2 Chronicles 34:3

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Modern

In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.

Traditional

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

Literal

And in the eighth year of his reign (and he was still young) he began to seek the God of David his father. And in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, and the Asherah poles, and the carved images, and the molten images.

Latin

Octavo autem anno regni sui, cum adhuc esset puer, cœpit quærere Deum patris sui David: et duodecimo anno postquam regnare cœperat, mundavit Judam et Jerusalem ab excelsis, et lucis, simulacrisque et sculptilibus.

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In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.

Notes

2 Chronicles 34:3

When Josiah was sixteen, he started to seek the God of his ancestor David. At twenty, he began his own reforms.

Theme notes and profiles

Josiah Dealing with Conflict God’s Plan to Restore Remove the Evil

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Parallels

1 Kings 13:1–10 2 Kings 23:4–20

People

Asherah: Canaanite goddess; associated with wooden poles, idolatry David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Ashurbanipal Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Josiah Kohath, Kohathites Merari, Merarite

Topics

Children: Josiah Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Submitted to the Scepter of Josiah Good Children: Josiah Groves: Destroyed by Josiah High Places: Destroyed: Josiah Josiah: King of Judah: Piety of Exemplified in his Repairing of the Temple Religious Zeal: Josiah Seekers: Josiah Seeking God: Josiah Tribe of Simeon: Idolatry of

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