Verse 32

2 Kings 23:32

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32 He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, just as his ancestors had done.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ הָ/רַ֖ע בְּ/עֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כְּ/כֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר עָשׂ֖וּ אֲבֹתָֽי/ו

English Translation

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, like all that his fathers had done.

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Chapter 23 Context

1 Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. Focus ↗

2 And the king went up to the Temple of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, along wit... Focus ↗

3 The king took his place of authority beside the pillar and renewed the covenant in the LORD’s presen... Focus ↗

4 Then the king instructed Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second rank and the Temple g... Focus ↗

5 He did away with the idolatrous priests, who had been appointed by the previous kings of Judah, for... Focus ↗

6 The king removed the Asherah pole from the LORD’s Temple and took it outside Jerusalem to the Kidron... Focus ↗

7 He also tore down the living quarters of the male and female shrine prostitutes that were inside the... Focus ↗

8 Josiah brought to Jerusalem all the priests who were living in other towns of Judah. He also defiled... Focus ↗

9 The priests who had served at the pagan shrines were not allowed to serve at the LORD’s altar in Jer... Focus ↗

10 Then the king defiled the altar of Topheth in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, so no one could ever again u... Focus ↗

11 He removed from the entrance of the LORD’s Temple the horse statues that the former kings of Judah h... Focus ↗

12 Josiah tore down the altars that the kings of Judah had built on the palace roof above the upper roo... Focus ↗

13 The king also desecrated the pagan shrines east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruptio... Focus ↗

14 He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah poles. Then he desecrated these places by sca... Focus ↗

15 The king also tore down the altar at Bethel — the pagan shrine that Jeroboam son of Nebat had made w... Focus ↗

16 Then Josiah turned around and noticed several tombs in the side of the hill. He ordered that the bon... Focus ↗

17 “What is that monument over there?” Josiah asked. And the people of the town told him, “It is the to... Focus ↗

18 Josiah replied, “Leave it alone. Don’t disturb his bones.” So they did not burn his bones or those o... Focus ↗

19 Then Josiah demolished all the buildings at the pagan shrines in the towns of Samaria, just as he ha... Focus ↗

20 He executed the priests of the pagan shrines on their own altars, and he burned human bones on the a... Focus ↗

21 King Josiah then issued this order to all the people: “You must celebrate the Passover to the LORD y... Focus ↗

22 There had not been a Passover celebration like that since the time when the judges ruled in Israel,... Focus ↗

23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s reign, this Passover was celebrated to the LORD in Jerus... Focus ↗

24 Josiah also got rid of the mediums and psychics, the household gods, the idols, and every other kind... Focus ↗

25 Never before had there been a king like Josiah, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and soul a... Focus ↗

26 Even so, the LORD was very angry with Judah because of all the wicked things Manasseh had done to pr... Focus ↗

27 For the LORD said, “I will also banish Judah from my presence just as I have banished Israel. And I... Focus ↗

28 The rest of the events in Josiah’s reign and all his deeds are recorded in <i>The Book of the Histor... Focus ↗

29 While Josiah was king, Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, went to the Euphrates River to help the king of... Focus ↗

30 Josiah’s officers took his body back in a chariot from Megiddo to Jerusalem and buried him in his ow... Focus ↗

31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. H... Focus ↗

32 He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, just as his ancestors had done.

33 Pharaoh Neco put Jehoahaz in prison at Riblah in the land of Hamath to prevent him from ruling in Je... Focus ↗

34 Pharaoh Neco then installed Eliakim, another of Josiah’s sons, to reign in place of his father, and... Focus ↗

35 In order to get the silver and gold demanded as tribute by Pharaoh Neco, Jehoiakim collected a tax f... Focus ↗

36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. H... Focus ↗

37 He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, just as his ancestors had done. Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 23 (37 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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