Verse 13

2 Kings 23:13

Geneva Bible

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13 Moreouer the King defiled the hie places that were before Ierusalem and on the right hand of the mount of corruption (which Salomon the King of Israel had buylt for Ashtoreth the idole of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the idole of the Moabites, and for Milchom the abomination of the children of Ammon)

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְֽ/אֶת הַ/בָּמ֞וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל פְּנֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם אֲשֶׁר֮ מִ/ימִ֣ין לְ/הַר הַ/מַּשְׁחִית֒ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּ֠נָה שְׁלֹמֹ֨ה מֶֽלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל לְ/עַשְׁתֹּ֣רֶת שִׁקֻּ֣ץ צִידֹנִ֗ים וְ/לִ/כְמוֹשׁ֙ שִׁקֻּ֣ץ מוֹאָ֔ב וּ/לְ/מִלְכֹּ֖ם תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת בְּנֵֽי עַמּ֑וֹן טִמֵּ֖א הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ

English Translation

And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were to the right of the Mount of Destruction, which Solomon king of Israel built for Ashtoreth, the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom, the detestable thing of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled.

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Chapter 23 Context

1 Then the King sent, and there gathered vnto him all the Elders of Iudah and of Ierusalem. Focus ↗

2 And the King went vp into the house of the Lord, with all the men of Iudah and all the inhabitants o... Focus ↗

3 And the King stood by the pillar, and made a couenant before the Lord, that they shoulde walke after... Focus ↗

4 Then the King commanded Hilkiah the hie Priest and the priests of the second order, and the keepers... Focus ↗

5 And he put downe the Chemarims, whom the Kings of Iudah had founded to burne incense in the hie plac... Focus ↗

6 And he brought out the groue from the Temple of the Lord without Ierusalem vnto the valley of Kedron... Focus ↗

7 And hee brake downe the houses of the Sodomites, that were in the house of the Lord, where the women... Focus ↗

8 Also he brought all the priests out of the cities of Iudah, and defiled the hie places where the Pri... Focus ↗

9 Neuerthelesse the Priests of the hie places came not vp to the altar of the Lord in Ierusalem, saue... Focus ↗

10 He defiled also Topheth, which was in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man shoulde make... Focus ↗

11 He put downe also the horses that the Kings of Iudah had giuen to the sunne at the entring in of the... Focus ↗

12 And the altars that were on the top of the chamber of Ahaz, which the Kings of Iudah had made, and t... Focus ↗

13 Moreouer the King defiled the hie places that were before Ierusalem and on the right hand of the mou...

14 And he brake the images in pieces, and cut downe the groues and filled their places with the bones o... Focus ↗

15 Furthermore the altar that was at Beth-el, and the hie place made by Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, wh... Focus ↗

16 And as Iosiah turned himselfe, he spied the graues, that were in the mount, and sent and tooke the b... Focus ↗

17 Then he sayde, What title is that which I see? And the men of the citie sayd vnto him, It is the sep... Focus ↗

18 Then sayde he, Let him alone: let none remooue his bones. So his bones were saued with the bones of... Focus ↗

19 Iosiah also tooke away all the houses of the hie places, which were in the cities of Samaria, which... Focus ↗

20 And he sacrificed all the Priests of the hie places, that were there vpon the altars, and burnt mens... Focus ↗

21 Then the king commanded all the people, saying, Keepe the passeouer vnto the Lord your God (Elohim),... Focus ↗

22 And there was no Passeouer holden like that from the dayes of the Iudges that iudged Israel, nor in... Focus ↗

23 And in the eightenth yere of King Iosiah was this Passeouer celebrated to the Lord in Ierusalem. Focus ↗

24 Iosiah also tooke away them that had familiar spirits, and the soothsayers, and the images, and the... Focus ↗

25 Like vnto him was there no King before him, that turned to the Lord with al his heart, and with all... Focus ↗

26 Notwithstanding the Lord turned not from the fiercenesse of his great wrath wherewith he was angrie... Focus ↗

27 Therefore the Lord saide, I will put Iudah also out of my sight, as I haue put away Israel, and will... Focus ↗

28 Concerning the rest of the actes of Iosiah, and all that hee did, are they not written in the booke... Focus ↗

29 In his dayes Pharaoh Nechoh King of Egypt went vp against the King of Asshur to the riuer Perath. An... Focus ↗

30 Then his seruants caryed him dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Ierusalem, and buried him in his... Focus ↗

31 Iehoahaz was three and twentie yeere olde when he beganne to reigne, and reigned three moneths in Ie... Focus ↗

32 And he did euill in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. Focus ↗

33 And Pharaoh Nechoh put him in bondes at Riblah in the lande of Hamath, while he reigned in Ierusalem... Focus ↗

34 And Pharaoh Nechoh made Eliakim the sonne of Iosiah King in steade of Iosiah his father, and turned... Focus ↗

35 And Iehoiakim gaue the siluer and the golde to Pharaoh, and taxed the land to giue the money, accord... Focus ↗

36 Iehoiakim was fiue and twentie yere olde, when he began to reigne, and he reigned eleuen yeeres in I... Focus ↗

37 And he did euill in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 23 (37 verses)
Version: Geneva Bible

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