<vn='1'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7971">sent</s>, and they <sn="622">gathered</s><sn="413">unto</s> him <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> and of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And the <sn="4428">king</s> went <sn="5927">up</s> into the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="854">with</s> him, and the <sn="3548">priests</s>, and the <sn="5030">prophets</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, both <sn="4480 6996">small</s> and <sn="1419">great</s>: and he <sn="7121">read</s> in their <sn="241">ears</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="1285">covenant</s> which was <sn="4672">found</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5975">stood</s><sn="5921">by</s> a <sn="5982">pillar</s>, and <sn="3772">made</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="1285">covenant</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, to <sn="1980">walk</s><sn="310">after</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and to <sn="8104">keep</s> his <sn="4687">commandments</s> and his <sn="5715">testimonies</s> and his <sn="2708">statutes</s> with <sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="3820">heart</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="5315">soul</s>, to <sn="6965">perform</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="2063">this</s><sn="1285">covenant</s> that were <sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5612">book</s>. And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="5975">stood</s> to the <sn="1285">covenant</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="6680">commanded</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2518">Hilkiah</s> the <sn="1419">high</s><sn="3548">priest</s>, and the <sn="3548">priests</s> of the second <sn="4932">order</s>, and the <sn="8104">keepers</s> of the <sn="5592">door</s>, to bring <sn="3318">forth</s> out of the <sn="4480 1964">temple</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3627">vessels</s> that were <sn="6213">made</s> for <sn="1168">Baal</s>, and for the <sn="842">grove</s>, and for <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6635">host</s> of <sn="8064">heaven</s>: and he <sn="8313">burned</s> them <sn="4480 2351">without</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> in the <sn="7709">fields</s> of <sn="6939">Kidron</s>, and <sn="5375">carried</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6083">ashes</s> of them unto <sn="1008">Bethel</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And he put <sn="7673">down</s><sn="*853"></s> the idolatrous <sn="3649">priests</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> had <sn="5414">ordained</s> to burn <sn="6999">incense</s> in the high <sn="1116">places</s> in the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and in the places round <sn="4524">about</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>; them also that burned <sn="6999">incense</s> unto <sn="1168">Baal</s>, to the <sn="8121">sun</s>, and to the <sn="3394">moon</s>, and to the <sn="4208">planets</s>, and to <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6635">host</s> of <sn="8064">heaven</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And he brought <sn="3318">out</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="842">grove</s> from the <sn="4480 1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="4480 2351">without</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5158">brook</s><sn="6939">Kidron</s>, and <sn="8313">burned</s> it at the <sn="5158">brook</s><sn="6939">Kidron</s>, and stamped it <sn="1854">small</s> to <sn="6083">powder</s>, and <sn="7993">cast</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6083">powder</s> thereof <sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="6913">graves</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And he broke <sn="5422">down</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">houses</s> of the <sn="6945">sodomites</s>, <sn="834">that</s> were by the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834 8033">where</s> the <sn="802">women</s><sn="707">wove</s><sn="1004">hangings</s> for the <sn="842">grove</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And he <sn="935">brought</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s> out of the <sn="4480 5892">cities</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="2930">defiled</s><sn="*853"></s> the high <sn="1116">places</s><sn="834 8033">where</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s> had burned <sn="6999">incense</s>, from <sn="4480 1387">Geba</s><sn="5704">to</s><sn="884">Beer</s> -sheba, and broke <sn="5422">down</s><sn="*853"></s> the high <sn="1116">places</s> of the <sn="8179">gates</s><sn="834">that</s> were in the entering <sn="6607">in</s> of the <sn="8179">gate</s> of <sn="3091">Joshua</s> the <sn="8269">governor</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>, <sn="834">which</s> were <sn="5921">on</s> a <sn="376">man</s> 's left <sn="8040">hand</s> at the <sn="8179">gate</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="389">Nevertheless</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s> of the high <sn="1116">places</s> came not <sn="5927 3808">up</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="3588 518">but</s> they did <sn="398">eat</s> of the unleavened <sn="4682">bread</s><sn="8432">among</s> their <sn="251">brethren</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And he <sn="2930">defiled</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="8612">Topheth</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is in the <sn="1516">valley</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="2011">Hinnom</s>, that <sn="1115">no</s><sn="376">man</s> might make <sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1121">son</s> or his <sn="1323">daughter</s> to pass <sn="5674">through</s> the <sn="784">fire</s> to <sn="4432">Molech</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And he took <sn="7673">away</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5483">horses</s><sn="834">that</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> had <sn="5414">given</s> to the <sn="8121">sun</s>, at the entering <sn="4480 935">in</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="413">by</s> the <sn="3957">chamber</s> of <sn="5419">Nathan</s> -melech the <sn="5631">chamberlain</s>, <sn="834">which</s> was in the <sn="6503">suburbs</s>, and <sn="8313">burned</s> the <sn="4818">chariots</s> of the <sn="8121">sun</s> with <sn="784">fire</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And the <sn="4196">altars</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="1406">top</s> of the upper <sn="5944">chamber</s> of <sn="271">Ahaz</s>, <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> had <sn="6213">made</s>, and the <sn="4196">altars</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="4519">Manasseh</s> had <sn="6213">made</s> in the <sn="8147">two</s><sn="2691">courts</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, did the <sn="4428">king</s> beat <sn="5422">down</s>, and broke them <sn="7323">down</s> from <sn="4480 8033">thence</s>, and <sn="7993">cast</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6083">dust</s> of them <sn="413">into</s> the <sn="5158">brook</s><sn="6939">Kidron</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And the high <sn="1116">places</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="5921 6440">before</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="834">which</s> were on the right <sn="4480 3225">hand</s> of the <sn="2022">mount</s> of <sn="4889">corruption</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> had <sn="1129">built</s> for <sn="6253">Ashtoreth</s> the <sn="8251">abomination</s> of the <sn="6722">Zidonians</s>, and for <sn="3645">Chemosh</s> the <sn="8251">abomination</s> of the <sn="4124">Moabites</s>, and for <sn="4445">Milcom</s> the <sn="8441">abomination</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>, did the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="2930">defile</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And he broke in <sn="7665">pieces</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4676">images</s>, and cut <sn="3772">down</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="842">groves</s>, and <sn="4390">filled</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="4725">places</s> with the <sn="6106">bones</s> of <sn="120">men</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1571">Moreover</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4196">altar</s><sn="834">that</s> was at <sn="1008">Bethel</s>, and the high <sn="1116">place</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5028">Nebat</s>, <sn="834">who</s> made <sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> to <sn="2398">sin</s>, had <sn="6213">made</s>, <sn="1571">both</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="4196">altar</s> and the high <sn="1116">place</s> he broke <sn="5422">down</s>, and <sn="8313">burned</s><sn="*853"></s> the high <sn="1116">place</s>, and stamped it <sn="1854">small</s> to <sn="6083">powder</s>, and <sn="8313">burned</s> the <sn="842">grove</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And as <sn="2977">Josiah</s><sn="6437">turned</s> himself, he <sn="7200">spied</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6913">sepulchers</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="8033">there</s> in the <sn="2022">mount</s>, and <sn="7971">sent</s>, and <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6106">bones</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="6913">sepulchers</s>, and <sn="8313">burned</s> them <sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s>, and <sn="2930">polluted</s> it, according to the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="7121">proclaimed</s>, <sn="834">who</s><sn="7121">proclaimed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>Then he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">What</s><sn="6725">title</s> is <sn="1975">that</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="589">I</s><sn="7200">see</s>? And the <sn="376">men</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s><sn="559 413">told</s> him, It is the <sn="6913">sepulcher</s> of the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="935">came</s> from <sn="4480 3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="7121">proclaimed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">things</s><sn="834">that</s> thou hast <sn="6213">done</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> of <sn="1008">Bethel</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, Let him <sn="5117">alone</s>; let <sn="408">no</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="5128">move</s> his <sn="6106">bones</s>. So they let his bones <sn="4422 6106">alone</s>, <sn="854">with</s> the <sn="6106">bones</s> of the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="935">came</s> out of <sn="4480 8111">Samaria</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1004">houses</s><sn="1571">also</s> of the high <sn="1116">places</s><sn="834">that</s> were in the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="8111">Samaria</s>, <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> had <sn="6213">made</s> to provoke the LORD to <sn="3707">anger</s>, <sn="2977">Josiah</s> took <sn="5493">away</s>, and <sn="6213">did</s> to them according to <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4639">acts</s><sn="834">that</s> he had <sn="6213">done</s> in <sn="1008">Bethel</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And he <sn="2076">slew</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s> of the high <sn="1116">places</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="8033">there</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="4196">altars</s>, and <sn="8313">burned</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="120">men</s> 's <sn="6106">bones</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them, and <sn="7725">returned</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="6680">commanded</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="6213">Keep</s> the <sn="6453">passover</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s> your <sn="430">God</s>, as it is <sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of <sn="2088">this</s><sn="1285">covenant</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3588">Surely</s> there was <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6213">holden</s><sn="2088">such</s> a <sn="6453">passover</s> from the <sn="4480 3117">days</s> of the <sn="8199">judges</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="8199">judged</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, nor in <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">days</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, nor of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>; </v>
<vn='23'><sn="3588 518">But</s> in the <sn="8083 6240">eighteenth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="4428">king</s><sn="2977">Josiah</s>, wherein <sn="2088">this</s><sn="6453">passover</s> was <sn="6213">holden</s> to the <sn="3068">LORD</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="1571">Moreover</s><sn="*853"></s> the workers with familiar <sn="178">spirits</s>, and the <sn="3049">wizards</s>, and the <sn="8655">images</s>, and the <sn="1544">idols</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="8251">abominations</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="7200">spied</s> in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> and in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, did <sn="2977">Josiah</s> put <sn="1197">away</s>, <sn="4616">that</s> he might <sn="6965">perform</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="8451">law</s> which were <sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="2518">Hilkiah</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s><sn="4672">found</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And like unto <sn="3644">him</s><sn="1961">was</s> there <sn="3808">no</s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="6440">before</s> him, <sn="834">that</s><sn="7725">turned</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> with <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="3824">heart</s>, and with <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="5315">soul</s>, and with <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="3966">might</s>, according to <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="8451">law</s> of <sn="4872">Moses</s>; <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="310">after</s> him <sn="6965">arose</s> there any like <sn="3644">him</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="389">Notwithstanding</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7725">turned</s><sn="3808">not</s> from the <sn="4480 2740">fierceness</s> of his <sn="1419">great</s><sn="639">wrath</s>, <sn="834">wherewith</s> his <sn="639">anger</s> was <sn="2734">kindled</s> against <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="5921">because</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3708">provocations</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="4519">Manasseh</s> had <sn="3707">provoked</s> him withal. </v>
<vn='27'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s>, I will <sn="5493">remove</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="1571">also</s> out <sn="4480 5921">of</s> my <sn="6440">sight</s>, <sn="834">as</s> I have <sn="5493">removed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and will cast <sn="3988">off</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="834">which</s> I have <sn="977">chosen</s>, and the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="834">which</s> I <sn="559">said</s>, My <sn="8034">name</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>Now the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="2977">Josiah</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> he <sn="6213">did</s>, are <sn="1992">they</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="1697 3117">chronicles</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>? </v>
<vn='29'>In his <sn="3117">days</s> Pharaoh <sn="6549">Necho</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s> went <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s><sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="5104">river</s><sn="6578">Euphrates</s>: and <sn="4428">king</s><sn="2977">Josiah</s><sn="1980">went</s><sn="7122">against</s> him; and he <sn="4191">slew</s> him at <sn="4023">Megiddo</s>, when he had <sn="7200">seen</s> him. </v>
<vn='30'>And his <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="7392">carried</s> him in a chariot <sn="4191">dead</s> from <sn="4480 4023">Megiddo</s>, and <sn="935">brought</s> him to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="6912">buried</s> him in his own <sn="6900">sepulcher</s>. And the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3059">Jehoahaz</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2977">Josiah</s>, and <sn="4886">anointed</s> him, and made him <sn="4427 *853">king</s> in his father's <sn="8478 1">stead</s>. </v>
<vn='31'><sn="3059">Jehoahaz</s> was <sn="6242">twenty</s> and <sn="7969">three</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s>; and he <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="2320">months</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. And his <sn="517">mother</s> 's <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="2537">Hamutal</s>, the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> of <sn="4480 3841">Libnah</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>And he <sn="6213">did</s> that which was <sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, according to <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s> had <sn="6213">done</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>And Pharaoh <sn="6549">Necho</s> put him in <sn="631">bands</s> at <sn="7247">Riblah</s> in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="2574">Hamath</s>, that he might not <sn="4480 4427">reign</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>; and <sn="5414 5921">put</s> the <sn="776">land</s> to a <sn="6066">tribute</s> of a <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="3603">talents</s> of <sn="3701">silver</s>, and a <sn="3603">talent</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>And Pharaoh <sn="6549">Necho</s><sn="4427">made</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="471">Eliakim</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2977">Josiah</s><sn="4427">king</s> in the <sn="8478">room</s> of <sn="2977">Josiah</s> his <sn="1">father</s>, and <sn="5437">turned</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="8034">name</s> to <sn="3079">Jehoiakim</s>, and <sn="3947">took</s><sn="3059">Jehoahaz</s> away: and he <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, and <sn="4191">died</s><sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='35'>And <sn="3079">Jehoiakim</s><sn="5414">gave</s> the <sn="3701">silver</s> and the <sn="2091">gold</s> to <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s>; <sn="389">but</s> he <sn="6186">taxed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s> to <sn="5414">give</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3701">money</s><sn="5921">according</s> to the <sn="6310">commandment</s> of <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s>: he <sn="5065">exacted</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3701">silver</s> and the <sn="2091">gold</s> of <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>, of every <sn="376">one</s> according to his <sn="6187">taxation</s>, to <sn="5414">give</s> it unto Pharaoh <sn="6549">Necho</s>. </v>
<vn='36'><sn="3079">Jehoiakim</s> was <sn="6242">twenty</s> and <sn="2568">five</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s>; and he <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="259 6240">eleven</s><sn="8141">years</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. And his <sn="517">mother</s> 's <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="2080">Zebudah</s>, the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="6305">Pedaiah</s><sn="4480">of</s><sn="7316">Rumah</s>. </v>
<vn='37'>And he <sn="6213">did</s> that which was <sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, according to <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s> had <sn="6213">done</s>. </v>