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2 Kings 23:4

23:4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests,¹ and the guards² to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the items that were used in the worship of³ Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky.⁴ The king⁵ burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces⁶ of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.⁷

2 Kings 23:25

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23:25 No king before or after repented before the Lord as he did, with his whole heart, soul, and being in accordance with the whole law of Moses.⁸

¹tn Heb “the priests of the second [rank],” that is, those ranked just beneath Hilkiah.

²tn Or “doorkeepers.”

³tn Heb “for.”

⁴tn Heb “all the host of heaven” (also in v. 5).

⁵tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶tn Or “fields.” For a defense of the translation “terraces,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 285.

⁷map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

⁸tn Heb “and like him there was not a king before him who returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his being according to all the law of Moses, and after him none arose like him.”

sn The description of Josiah’s devotion as involving his whole “heart, soul, and being” echoes the language of Deut 6:5.

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