2 Kings 23

KJVAnd the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

GIGAKJVAnd the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

KJVAnd the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the Lord.

GIGAKJVAnd the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah and all the people of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the Lord.

KJVAnd the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

GIGAKJVAnd the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his teachings and his laws with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

KJVAnd the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.

GIGAKJVAnd the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the items that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah pole, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel.

KJVAnd he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

GIGAKJVAnd he put down the idolatrous priests, who the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem, them also that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

KJVAnd he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.

GIGAKJVAnd he brought out the Asherah pole from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast its powder on the graves of the children of the people.

KJVAnd he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the grove.

GIGAKJVAnd he broke down the houses of the male shrine prostitutes, that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove curtains for the Asherah pole.

KJVAnd he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.

GIGAKJVAnd he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and broke down the high places of the gates that were in the entrance to the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, who were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.

KJVNevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.

GIGAKJVBut the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they ate of the bread made without yeast among their brothers.

KJVAnd he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

GIGAKJVAnd he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance to the house of the Lord, by the room of Nathanmelech the official, who was in the pasturelands, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

KJVAnd the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

GIGAKJVAnd the altars that were on the top of the upstairs room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king beat down, and broke them down from there, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

KJVAnd the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

GIGAKJVAnd the high places that were before Jerusalem, who were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the disgusting idol of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the disgusting idol of the Moabites, and for Milcom the disgusting idol of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

KJVAnd he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

GIGAKJVAnd he broke in pieces the images, and cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their places with the bones of men.

KJVMoreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.

GIGAKJVAlso the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.

KJVAnd as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

GIGAKJVAnd as Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

KJVThen he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Bethel.

GIGAKJVThen he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the tomb of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel.

KJVAnd he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

GIGAKJVAnd he said, Let him alone. Let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.

KJVAnd he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.

GIGAKJVAnd he killed all the priests of the high places that were there on the altars, and burned men's bones on them, and returned to Jerusalem.

KJVAnd the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the Lord your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.

GIGAKJVAnd the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover to the Lord your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.

KJVSurely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

GIGAKJVSurely there was not held such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, or in all the days of the kings of Israel, or of the kings of Judah.

KJVBut in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the Lord in Jerusalem.

GIGAKJVBut in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, in which this passover was held to the Lord in Jerusalem.

KJVMoreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.

GIGAKJVAlso the workers with mediums, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the disgusting idols that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.

KJVAnd like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.

GIGAKJVBefore him there was no king like him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses, and after him no king like him arose.

KJVNotwithstanding the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.

GIGAKJVBut the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him with.

KJVIn his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

GIGAKJVIn his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him. He killed him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

KJVAnd his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.

GIGAKJVAnd his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's place.

KJVJehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

GIGAKJVJehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

KJVAnd Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

GIGAKJVAnd Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem. Put the land to a tax of about 4 tons of silver, and 75 pounds of gold.

KJVAnd Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.

GIGAKJVAnd Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.

KJVAnd Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh.

GIGAKJVAnd Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh. But he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it to Pharaohnechoh.

KJVJehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

GIGAKJVJehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.