1 GLT And the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. BSB BSB: Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
2 GLT And the king went up{ to} the house of Yahweh and every man of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him and the priests and the prophets and all the people, from{ the} small and to{ the} great. And he read in their ears all the words of the scroll of the covenant that had been found in the house of Yahweh. BSB BSB: And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
3 GLT And the king stood by the pillar, and he cut the covenant to the face of Yahweh to walk after Yahweh and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all{ his} heart and with all his{ spirit} to cause the words of this covenant that were written on that scroll to stand. And all the people stood in the covenant. BSB BSB: So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.
5 GLT And he put away the pagan priests, whom the kings of Judah gave so that he burned incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and the surrounding areas of Jerusalem, and the ones who burned incense to the Baal, to the sun and to the moon and to the constellations and to all the host of the heavens. BSB BSB: Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.
6 GLT And he brought out the Asherah pole from the house of Yahweh to outside of Jerusalem, to the valley of Kidron, and he burned it in the valley of Kidron. And he crushed{ it} to a dust, and he threw its dust over the graves of the sons of the people. BSB BSB: He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
7 GLT And he broke down the houses of the male temple prostitutes that{ were} in the house of Yahweh, where the women were weaving there houses for the Asherah. BSB BSB: He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.
9 GLT However, the priests of the high places did not go up to the altar of Yahweh in Jerusalem. Rather, they ate unleavened bread in the midst of their brothers. BSB BSB: Although the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.
10 GLT And he defiled the Topheth, which{ was} in the Valley of the son of Hinnom, so that a person could not make his son or his daughter pass through in the fire to the Molech. BSB BSB: He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
12 GLT And the king broke down the altars that{ were} on the roof, 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 Yahweh. And he ran from there, and he threw their dust to the valley of Kidron. BSB BSB: He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.
14 GLT And he smashed the pillars, and he cut down the Asherah poles, and he filled their place with human bones. BSB BSB: He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
15 GLT And also the altar that{ was} in Bethel, the high place that Jeroboam the son of Nebat made, who caused Israel to sin— both that altar and the high place he broke down, and he burned the high place. He crushed{ them} to dust, and he burned{ the} Asherah pole. BSB BSB: He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.
16 GLT And Josiah turned, and he saw the graves that{ were} there on the mountain, and he sent, and he took the bones from the graves, and he burned{ them} on the altar, and he defiled it according to the word of Yahweh which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things. BSB BSB: And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.
17 GLT And he said,“What is this monument that I am seeing?” And the men of the city said to him,“The grave of the man of God who came from Judah, and he proclaimed these things that you did on the altar of Bethel.” BSB BSB: Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”
18 GLT And he said,“Leave him untouched. Do not let a person shake up his bones.” And they saved his bones, the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria. BSB BSB: “Let him rest,” said Josiah. “Do not let anyone disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, along with those of the prophet who had come from Samaria.
19 GLT And also Josiah removed all the houses of the high places that{ were} in the cities of Samaria that the kings of Israel made, provoking anger. And he did to them like all the works that he did in Bethel. BSB BSB: Just as Josiah had done at Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria he removed all the shrines of the high places set up by the kings of Israel who had provoked the LORD to anger.
20 GLT And he sacrificed all the priests of the high places who{ were} there on the altars, and he burned human bones on them. And he returned to Jerusalem. BSB BSB: On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
21 GLT And the king commanded all the people, saying,“Do Passover for Yahweh your God according to what is written on this scroll of the covenant.” BSB BSB: The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
22 GLT For it had not been done like this Passover since the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor all the days of the kings of Israel or the kings of Judah, BSB BSB: No such Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah.
23 GLT except in the 18 th year of King Josiah. This Passover was done for Yahweh in Jerusalem. BSB BSB: But in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.
24 GLT And also Josiah removed the ritual pits and the soothsayers and the images and the idols and all the abhorrences that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, for the sake of causing the words of the Law that were written on the scroll that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of Yahweh to stand. BSB BSB: Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.
25 GLT And a king was not like him to his face, who returned to Yahweh with all his heart and with all his spirit and with all his power according to all the Law of Moses. And after him, one like him has not arisen. BSB BSB: Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.
26 GLT However, Yahweh did not turn from the great burning of his nose{ with} which his nose burned against Judah on account of all the offenses{ by} which Manasseh made him angry. BSB BSB: Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.
27 GLT And Yahweh said,“I will also remove Judah away from my face, just as I removed Israel. And I will reject this city that I chose, Jerusalem and the house{ about} which I said,‘My name will be there.’” BSB BSB: For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
28 GLT But the rest of the words of Josiah, and all that he did— are they not written on the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Judah? BSB BSB: As for the rest of the acts of Josiah and all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
30 GLT And his servants made him ride dead from Megiddo, and they brought him{ to} Jerusalem, and they buried him in his grave. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and they anointed him, and they made him king in place of his father. BSB BSB: From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
31 GLT Jehoahaz{ was} a son of 23 years when he became king, and he was king three months in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother{ was} Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah. BSB BSB: Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
32 GLT And he did what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh, like everything that his fathers did. BSB BSB: And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.
33 GLT And Pharaoh Necho bound him in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, from being king in Jerusalem. And he gave a fine against the land— 100 rounds of silver and a round of gold. BSB BSB: And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
34 GLT And Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in place of Josiah his father, and he turned his name{ to} Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz, and he came{ to} Egypt, and he died there. BSB BSB: Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he died.
35 GLT And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh. However, he assessed the land to give the silver according to the mouth of Pharoah. Each man, according to his assessment, he forcibly collected the silver and the gold, the people of the land, to give to Pharoah Neco. BSB BSB: So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.
36 GLT Jehoiakim{ was} a son of 25 years when he became king, and he was king 11 years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother{ was} Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah from Rumah. BSB BSB: Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah.
37 GLT And he did what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh, like everything that his fathers did. BSB BSB: And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.
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