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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

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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 Bethel .
[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 Beersheba , 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 Nathanmelech 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 Bethel , [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 Bethel .
[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 Bethel .
[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 Pharaohnechoh 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 Pharaohnechoh 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 Pharaohnechoh 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 Pharaohnechoh .
[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 ().

Young’s Literal Translation

2 Kings 23 (YLT)

[1] And the king sendeth, and they gather unto him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem,
[2] and the king goeth up to the house of Jehovah, and every man of Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, from small unto great, and he readeth in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that is found in the house of Jehovah.
[3] And the king standeth by the pillar, and maketh the covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep His commands, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all the heart, and with all the soul, to establish the words of this covenant that are written on this book, and all the people stand in the covenant.
[4] And the king commandeth Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out from the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that are made for Baal, and for the shrine, and for all the host of the heavens, and he burneth them at the outside of Jerusalem, in the fields of Kidron, and hath borne their ashes to Beth-El.
[5] And he hath caused to cease the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah have appointed, (and they make perfume in high places, in cities of Judah and suburbs of Jerusalem,) and those making perfume to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of the heavens.
[6] And he bringeth out the shrine from the house of Jehovah to the outside of Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burneth it at the brook Kidron, and beateth it small to dust, and casteth its dust on the grave of the sons of the people.
[7] And he breaketh down the houses of the whoremongers that are in the house of Jehovah, where the women are weaving houses for the shrine.
[8] And he bringeth in all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defileth the high places where the priests have made perfume, from Geba unto Beer-Sheba, and hath broken down the high places of the gates that are at the opening of the gate of Joshua, head of the city, that is on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city;
[9] only, the priests of the high places come not up unto the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they have eaten unleavened things in the midst of their brethren.
[10] And he hath defiled Topheth, that is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, so that no man doth cause his son and his daughter to pass over through fire to Molech.
[11] And he causeth to cease the horses that the kings of Judah have given to the sun from the entering in of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-Melech the eunuch, that is in the suburbs, and the chariots of the sun he hath burnt with fire.
[12] And the altars that are on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, that the kings of Judah made, and the altars that Manasseh made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, hath the king broken down, and removeth thence, and hath cast their dust unto the brook Kidron.
[13] And the high places that are on the front of Jerusalem, that are on the right of the mount of corruption, that Solomon king of Israel had built to Ashtoreth abomination of the Zidonians, and Chemosh abomination of Moab, and to Milcom abomination of the sons of Ammon, hath the king defiled.
[14] And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, and filleth their place with bones of men;
[15] and also the altar that is in Beth-El, the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat made, by which he made Israel sin, both that altar and the high place he hath broken down, and doth burn the high place-he hath beat it small to dust, and hath burnt the shrine.
[16] And Josiah turneth, and seeth the graves that are there in the mount, and sendeth and taketh the bones out of the graves, and burneth them on the altar, and defileth it, according to the word of Jehovah that the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
[17] And he saith, ‘What is this sign that I see?’ and the men of the city say unto him, ‘The grave of the man of God who hath come from Judah, and proclaimeth these things that thou hast done concerning the altar of Beth-El.’
[18] And he saith, ‘Let him alone, let no man touch his bones;’ and they let his bones escape, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.
[19] And also all the houses of the high places that are in the cities of Samaria, that the kings of Israel made to provoke to anger, hath Josiah turned aside, and doth to them according to all the deeds that he did in Beth-El.
[20] And he slayeth all the priests of the high places who are there by the altars, and burneth the bones of man upon them, and turneth back to Jerusalem.
[21] And the king commandeth the whole of the people, saying, ‘Make ye a passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written on this book of the covenant.’
[22] Surely there hath not been made like this passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, even all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Judah;
[23] but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, hath this passover been made to Jehovah in Jerusalem.
[24] And also, those having familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah, and in Jerusalem, hath Josiah put away, in order to establish the words of the law that are written on the book that Hilkiah the priest hath found in the house of Jehovah.
[25] And like him there hath not been before him a king who turned back unto Jehovah with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses, and after him there hath none risen like him.
[26] Only, Jehovah hath not turned back from the fierceness of His great anger with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh provoked him,
[27] and Jehovah saith, ‘Also Judah I turn aside from my presence, as I turned Israel aside, and I have rejected this city that I have chosen-Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name is there.’
[28] And the rest of the matters of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[29] In his days hath Pharaoh-Nechoh king of Egypt come up against the king of Asshur, by the river Phrat, and king Josiah goeth out to meet him, and he putteth him to death in Megiddo, when he seeth him.
[30] And his servants cause him to ride dying from Megiddo, and bring him in to Jerusalem, and bury him in his own grave, and the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and anoint him, and cause him to reign instead of his father.
[31] A son of twenty and three years is Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah,
[32] and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers did,
[33] and Pharaoh-Nechoh bindeth him in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, from reigning in Jerusalem, and he putteth a fine on the land-a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
[34] And Pharaoh-Nechoh causeth Eliakim son of Josiah to reign instead of Josiah his father, and turneth his name to Jehoiakim, and Jehoahaz he hath taken away, and he cometh in to Egypt, and dieth there.
[35] And the silver and the gold hath Jehoiakim given to Pharaoh; only he valued the land to give the silver by the command of Pharaoh; from each, according to his valuation, he exacted the silver and the gold, from the people of the land, to give to Pharaoh-Nechoh.
[36] A son of twenty and five years is Jehoiakim in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Zebudah daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah,
[37] and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers did.