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2 Chronicles 34:1-7 (MSG)
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1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king. He ruled for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 2 He behaved well before GOD. He kept straight on the path blazed by his ancestor David, not one step to the left or right. 3 When he had been king for eight years--he was still only a teenager--he began to seek the God of David his ancestor. Four years later, the twelfth year of his reign, he set out to cleanse the neighborhood of sex-and-religion shrines, and get rid of the s 4 He wrecked the Baal shrines, tore down the altars connected with them, and scattered the debris and ashes over the graves of those who had worshiped at them. 5 He burned the bones of the priests on the same altars they had used when alive. He scrubbed the place clean, Judah and Jerusalem, clean inside and out. 6 The clean-up campaign ranged outward to the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and the surrounding neighborhoods--as far north as Naphtali. 7 Throughout Israel he demolished the altars and Asherah groves, pulverized the god and goddess figures, chopped up the neighborhood shrines into firewood. With Israel once more intact, he returned to Jerusalem.
This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 1) Bible Talk: Getting Back to the Book (2006-04-18)
(v. 2) Bible Talk: Getting Back to the Book (2006-04-18)
(v. 3) Bible Talk: Getting Back to the Book (2006-04-18)
(v. 4) Bible Talk: Getting Back to the Book (2006-04-18)
(v. 5) Bible Talk: Getting Back to the Book (2006-04-18)
(v. 6) Bible Talk: Getting Back to the Book (2006-04-18)
(v. 7) Bible Talk: Getting Back to the Book (2006-04-18)
Definition(s):
Baal (Ba-al): master; lord
Baal (Beh-al): master; lord
David (Deh-vidd): well-beloved, dear
Israel (Iz-rehl): who prevails with God
Israel (Is-ra-el): who prevails with God
Judah (Joo-da): the praise of the Lord; confession
Asherah (Ash-er-a):
