Ποιήσατε () τὸ () πασχα () τῷ () κυρίῳ () θεῷ () ἡμῶν, () καθὼς () γέγραπται () ἐπὶ () βιβλίου () τῆς () διαθήκης () ταύτης· ()
[22] ὅτι () οὐκ () ἐγενήθη () τὸ () πασχα () τοῦτο () ἀφ’ () ἡμερῶν () τῶν () κριτῶν, () οἳ () ἔκρινον () τὸν () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () πάσας () τὰς () ἡμέρας () βασιλέων () Ισραηλ () καὶ () βασιλέων () Ιουδα,
[23] ὅτι () ἀλλ’ () ἢ () τῷ () ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει () τοῦ () βασιλέως () Ιωσια () ἐγενήθη () τὸ () πασχα () τῷ () κυρίῳ () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ. ()
[24] Καί () γε () τοὺς () θελητὰς καὶ () τοὺς () γνωριστὰς καὶ () τὰ () θεραφιν καὶ () τὰ () εἴδωλα () καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () προσοχθίσματα τὰ () γεγονότα () ἐν () γῇ () Ιουδα καὶ () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ () ἐξῆρεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () Ιωσιας, () ἵνα () στήσῃ () τοὺς () λόγους () τοῦ () νόμου () τοὺς () γεγραμμένους () ἐπὶ () τοῦ () βιβλίου, () οὗ () εὗρεν () Χελκιας ὁ () ἱερεὺς () ἐν () οἴκῳ () κυρίου. ()
[25] Ὅμοιος () αὐτῷ () οὐκ () ἐγενήθη () ἔμπροσθεν () αὐτοῦ () βασιλεύς, () ὃς () ἐπέστρεψεν () πρὸς () κύριον () ἐν () ὅλῃ () καρδίᾳ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐν () ὅλῃ () ψυχῇ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐν () ὅλῃ () ἰσχύι () αὐτοῦ () κατὰ () πάντα () τὸν () νόμον () Μωυσῆ, () καὶ () μετ’ () αὐτὸν () οὐκ () ἀνέστη () ὅμοιος () αὐτῷ. ()
[26] Πλὴν () οὐκ () ἀπεστράφη () κύριος () ἀπὸ () θυμοῦ () ὀργῆς () αὐτοῦ () τοῦ () μεγάλου, () οὗ () ἐθυμώθη () ὀργὴ () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () τῷ () Ιουδα ἐπὶ () τοὺς () παροργισμούς, () οὓς () παρώργισεν () αὐτὸν () Μανασσης. ()
[27] Καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () Καί () γε () τὸν () Ιουδαν () ἀποστήσω () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () προσώπου () μου, () καθὼς () ἀπέστησα () τὸν () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ἀπώσομαι () τὴν () πόλιν () ταύτην, () ἣν () ἐξελεξάμην, () τὴν () Ιερουσαλημ, () καὶ () τὸν () οἶκον, () οὗ () εἶπον () Ἔσται () τὸ () ὄνομά () μου () ἐκεῖ. ()
[28] Καὶ () τὰ () λοιπὰ () τῶν () λόγων () Ιωσιου () καὶ () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἐποίησεν, () οὐχὶ () ταῦτα () γεγραμμένα () ἐπὶ () βιβλίῳ () λόγων () τῶν () ἡμερῶν () τοῖς () βασιλεῦσιν () Ιουδα;
[29] Ἐν () δὲ () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () αὐτοῦ () ἀνέβη () Φαραω () Νεχαω βασιλεὺς () Αἰγύπτου () ἐπὶ () βασιλέα () Ἀσσυρίων ἐπὶ () ποταμὸν () Εὐφράτην· () καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () Ιωσιας () εἰς () ἀπαντὴν αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἐθανάτωσεν () αὐτὸν () Νεχαω ἐν () Μαγεδδω ἐν () τῷ () ἰδεῖν () αὐτόν. ()
[30] Καὶ () ἐπεβίβασαν () αὐτὸν () οἱ () παῖδες () αὐτοῦ () νεκρὸν () ἐκ () Μαγεδδω καὶ () ἤγαγον () αὐτὸν () εἰς () Ιερουσαλημ () καὶ () ἔθαψαν () αὐτὸν () ἐν () τῷ () τάφῳ () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () πόλει () Δαυιδ, () καὶ () ἔλαβεν () ὁ () λαὸς () τῆς () γῆς () τὸν () Ιωαχας υἱὸν () Ιωσιου () καὶ () ἔχρισαν () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ἐβασίλευσαν () αὐτὸν () ἀντὶ () τοῦ () πατρὸς () αὐτοῦ. ()
[31] Υἱὸς () εἴκοσι () καὶ () τριῶν () ἐτῶν () ἦν () Ιωαχας ἐν () τῷ () βασιλεύειν () αὐτὸν () καὶ () τρίμηνον () ἐβασίλευσεν () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ, () καὶ () ὄνομα () τῇ () μητρὶ () αὐτοῦ () Αμιταλ θυγάτηρ () Ιερεμιου () ἐκ () Λεμνα.
[32] Καὶ () ἐποίησεν () τὸ () πονηρὸν () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () κυρίου () κατὰ () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἐποίησαν () οἱ () πατέρες () αὐτοῦ. ()
[33] Καὶ () μετέστησεν () αὐτὸν () Φαραω () Νεχαω ἐν () Δεβλαθα ἐν () γῇ () Εμαθ τοῦ () μὴ () βασιλεύειν () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ () καὶ () ἔδωκεν () ζημίαν () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν () ἑκατὸν () τάλαντα () ἀργυρίου () καὶ () ἑκατὸν () τάλαντα () χρυσίου. ()
[34] Καὶ () ἐβασίλευσεν () Φαραω () Νεχαω ἐπ’ () αὐτοὺς () τὸν () Ελιακιμ () υἱὸν () Ιωσιου () βασιλέως () Ιουδα ἀντὶ () Ιωσιου () τοῦ () πατρὸς () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐπέστρεψεν () τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ () Ιωακιμ· καὶ () τὸν () Ιωαχας ἔλαβεν () καὶ () εἰσήνεγκεν () εἰς () Αἴγυπτον, () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν () ἐκεῖ. ()
[35] Καὶ () τὸ () ἀργύριον () καὶ () τὸ () χρυσίον () ἔδωκεν () Ιωακιμ τῷ () Φαραω· () πλὴν () ἐτιμογράφησεν τὴν () γῆν () τοῦ () δοῦναι () τὸ () ἀργύριον () ἐπὶ () στόματος () Φαραω, () ἀνὴρ () κατὰ () τὴν () συντίμησιν αὐτοῦ () ἔδωκαν () τὸ () ἀργύριον () καὶ () τὸ () χρυσίον () μετὰ () τοῦ () λαοῦ () τῆς () γῆς () δοῦναι () τῷ () Φαραω () Νεχαω.
[36] Υἱὸς () εἴκοσι () καὶ () πέντε () ἐτῶν () Ιωακιμ ἐν () τῷ () βασιλεύειν () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ἕνδεκα () ἔτη () ἐβασίλευσεν () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ, () καὶ () ὄνομα () τῇ () μητρὶ () αὐτοῦ () Ιελδαφ θυγάτηρ () Φεδεια ἐκ () Ρουμα.
[37] Καὶ () ἐποίησεν () τὸ () πονηρὸν () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () κυρίου () κατὰ () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἐποίησαν () οἱ () πατέρες () αὐτοῦ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.