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- Christian Standard Bible - When all this was completed, all Israel who had attended went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, to the last one. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own possession.
- 新标点和合本 - 这事既都完毕,在那里的以色列众人就到犹大的城邑,打碎柱像,砍断木偶,又在犹大、便雅悯、以法莲、玛拿西遍地将邱坛和祭坛拆毁净尽。于是以色列众人各回各城,各归各地。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 这一切事都完毕以后,在那里的以色列众人就到犹大的城镇,打碎柱像,砍断亚舍拉,又在犹大、便雅悯、以法莲、玛拿西遍地把丘坛和祭坛完全拆毁。于是以色列众人各回各城,各归自己产业的地去了。
- 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 这一切事都完毕以后,在那里的以色列众人就到犹大的城镇,打碎柱像,砍断亚舍拉,又在犹大、便雅悯、以法莲、玛拿西遍地把丘坛和祭坛完全拆毁。于是以色列众人各回各城,各归自己产业的地去了。
- 当代译本 - 当一切都办妥后,所有在场的以色列人就前往犹大各城邑,砸碎神柱,砍倒亚舍拉神像,又拆毁犹大、便雅悯、以法莲、玛拿西境内所有的丘坛和祭坛,然后各自返回自己的城邑和家园。
- 圣经新译本 - 这一切都作完了,所有在那里的以色列人就都出去,到犹大的各城,打碎神柱,砍下亚舍拉;又在犹大、便雅悯、以法莲和玛拿西各地,把邱坛和祭坛完全拆毁。然后以色列众人都各回各城,各归自己的地业去了。
- 中文标准译本 - 这一切事结束后,在那里的以色列人全都出去到犹大的各城,打碎神柱,砍倒亚舍拉柱,并在全犹大、便雅悯、以法莲和玛拿西,拆毁高所和祭坛,直到全部拆毁了。然后所有的以色列人就各回自己的产业,回本城去了。
- 现代标点和合本 - 这事既都完毕,在那里的以色列众人就到犹大的城邑,打碎柱像,砍断木偶,又在犹大、便雅悯、以法莲、玛拿西遍地将丘坛和祭坛拆毁净尽。于是以色列众人各回各城,各归各地。
- 和合本(拼音版) - 这事既都完毕,在那里的以色列众人就到犹大的城邑,打碎柱像、砍断木偶,又在犹大、便雅悯、以法莲、玛拿西遍地,将邱坛和祭坛拆毁净尽。于是以色列众人各回各城,各归各地。
- New International Version - When all this had ended, the Israelites who were there went out to the towns of Judah, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. They destroyed the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and Manasseh. After they had destroyed all of them, the Israelites returned to their own towns and to their own property.
- New International Reader's Version - The Passover Feast came to an end. The people of Israel who were in Jerusalem went out to the towns of Judah. They smashed the sacred stones. They cut down the poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. They destroyed the high places and the altars. They did those things all through Judah and Benjamin. They also did them in Ephraim and Manasseh. They destroyed all the objects used to worship other gods. Then the Israelites returned to their own towns and property.
- English Standard Version - Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke in pieces the pillars and cut down the Asherim and broke down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned to their cities, every man to his possession.
- New Living Translation - When the festival ended, the Israelites who attended went to all the towns of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, and they smashed all the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and removed the pagan shrines and altars. After this, the Israelites returned to their own towns and homes.
- The Message - After the Passover celebration, they all took off for the cities of Judah and smashed the phallic stone monuments, chopped down the sacred Asherah groves, and demolished the neighborhood sex-and-religion shrines and local god shops. They didn’t stop until they had been all through Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. Then they all went back home and resumed their everyday lives.
- New American Standard Bible - Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, broke the memorial stones in pieces, cut down the Asherim and pulled down the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the sons of Israel returned to their cities, each to his possession.
- New King James Version - Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke the sacred pillars in pieces, cut down the wooden images, and threw down the high places and the altars—from all Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh—until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned to their own cities, every man to his possession.
- Amplified Bible - 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 all Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the sons (descendants) of Israel returned to their own cities, each to his own property.
- American Standard Version - Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake in pieces the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim, and brake down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
- King James Version - Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
- New English Translation - When all this was over, the Israelites who were in the cities of Judah went out and smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished all the high places and altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. Then all the Israelites returned to their own homes in their cities.
- World English Bible - Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and broke down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, also in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
- 新標點和合本 - 這事既都完畢,在那裏的以色列眾人就到猶大的城邑,打碎柱像,砍斷木偶,又在猶大、便雅憫、以法蓮、瑪拿西遍地將邱壇和祭壇拆毀淨盡。於是以色列眾人各回各城,各歸各地。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 這一切事都完畢以後,在那裏的以色列眾人就到猶大的城鎮,打碎柱像,砍斷亞舍拉,又在猶大、便雅憫、以法蓮、瑪拿西遍地把丘壇和祭壇完全拆毀。於是以色列眾人各回各城,各歸自己產業的地去了。
- 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 這一切事都完畢以後,在那裏的以色列眾人就到猶大的城鎮,打碎柱像,砍斷亞舍拉,又在猶大、便雅憫、以法蓮、瑪拿西遍地把丘壇和祭壇完全拆毀。於是以色列眾人各回各城,各歸自己產業的地去了。
- 當代譯本 - 當一切都辦妥後,所有在場的以色列人就前往猶大各城邑,砸碎神柱,砍倒亞舍拉神像,又拆毀猶大、便雅憫、以法蓮、瑪拿西境內所有的邱壇和祭壇,然後各自返回自己的城邑和家園。
- 聖經新譯本 - 這一切都作完了,所有在那裡的以色列人就都出去,到猶大的各城,打碎神柱,砍下亞舍拉;又在猶大、便雅憫、以法蓮和瑪拿西各地,把邱壇和祭壇完全拆毀。然後以色列眾人都各回各城,各歸自己的地業去了。
- 呂振中譯本 - 這一切事既已作完,所有在場的 以色列 眾人就都出去、到 猶大 各城市,把崇拜柱子打碎,將 亞舍拉 神木砍下;又從 猶大 、 便雅憫 、 以法蓮 、 瑪拿西 遍地、將邱壇和祭壇全都拆毁;於是 以色列 眾人都回本城,各歸自己的地業去。
- 中文標準譯本 - 這一切事結束後,在那裡的以色列人全都出去到猶大的各城,打碎神柱,砍倒亞舍拉柱,並在全猶大、便雅憫、以法蓮和瑪拿西,拆毀高所和祭壇,直到全部拆毀了。然後所有的以色列人就各回自己的產業,回本城去了。
- 現代標點和合本 - 這事既都完畢,在那裡的以色列眾人就到猶大的城邑,打碎柱像,砍斷木偶,又在猶大、便雅憫、以法蓮、瑪拿西遍地將丘壇和祭壇拆毀淨盡。於是以色列眾人各回各城,各歸各地。
- 文理和合譯本 - 此事既畢、在彼之以色列眾咸出、往猶大諸邑、碎其柱像、斫其木偶、毀其崇邱與壇、在猶大 便雅憫 以法蓮 瑪拿西諸地、盡除滅之、以色列人乃返故邑、各歸其業、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 祀事既畢、以色列眾往猶大、便雅憫、以法蓮、馬拿西諸邑、毀偶像、伐林木、廢崇坵、拆祭壇、滅之務盡、然後歸。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 此事既畢、所有 以色列 眾、往 猶大 諸邑、毀偶像、斫諸亞舍拉、在 猶大 、 便雅憫 、 以法蓮 、 瑪拿西 遍地、廢崇邱、拆祭壇、滅之淨盡、然後 以色列 人眾各返故邑、各歸其業、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Cuando terminó la fiesta, todos los israelitas que estaban allí recorrieron las ciudades de Judá para derribar las piedras sagradas y las imágenes de la diosa Aserá. También derribaron por completo los altares y los santuarios paganos que había en los territorios de Judá, Benjamín, Efraín y Manasés. Después de eso, todos ellos regresaron a sus ciudades, cada uno a su propiedad.
- 현대인의 성경 - 유월절 축제가 끝나자 예루살렘에 모였던 모든 사람들은 유다 여러 성 으로 가서 돌기둥의 우상들을 깨뜨리고 아세라 여신상을 찍어 버렸다. 그들은 또 유다와 베냐민과 에브라임과 므낫세 전 지역에 있는 산당과 제단을 헐었다. 그런 다음에 유월절을 지키려고 북쪽에서 온 이스라엘 사람들은 모두 고향으로 돌아갔다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Когда все это окончилось, израильтяне, бывшие там, пошли в города Иудеи, разбили священные камни и срубили столбы Ашеры. Они разрушили святилища на возвышенностях и жертвенники во всей Иудее и в земле Вениамина, Ефрема и Манассии до конца. После этого израильтяне вернулись в свои города, к своим наделам.
- Восточный перевод - Когда всё это окончилось, исраильтяне, бывшие там, пошли в города Иудеи, разбили священные камни и срубили столбы Ашеры. Они разрушили капища на возвышенностях и жертвенники по всем землям Иуды, Вениамина, Ефраима и Манассы до конца. После этого исраильтяне вернулись в свои города, к своим наделам.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Когда всё это окончилось, исраильтяне, бывшие там, пошли в города Иудеи, разбили священные камни и срубили столбы Ашеры. Они разрушили капища на возвышенностях и жертвенники по всем землям Иуды, Вениамина, Ефраима и Манассы до конца. После этого исраильтяне вернулись в свои города, к своим наделам.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Когда всё это окончилось, исроильтяне, бывшие там, пошли в города Иудеи, разбили священные камни и срубили столбы Ашеры. Они разрушили капища на возвышенностях и жертвенники по всем землям Иуды, Вениамина, Ефраима и Манассы до конца. После этого исроильтяне вернулись в свои города, к своим наделам.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Lorsque toute la fête fut terminée, tous les Israélites qui se trouvaient là partirent pour les villes de Juda et brisèrent les stèles des idoles, abattirent les pieux sacrés d’Ashéra et démolirent les hauts lieux et les autels dans tout Juda et Benjamin, ainsi que dans les territoires d’Ephraïm et de Manassé, jusqu’à ce qu’il n’en reste plus. Puis tous les Israélites retournèrent dans leurs villes, chacun dans sa propriété.
- リビングバイブル - そののち、偶像礼拝打破の大がかりな運動が始まりました。過越の祭りを祝うためにエルサレムに集まった人々は、ユダ、ベニヤミン、エフライム、マナセの町々へ行き、偶像の祭壇、石の柱、恥ずべき像、その他の異教の施設を壊しました。そのあと、北の諸部族から祭りに来ていた人々は、それぞれの家へ帰って行きました。
- Nova Versão Internacional - Quando a festa acabou, os israelitas saíram pelas cidades de Judá e despedaçaram as pedras sagradas e derrubaram os postes sagrados. Eles destruíram os altares idólatras em todo o Judá e Benjamim, e em Efraim e Manassés. Depois de destruírem tudo, voltaram para as suas cidades, cada um para a sua propriedade.
- Hoffnung für alle - Nach dem Fest zogen alle versammelten Israeliten in die judäischen Städte und zerstörten die Opferstätten. Sie zerschlugen die Steinmale, die fremden Göttern geweiht waren, warfen die heiligen Pfähle um und rissen die Götzenaltäre nieder. Sie ruhten nicht eher, bis sie ihr Werk in ganz Juda und Benjamin und in den Gebieten von Ephraim und Manasse vollendet hatten. Dann erst kehrten alle Israeliten nach Hause zurück.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Khi lễ kết thúc, tất cả người Ít-ra-ên có mặt tại Giê-ru-sa-lem đều kéo ra các thành Giu-đa, Bên-gia-min, Ép-ra-im, và Ma-na-se đập phá các trụ thờ, các thần tượng A-sê-ra, các miếu tà thần, và bàn thờ. Sau đó, người Ít-ra-ên trở về nhà mình.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เมื่อจบพิธีฉลองแล้ว ชนอิสราเอลซึ่งอยู่ที่นั่นก็ออกไปยังเมืองต่างๆ ของยูดาห์ ทุบทำลายหินศักดิ์สิทธิ์ โค่นเสาเจ้าแม่อาเชราห์ ทำลายสถานบูชาบนที่สูงทั้งหลาย และทำลายแท่นบูชาต่างๆ ทั่วยูดาห์ เบนยามิน และในเอฟราอิมกับมนัสเสห์ หลังจากทำลายหมดสิ้นแล้วชาวอิสราเอลทั้งปวงก็กลับสู่บ้านเมืองและที่ดินของตน ( 2พกษ.18:5-7 )
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เมื่อทุกสิ่งเสร็จสิ้นแล้ว อิสราเอลทั้งปวงที่ร่วมงานที่นั่นก็ออกไปยังเมืองต่างๆ ของยูดาห์ และพังเสาหินและเทวรูปอาเชราห์ ทำลายสถานบูชาบนภูเขาสูงและแท่นบูชาทั่วยูดาห์และเบนยามิน ทั่วเอฟราอิมและมนัสเสห์ พวกเขาทำลายจนหมดสิ้น และประชาชนอิสราเอลก็กลับไปยังเมืองของตนและที่ดินของตน
交叉引用
- 2 Chronicles 30:1 - Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh to come to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem to observe the Passover of the Lord, the God of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 30:2 - For the king and his officials and the entire congregation in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover of the Lord in the second month,
- 2 Chronicles 30:3 - because they were not able to observe it at the appropriate time. Not enough of the priests had consecrated themselves, and the people hadn’t been gathered together in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 30:4 - The proposal pleased the king and the congregation,
- 2 Chronicles 30:5 - so they affirmed the proposal and spread the message throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, to come to observe the Passover of the Lord, the God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they hadn’t observed it often, as prescribed.
- 2 Chronicles 30:6 - So the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the hand of the king and his officials, and according to the king’s command, saying, “Israelites, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel so that he may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.
- 2 Chronicles 30:7 - Don’t be like your ancestors and your brothers who were unfaithful to the Lord, the God of their ancestors so that he made them an object of horror as you yourselves see.
- 2 Chronicles 30:8 - Don’t become obstinate now like your ancestors did. Give your allegiance to the Lord, and come to his sanctuary that he has consecrated forever. Serve the Lord your God so that he may turn his burning anger away from you,
- 2 Chronicles 30:9 - for when you return to the Lord, your brothers and your sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful; he will not turn his face away from you if you return to him.”
- 2 Chronicles 30:10 - The couriers traveled from city to city in the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but the inhabitants laughed at them and mocked them.
- 2 Chronicles 30:11 - But some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 30:12 - Also, the power of God was at work in Judah to unite them to carry out the command of the king and his officials by the word of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 30:13 - A very large assembly of people was gathered in Jerusalem to observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread in the second month.
- 2 Chronicles 30:14 - They proceeded to take away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and they took away the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley.
- 2 Chronicles 30:15 - They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the Lord’s temple.
- 2 Chronicles 30:16 - They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the law of Moses, the man of God. The priests splattered the blood received from the Levites,
- 2 Chronicles 30:17 - for there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves, and so the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for every unclean person to consecrate the lambs to the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 30:18 - A large number of the people — many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun — were ritually unclean, yet they had eaten the Passover contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah had interceded for them, saying, “May the good Lord provide atonement on behalf of
- 2 Chronicles 30:19 - whoever sets his whole heart on seeking God, the Lord, the God of his ancestors, even though not according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”
- 2 Chronicles 30:20 - So the Lord heard Hezekiah and healed the people.
- 2 Chronicles 30:21 - The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread seven days with great joy, and the Levites and the priests praised the Lord day after day with loud instruments.
- 2 Chronicles 30:22 - Then Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the Lord. They ate at the appointed festival for seven days, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
- 2 Chronicles 30:23 - The whole congregation decided to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy,
- 2 Chronicles 30:24 - for King Hezekiah of Judah contributed one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the congregation. Also, the officials contributed one thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep for the congregation, and many priests consecrated themselves.
- 2 Chronicles 30:25 - Then the whole assembly of Judah with the priests and Levites, the whole assembly that came from Israel, the resident aliens who came from the land of Israel, and those who were living in Judah, rejoiced.
- 2 Chronicles 30:26 - There was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this was known since the days of Solomon son of David, the king of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 30:27 - Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, and their prayer came into his holy dwelling place in heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 23:17 - So all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed its altars and images and killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, at the altars.
- 1 Kings 18:38 - Then the Lord’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.
- 1 Kings 18:39 - When all the people saw it, they fell facedown and said, “The Lord, he is God! The Lord, he is God!”
- 1 Kings 18:40 - Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let even one of them escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon and slaughtered them there.
- 2 Kings 17:2 - He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
- 2 Chronicles 34:3 - In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a youth, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast images.
- 2 Chronicles 34:4 - Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he chopped down the shrines that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
- 2 Chronicles 34:5 - He burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 34:6 - He did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali and on their surrounding mountain shrines.
- 2 Chronicles 34:7 - He tore down the altars, and he smashed the Asherah poles and the carved images to powder. He chopped down all the shrines throughout the land of Israel and returned to Jerusalem.
- Esther 4:16 - “Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa and fast for me. Don’t eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my female servants will also fast in the same way. After that, I will go to the king even if it is against the law. If I perish, I perish.”
- Deuteronomy 7:5 - Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their carved images.
- Exodus 23:24 - Do not bow in worship to their gods, and do not serve them. Do not imitate their practices. Instead, demolish them and smash their sacred pillars to pieces.
- Genesis 19:15 - At daybreak the angels urged Lot on: “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
- 2 Kings 23:2 - Then the king went to the Lord’s temple with all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets — all the people from the youngest to the oldest. He read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that had been found in the Lord’s temple.
- 2 Kings 23:3 - Next, the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant in the Lord’s presence to follow the Lord and to keep his commands, his decrees, and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul in order to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book; all the people agreed to the covenant.
- 2 Kings 23:4 - Then the king commanded the high priest Hilkiah and the priests of the second rank and the doorkeepers to bring out of the Lord’s sanctuary all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the stars in the sky. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
- 2 Kings 23:5 - Then he did away with the idolatrous priests the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense at the high places in the cities of Judah and in the areas surrounding Jerusalem. They had burned incense to Baal, and to the sun, moon, constellations, and all the stars in the sky.
- 2 Kings 23:6 - He brought out the Asherah pole from the Lord’s temple to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem. He burned it at the Kidron Valley, beat it to dust, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
- 2 Kings 23:7 - He also tore down the houses of the male cult prostitutes that were in the Lord’s temple, in which the women were weaving tapestries for Asherah.
- 2 Kings 23:8 - Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah, and he defiled the high places from Geba to Beer-sheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the city gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city (on the left at the city gate).
- 2 Kings 23:9 - The priests of the high places, however, did not come up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem; instead, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.
- 2 Kings 23:10 - He defiled Topheth, which is in Ben Hinnom Valley, so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
- 2 Kings 23:11 - He did away with the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They had been at the entrance of the Lord’s temple in the precincts by the chamber of Nathan-melech, the eunuch. He also burned the chariots of the sun.
- 2 Kings 23:12 - The king tore down the altars that the kings of Judah had made on the roof of Ahaz’s upper chamber. He also tore down the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple. Then he smashed them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.
- 2 Kings 23:13 - The king also defiled the high places that were across from Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Destruction, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth, the abhorrent idol of the Sidonians; for Chemosh, the abhorrent idol of Moab; and for Milcom, the detestable idol of the Ammonites.
- 2 Kings 23:14 - He broke the sacred pillars into pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, then filled their places with human bones.
- 2 Kings 23:15 - He even tore down the altar at Bethel and the high place that had been made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin. He burned the high place, crushed it to dust, and burned the Asherah.
- 2 Kings 23:16 - As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the mountain. He sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar. He defiled it according to the word of the Lord proclaimed by the man of God who proclaimed these things.
- 2 Kings 23:17 - Then he said, “What is this monument I see?” The men of the city told him, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar at Bethel.”
- 2 Kings 23:18 - So he said, “Let him rest. Don’t let anyone disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.
- 2 Kings 23:19 - Josiah also removed all the shrines of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to anger the Lord. Josiah did the same things to them that he had done at Bethel.
- 2 Kings 23:20 - He slaughtered on the altars all the priests of those high places, and he burned human bones on the altars. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 14:3 - He removed the pagan altars and the high places. He shattered their sacred pillars and chopped down their Asherah poles.
- 2 Chronicles 32:12 - Didn’t Hezekiah himself remove his high places and his altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, “You must worship before one altar, and you must burn incense on it”?
- 2 Kings 18:4 - He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake that Moses made, for until then the Israelites were burning incense to it. It was called Nehushtan.