Idols Are Destroyed 1 Now when all of this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and smashed the [pagan] pillars (obelisks, memorial stones) in pieces, cut down the Asherim (wooden symbols of a female deity), and tore down the high places and the altars [of idolatry] throughout […]
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2 CHRONICLES 32
Sennacherib Invades Judah 1 After these things and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and besieged the fortified cities, intending to take them for himself. 2 When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he intended to go to war against Jerusalem, 3 he decided, together with his officers and […]
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Manasseh Succeeds Hezekiah in Judah 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. 2 But he did evil in the sight of the Lord, like the repulsive acts of the [pagan] nations whom the Lorddispossessed before the sons (descendants) of Israel. 3 For he rebuilt […]
2 CHRONICLES 34
Josiah Succeeds Amon in Judah 1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 2 He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father (forefather) and did not turn aside either to the right or […]
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The Passover Observed Again 1 Josiah celebrated the Passover to the Lordin Jerusalem; they slaughtered the Passoverlambson the fourteenthdayof the first month. 2 He appointed the priests to their positions and encouraged them in the service of the house of the Lord. 3 To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the […]
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Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, then Jehoiachin Rule 1 Then the people of the land took Joahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father. 2 Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned [only] three months in Jerusalem. 3 Then the king of Egypt deposed him […]