II. Kines XXIII. 20.

® Nevertheless the _priests_of the| B.C. 624.
spake against xthis xplace, and against the_inhabitants thereof, that they
high_places tcame not up to the_altar_
9. See Ezek.
sshould_become a desolation and a|of ‘the Lorp in Jerusalem, but they} 44-10-14. curse, and hast_rent thy -clothes, and | did_eat of the unleayened_bread among |7- Jehovah. wept before Me; £ alSo -have_heard | their brethren. thee, ssaith J the Lor. _ 10 And he «defiled *Lopheth, which is
22 Behold therefore, I will_gather|in the_valley_of the_schildren_of Hin-|s. sons. thee unto thy fathers, and thou -shalt_|nom, that no ‘man might make his|i. ish. be_gathered into thy grave in peace;|+son or his -daughter to_pass through and thine eyes shall not see all the/|the fire to xMolech. evil which swill_bring upon xthis} 1 And he took_away -the horses that xplace.” the_kings_of Judah had_given to the
And they brought -the king word|sun, at the_entering_in_of the_house_ again. of / the Lorp, by the_chamber_of Na-
than-melech the echamberlain, which |e. eunuch. AND the king sent, and they | was in the suburbs, and burned -the_ gathered unto him all the_|chariots_of the sun with ~xfire.
elders_of Judah and of Jerusalem. 2 And the altars that were on the_ 12, Se Jer.
2 And the king went_up into the_ house_of J the Lorp, and all the_imen_ 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 the_house_of J the Lorp.
8 And the king stood by @ ~pillar, and cmade a@ Xcoyenant before % the _|Lorp, to walk after J the Lorp, and to
keep His commandments and His -tes-
timonies and His -statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to per- form -+the_words_of xthis xcovenant xithat were_written in this xbook.
And all the people stood to the cove-
nant,
4 And the king commanded ~Hilkiah - |the high xpriest, and -the_priests_of the
CHR. | second_order, and -the_keepers_of the
door, to bring_forth out_of the_temple_ ofJ the Lorp ~all the vessels that were_ .|made for xBaal, and for the s’ 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-él.
5 And he -put_down -the cidolatrous_
m. | priests, whom the_kings_of Judah had_
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 Jthe Lorp, did the king beat_down, and brake_them_down from thence, and -cast -the_dust_of them into the brook Kidron.
18 And -the high_places that weve be- fore Jerusalem, which were on the_ right_hand_of the_mount_of xcorrup- tion, which Solomon the_king_of Israél had_builded for Ashtoreth the_abomi- nation_of the Zidonians, and for Che- mosh the_abomination_of the Moabites, and for Milcom the_abomination_of the_s 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| 4!
amen,
15 Moreover -the altar that was at Beth-él, and the high_place which Jero- boam the_son_of Nebat, who made -Israél to_sin, had_made, both xthat xaltar and «the high_place he brake_ down, and burned -the high_place, and stamped_it_small to powder, and-burn- ed the grove.
Zeph. 1. 5. Ch. 21. 5.
13, 1 Kin. 11. 7.
8. SONS.
a. Hebd. dahm, a collective
noun. 15. 1 Kin. 12. 23-33.
16 And as Josiah turned_himself, he! 16-20. see ordained to burn_incense in the high_ | spied places in the_cities_of Judah, and in|in the mount, and sent, and took -the Pinon the_places_round_about Jerusalem;}bones -out_of the ®sepulchres, and} places. ae
«them also that_burned_incense unto xBaal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the s'planets, and to all the_host_ of ¢x-heaven.
6 And he brought_out -the sh grove from the_house_of !-the Lorp, 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_s children of the people.
7 And he brake_down -the_houses_of the msodomites, that were by the_ | house_of Jthe Lorn, where the women wove / hangings for the sh grove.
8 And he brought 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 ewe left_hand at the_gate_of the city.
burned them upon the altar, and pol- luted it, according_to the_word _of Sthe Lorp which the_iman_of x=God proclaimed, who proclaimed xthese words.
7 Then he said, “What ™xtitle is xthat that E see?” And the_~ men_of the city told him, “Jt is the? sepulchre_ of the_t man_of x=God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed xthese things that thou -hast_done against the altar_ of Beth-él.”
18 And he said, “+Let him alone ; Het no ¢man move his bones.” So they let his bones alone, with the_bones_of the prophet that came out_of Samaria.
19 And rall the_houses also of the high_places that were in the_cities_of Samaria, which the_kings_of Israél had_made to provoke the Lorp to_ anger, Josiah took_away, and did to them according_to all the acts that he had done in Beth-él.
20 And he saslew all the_priests_of the high_places that were there upon
m. ormonu- ment.
@. anah- shim.
sa sacrificed.
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