23:1 And the king 4428 sent 79718799, and they gathered 6228799 unto him all the elders 2205 of Judah 3063 and of Jerusalem 3389.
23:2 And the king 4428 went up 59278799 into the house 1004 of the LORD 3068, and all the men 376 of Judah 3063 and all the inhabitants 34278802 of Jerusalem 3389 with him, and the priests 3548, and the prophets 5030, and all the people 5971, both small 6996 and great 1419: and he read 71218799 in their ears 241 all the words 1697 of the book 5612 of the covenant 1285 which was found 46728737 in the house 1004 of the LORD 3068.(both…: Heb. from small even unto great)
23:4 And the king 4428 commanded 66808762 Hilkiah 2518 the high 1419 priest 3548, and the priests 3548 of the second order 4932, and the keepers 81048802 of the door 5592, to bring forth 33188687 out of the temple 1964 of the LORD 3068 all the vessels 3627 that were made 62138803 for Baal 1168, and for the grove 842, and for all the host 6635 of heaven 8064: and he burned 83138799 them without 2351 Jerusalem 3389 in the fields 7709 of Kidron 6939, and carried 53758804 the ashes 6083 of them unto Bethel 1008.
23:5 And he put down 76738689 the idolatrous priests 3649, whom the kings 4428 of Judah 3063 had ordained 54148804 to burn incense 69998762 in the high places 1116 in the cities 5892 of Judah 3063, and in the places round about 4524 Jerusalem 3389; them also that burned incense 69998764 unto Baal 1168, to the sun 8121, and to the moon 3394, and to the planets 4208, and to all the host 6635 of heaven 8064.(put…: Heb. caused to cease)(idolatrous…: Heb. Chemarim)(planets: or, twelve signs or, constellations)
23:6 And he brought out 33188686 the grove 842 from the house 1004 of the LORD 3068, without 2351 Jerusalem 3389, unto the brook 5158 Kidron 6939, and burned 83138799 it at the brook 5158 Kidron 6939, and stamped [it] small 18548686 to powder 6083, and cast 79938686 the powder 6083 thereof upon the graves 6913 of the children 1121 of the people 5971.
23:7 And he brake down 54228799 the houses 1004 of the sodomites 6945, that [were] by the house 1004 of the LORD 3068, where the women 802 wove 7078802 hangings 1004 for the grove 842.(hangings: Heb. houses)
23:8 And he brought 9358686 all the priests 3548 out of the cities 5892 of Judah 3063, and defiled 29308762 the high places 1116 where the priests 3548 had burned incense 69998765, from Geba 1387 to Beersheba 884, and brake down 54228804 the high places 1116 of the gates 8179 that [were] in the entering in 6607 of the gate 8179 of Joshua 3091 the governor 8269 of the city 5892, which [were] on a man's 376 left hand 8040 at the gate 8179 of the city 5892.
23:9 Nevertheless the priests 3548 of the high places 1116 came not up 59278799 to the altar 4196 of the LORD 3068 in Jerusalem 3389, but they did eat 3988804 of the unleavened bread 4682 among 8432 their brethren 251.
23:10 And he defiled 29308765 Topheth 8612, which [is] in the valley 1516 of the children 112186751121 of Hinnom 2011, that no man 376 might make his son 1121 or his daughter 1323 to pass through 56748687 the fire 784 to Molech 4432.
23:11 And he took away 76738686 the horses 5483 that the kings 4428 of Judah 3063 had given 54148804 to the sun 8121, at the entering in 9358800 of the house 1004 of the LORD 3068, by the chamber 3957 of Nathanmelech 5419 the chamberlain 5631, which [was] in the suburbs 6503, and burned 83138804 the chariots 4818 of the sun 8121 with fire 784.(chamberlain: or, eunuch, or, officer)
23:12 And the altars 4196 that [were] on the top 1406 of the upper chamber 5944 of Ahaz 271, which the kings 4428 of Judah 3063 had made 62138804, and the altars 4196 which Manasseh 4519 had made 62138804 in the two 8147 courts 2691 of the house 1004 of the LORD 3068, did the king 4428 beat down 54228804, and brake [them] down 73238799 from thence, and cast 79938689 the dust 6083 of them into the brook 5158 Kidron 6939.(brake…: or, ran from thence)
23:13 And the high places 1116 that [were] before 6440 Jerusalem 3389, which [were] on the right hand 3225 of the mount 2022 of corruption 4889, which Solomon 8010 the king 4428 of Israel 3478 had builded 11298804 for Ashtoreth 6253 the abomination 8251 of the Zidonians 6722, and for Chemosh 3645 the abomination 8251 of the Moabites 4124, and for Milcom 4445 the abomination 8441 of the children 1121 of Ammon 5983, did the king 4428 defile 29308765.(the mount…: that is, the mount of Olives)
23:14 And he brake in pieces 76658765 the images 4676, and cut down 37728799 the groves 842, and filled 43908762 their places 4725 with the bones 6106 of men 120.(images: Heb. statues)
23:15 Moreover the altar 4196 that [was] at Bethel 1008, [and] the high place 1116 which Jeroboam 3379 the son 1121 of Nebat 5028, who made Israel 3478 to sin 23988689, had made 62138804, both that altar 4196 and the high place 1116 he brake down 54228804, and burned 83138799 the high place 1116, [and] stamped 18548689 [it] small to powder 6083, and burned 83138804 the grove 842.
23:18 And he said 5598799, Let him alone 32408685; let no man 376 move 51288686 his bones 6106. So they let his bones 6106 alone 44228762, with the bones 6106 of the prophet 5030 that came out 9358804 of Samaria 8111.(bones alone: Heb. bones to escape)
23:19 And all the houses 1004 also of the high places 1116 that [were] in the cities 5892 of Samaria 8111, which the kings 4428 of Israel 3478 had made 62138804 to provoke [the LORD] to anger 37078687, Josiah 2977 took away 54938689, and did 62138799 to them according to all the acts 4639 that he had done 62138804 in Bethel 1008.
23:20 And he slew 20768799 all the priests 3548 of the high places 1116 that [were] there upon the altars 4196, and burned 83138799 men's 120 bones 6106 upon them, and returned 77258799 to Jerusalem 3389.(slew: or, sacrificed)
23:22 Surely there was not holden 62138738 such a passover 6453 from the days 3117 of the judges 81998802 that judged 81998804 Israel 3478, nor in all the days 3117 of the kings 4428 of Israel 3478, nor of the kings 4428 of Judah 3063;
23:24 Moreover the [workers with] familiar spirits 178, and the wizards 3049, and the images 8655, and the idols 1544, and all the abominations 8251 that were spied 72008738 in the land 776 of Judah 3063 and in Jerusalem 3389, did Josiah 2977 put away 11978765, that he might perform 69658687 the words 1697 of the law 8451 which were written 37898803 in the book 5612 that Hilkiah 2518 the priest 3548 found 46728804 in the house 1004 of the LORD 3068.(images: or, teraphim)
23:25 And like unto him was there no king 4428 before 6440 him, that turned 77258804 to the LORD 3068 with all his heart 3824, and with all his soul 5315, and with all his might 3966, according to all the law 8451 of Moses 4872; neither after 310 him arose 69658804 there [any] like him.
23:26 Notwithstanding the LORD 3068 turned 77258804 not from the fierceness 2740 of his great 1419 wrath 639, wherewith his anger 639 was kindled 27348804 against Judah 3063, because of all the provocations 3708 that Manasseh 4519 had provoked 37078689 him withal.(provocations: Heb. angers)
23:28 Now the rest 3499 of the acts 1697 of Josiah 2977, and all that he did 62138804, [are] they not written 37898803 in the book 5612 of the chronicles 16973117 of the kings 4428 of Judah 3063?
23:32 And he did 62138799 [that which was] evil 7451 in the sight 5869 of the LORD 3068, according to all that his fathers 1 had done 62138804.
23:33 And Pharaohnechoh 6549 put him in bands 6318799 at Riblah 7247 in the land 776 of Hamath 2574, that he might not reign 44278800 in Jerusalem 3389; and put 54148799 the land 776 to a tribute 6066 of an hundred 3967 talents 3603 of silver 3701, and a talent 3603 of gold 2091.(that…: or, because he reigned)(put the…: Heb. set a fine upon the land)
23:35 And Jehoiakim 3079 gave 54148804 the silver 3701 and the gold 2091 to Pharaoh 6547; but he taxed 61868689 the land 776 to give 54148800 the money 3701 according to the commandment 6310 of Pharaoh 6547: he exacted 50658804 the silver 3701 and the gold 2091 of the people 5971 of the land 776, of every one 376 according to his taxation 6187, to give 54148800 [it] unto Pharaohnechoh 6549.
