Dual Panel1Then the king<4428> sent<7971>, and they gathered<622> to him all<3605> the elders<2205> of Judah<3063> and of Jerusalem<3389>.
2The king<4428> went<5927> up to the house<1004> of the LORD<3068> and all<3605> the men<376> of Judah<3063> and all<3605> the inhabitants<3427> of Jerusalem<3389> with him, and the priests<3548> and the prophets<5030> and all<3605> the people<5971>, both<4480> small<6996> and great<1419>; and he read<7121> in their hearing<241> all<3605> the words<1697> of the book<5612> of the covenant<1285> which was found<4672> in the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>.
3The king<4428> stood<5975> by the pillar<5982> and made<3772> a covenant<1285> before<6440> the LORD<3068>, to walk<1980> after<310> the LORD<3068>, and to keep<8104> His commandments<4687> and His testimonies<5715> and His statutes<2708> with all<3605> his heart<3820> and all<3605> his soul<5315>, to carry<6965> out the words<1697> of this<2088> covenant<1285> that were written<3789> in this<2088> book<5612>. And all<3605> the people<5971> entered<5975> into the covenant<1285>.
4Then the king<4428> commanded<6680> Hilkiah<2518> the high<1419> priest<3548> and the priests<3548> of the second<4932> order and the doorkeepers<8104><5592>, to bring<3318> out of the temple<1964> of the LORD<3068> all<3605> the vessels<3627> that were made<6213> for Baal<1168>, for Asherah<842>, and for all<3605> the host<6635> of heaven<8064>; and he burned<8313> them outside<4480><2351> Jerusalem<3389> in the fields<7709> of the Kidron<6939>, and carried<5375> their ashes<6083> to Bethel<1008>.
5He did<7673> away<7673> with the idolatrous<3649> priests<3649> whom<834> the kings<4428> of Judah<3063> had appointed<5414> to burn<6999> incense<6999> in the high<1116> places<1116> in the cities<5892> of Judah<3063> and in the surrounding<4524> area<4524> of Jerusalem<3389>, also those who burned<6999> incense<6999> to Baal<1168>, to the sun<8121> and to the moon<3394> and to the constellations<4208> and to all<3605> the host<6635> of heaven<8064>.
6He brought<3318> out the Asherah<842> from the house<1004> of the LORD<3068> outside<4480><2351> Jerusalem<3389> to the brook<5158> Kidron<6939>, and burned<8313> it at the brook<5158> Kidron<6939>, and ground<1854> it to dust<6083>, and threw<7993> its dust<6083> on the graves<6913> of the common<1121> people<5971>.
7He also broke<5422> down<5422> the houses<1004> of the male cult<6945> prostitutes<6945> which<834> were in the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>, where<834><8033> the women<802> were weaving<707> hangings<1004> for the Asherah<842>.
8Then he brought<935> all<3605> the priests<3548> from the cities<5892> of Judah<3063>, and defiled<2930> the high<1116> places<1116> where<834><8033> the priests<3548> had burned<6999> incense<6999>, from Geba<1387> to Beersheba<884>; and he broke<5422> down<5422> the high<1116> places<1116> of the gates<8179> which<834> were at the entrance<6607> of the gate<8179> of Joshua<3091> the governor<8269> of the city<5892>, which<834> were on one's<376> left<8040> at the city<5892> gate<8179>.
9Nevertheless<389> the priests<3548> of the high<1116> places<1116> did not go<5927> up to the altar<4196> of the LORD<3068> in Jerusalem<3389>, but they ate<398> unleavened<4682> bread<4682> among<8432> their brothers<251>.
10He also defiled<2930> Topheth<8612>, which<834> is in the valley<1516> of the son<1121> of Hinnom<2011>, that no<1115> man<376> might make his son<1121> or his daughter<1323> pass<5674> through the fire<784> for Molech<4432>.
11He did<7673> away<7673> with the horses<5483> which<834> the kings<4428> of Judah<3063> had given<5414> to the sun<8121>, at the entrance<935> of the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>, by the chamber<3957> of Nathan-melech<5419> the official<5631>, which<834> was in the precincts<6503>; and he burned<8313> the chariots<4818> of the sun<8121> with fire<784>.
12The altars<4196> which<834> were on the roof<1406>, the upper<5944> chamber<5944> of Ahaz<271>, which<834> the kings<4428> of Judah<3063> had made<6213>, and the altars<4196> which<834> Manasseh<4519> had made<6213> in the two<8147> courts<2691> of the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>, the king<4428> broke<5422> down<5422>; and he smashed<7323> them there<8033> and threw<7993> their dust<6083> into the brook<5158> Kidron<6939>.
13The high<1116> places<1116> which<834> were before<5921><6440> Jerusalem<3389>, which<834> were on the right<3225> of the mount<2022> of destruction<4889> which<834> Solomon<8010> the king<4428> of Israel<3478> had built<1129> for Ashtoreth<6252> the abomination<8251> of the Sidonians<6722>, and for Chemosh<3645> the abomination<8251> of Moab<4124>, and for Milcom<4445> the abomination<8441> of the sons<1121> of Ammon<5983>, the king<4428> defiled<2930>.
14He broke<7665> in pieces<7665> the sacred pillars<4676> and cut<3772> down<3772> the Asherim<842> and filled<4390> their places<4725> with human<120> bones<6106>.
15Furthermore<1571>, the altar<4196> that was at Bethel<1008> and the high<1116> place<1116> which<834> Jeroboam<3379> the son<1121> of Nebat<5028>, who<834> made Israel<3478> sin<2398>, had made<6213>, even<1571> that altar<4196> and the high<1116> place<1116> he broke<5422> down<5422>. Then he demolished<7665> its stones, ground<1854> them to dust<6083>, and burned<8313> the Asherah<842>.
16Now when Josiah<2977> turned<6437>, he saw<7200> the graves<6913> that were there<8033> on the mountain<2022>, and he sent<7971> and took<3947> the bones<6106> from the graves<6913> and burned<8313> them on the altar<4196> and defiled<2930> it according to the word<1697> of the LORD<3068> which<834> the man<376> of God<430> proclaimed<7121>, who<834> proclaimed<7121> these<428> things<1697>.
17Then he said<559>, "What<4100> is this<1975> monument<6725> that I see<7200>?" And the men<376> of the city<5892> told<559> him, "It is the grave<6913> of the man<376> of God<430> who<834> came<935> from Judah<3063> and proclaimed<7121> these<428> things<1697> which<834> you have done<6213> against<5921> the altar<4196> of Bethel<1008>."
18He said<559>, "Let<5117> him alone<5117>; let no<408> one<376> disturb<5128> his bones<6106>." So they left<4422> his bones<6106> undisturbed<4422> with the bones<6106> of the prophet<5030> who<834> came<935> from Samaria<8111>.
19Josiah<2977> also<1571> removed<5493> all<3605> the houses<1004> of the high<1116> places<1116> which<834> were in the cities<5892> of Samaria<8111>, which<834> the kings<4428> of Israel<3478> had made<6213> provoking<3707> the LORD<3068>; and he did<6213> to them just<3605><4639> as he had done<6213> in Bethel<1008>.
20All<3605> the priests<3548> of the high<1116> places<1116> who<834> were there<8033> he slaughtered<2076> on the altars<4196> and burned<8313> human<120> bones<6106> on them; then he returned<7725> to Jerusalem<3389>.
21Then the king<4428> commanded<6680> all<3605> the people<5971> saying<559>, "Celebrate<6213> the Passover<6453> to the LORD<3068> your God<430> as it is written<3789> in this<2088> book<5612> of the covenant<1285>."
22Surely<3588> such<2088> a Passover<6453> had not been celebrated<6213> from the days<3117> of the judges<8199> who<834> judged<8199> Israel<3478>, nor<3808> in all<3605> the days<3117> of the kings<4428> of Israel<3478> and of the kings<4428> of Judah<3063>.
23But in the eighteenth<8083><6240> year<8141> of King<4428> Josiah<2977>, this<2088> Passover<6453> was observed<6213> to the LORD<3068> in Jerusalem<3389>.
24Moreover<1571>, Josiah<2977> removed<1197> the mediums<178> and the spiritists<3049> and the teraphim<8655> and the idols<1544> and all<3605> the abominations<8251> that were seen<7200> in the land<776> of Judah<3063> and in Jerusalem<3389>, that he might confirm<6965> the words<1697> of the law<8451> which were written<3789> in the book<5612> that Hilkiah<2518> the priest<3548> found<4672> in the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>.
25Before<6440> him there was no<3808> king<4428> like<3644> him who<834> turned<7725> to the LORD<3068> with all<3605> his heart<3824> and with all<3605> his soul<5315> and with all<3605> his might<3966>, according to all<3605> the law<8451> of Moses<4872>; nor<3808> did any like<3644> him arise<6965> after<310> him.
26However<389>, the LORD<3068> did not turn<7725> from the fierceness<2740> of His great<1419> wrath<639> with which<834> His anger<639> burned<2734> against Judah<3063>, because<5921> of all<3605> the provocations<3708> with which<834> Manasseh<4519> had provoked<3707> Him.
27The LORD<3068> said<559>, "I will remove<5493> Judah<3063> also<1571> from My sight<6440>, as I have removed<5493> Israel<3478>. And I will cast<3988> off<3988> Jerusalem<3389>, this<2088> city<5892> which<834> I have chosen<977>, and the temple<1004> of which<834> I said<559>, 'My name<8034> shall be there<8033>.'"
28Now the rest<3499> of the acts<1697> of Josiah<2977> and all<3605> that he did<6213>, are they not written<3789> in the Book<5612> of the Chronicles<1697><3117> of the Kings<4428> of Judah<3063>?
29In his days<3117> Pharaoh<6549> Neco<6549> king<4428> of Egypt<4714> went<5927> up to the king<4428> of Assyria<804> to the river<5104> Euphrates<6578>. And King<4428> Josiah<2977> went<1980> to meet<7122> him, and when Pharaoh Neco saw<7200> him he killed<4191> him at Megiddo<4023>.
30His servants<5650> drove<7392> his body<4191> in a chariot<7392> from Megiddo<4023>, and brought<935> him to Jerusalem<3389> and buried<6912> him in his own tomb<6900>. Then the people<5971> of the land<776> took<3947> Jehoahaz<3059> the son<1121> of Josiah<2977> and anointed<4886> him and made<4427> him king<4427> in place<8478> of his father<1>.
31Jehoahaz<3059> was twenty-three<6242><7969> years<8141> old<1121> when he became<4427> king<4427>, and he reigned<4427> three<7969> months<2320> in Jerusalem<3389>; and his mother's<517> name<8034> was Hamutal<2537> the daughter<1323> of Jeremiah<3414> of Libnah<3841>.
32He did<6213> evil<7451> in the sight<5869> of the LORD<3068>, according to all<3605> that his fathers<1> had done<6213>.
33Pharaoh<6549> Neco<6549> imprisoned<631> him at Riblah<7247> in the land<776> of Hamath<2574>, that he might not reign<4427> in Jerusalem<3389>; and he imposed<5414> on the land<776> a fine<6066> of one hundred<3967> talents<3603> of silver<3701> and a talent<3603> of gold<2091>.
34Pharaoh<6549> Neco<6549> made<4427> Eliakim<471> the son<1121> of Josiah<2977> king<4427> in the place<8478> of Josiah<2977> his father<1>, and changed<5437> his name<8034> to Jehoiakim<3079>. But he took<3947> Jehoahaz<3059> away and brought<935> him to Egypt<4714>, and he died<4191> there<8033>.
35So Jehoiakim<3079> gave<5414> the silver<3701> and gold<2091> to Pharaoh<6547>, but he taxed<6186> the land<776> in order to give<5414> the money<3701> at the command<6310> of Pharaoh<6547>. He exacted<5065> the silver<3701> and gold<2091> from the people<5971> of the land<776>, each<376> according to his valuation<6187>, to give<5414> it to Pharaoh<6549> Neco<6549>.
36Jehoiakim<3079> was twenty-five<6242><2568> years<8141> old<1121> when he became<4427> king<4427>, and he reigned<4427> eleven<259><6240> years<8141> in Jerusalem<3389>; and his mother's<517> name<8034> was Zebidah<2080> the daughter<1323> of Pedaiah<6305> of Rumah<7316>.
37He did<6213> evil<7451> in the sight<5869> of the LORD<3068>, according to all<3605> that his fathers<1> had done<6213>.