2 Kings · Brenton's English Septuagint
2 Kings 23 Brenton's English Septuagint
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- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
1 So they reported the word to the king: and the king sent and gathered all the elders of Juda and Jerusalem to himself.
1 The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
2 And the king went up to the house of the Lord, and every man of Juda and all who dwelt in Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people small and great; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord.
2 The king went up to Yahweh’s house, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him—with the priests, the prophets, and all the people, both small and great; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in Yahweh’s house.
3 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his ordinances with all the heart and with all the soul, to confirm the words of this covenant; [even] the things written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
3 The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before Yahweh to walk after Yahweh and to keep his commandments, his testimonies, and his statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book; and all the people agreed to the covenant.
4 And the king commanded Chelcias the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and them that kept the door, to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and all the host of heaven, and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kedron, and took the ashes of them to Bæthel.
4 The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out of Yahweh’s temple all the vessels that were made for Baal, for the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky; and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.
5 And he burned the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Juda [had] appointed, (and they burned incense in the high places and in the cities of Juda, and the places round about Jerusalem); and them that burned incense to Baal, and to the sun, and to the moon, and to Mazuroth, and to all the host of heaven.
5 He got rid of 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 around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the planets, and to all the army of the sky.
6 And he carried out the grove from the house of the Lord to the brook Kedron, and burned it at the brook Kedron, and reduced it to powder, and cast its powder on the sepulchres of the sons of the people.
6 He brought out the Asherah from Yahweh’s house, outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the common people.
7 And he pulled down the house of the sodomites that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove tents for the grove.
7 He broke down the houses of the male shrine prostitutes that were in Yahweh’s house, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
8 And he brought up all the priests from the cities of Juda, and defiled the high places where the priests burned incense, from Gæbal even to Bersabee; and he pulled down the house of the gates that was by the door of the gate of Joshua the ruler of the city, on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.
8 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 he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.
9 Only the priests of the high places went not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, for they only ate leavened bread in the midst of their brethren.
9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places didn’t come up to Yahweh’s altar in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.
10 And he defiled Tapheth which is in the valley of the son of Ennom, [constructed] for a man to cause his son or his daughter to pass through fire to Moloch.
10 He defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
11 And he burned the horses which the kings of Juda had given to the sun in the entrance of the house of the Lord, by the treasury of Nathan the king's eunuch, in the suburbs; and he burned the chariot of the sun with fire.
11 He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance of Yahweh’s house, by the room of Nathan Melech the officer who was in the court; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
12 And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Achaz, which the kings of Juda had made, and the altars which Manasses had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king pull down and forcibly remove from thence, and cast their dust into the brook of Kedron.
12 The king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of Yahweh’s house, and beat them down from there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron.
13 And the king defiled the house that was before Jerusalem, on the right hand of the mount of Mosthath, which Solomon king of Israel built to Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians, and to Chamos the abomination of Moab, and to Moloch the abomination of the children of Ammon.
13 The king defiled the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon.
14 And he broke in pieces the pillars, and utterly destroyed the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
14 He broke in pieces the pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their places with men’s bones.
15 Also the high altar in Bæthel, which Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that high altar he tore down, and broke in pieces the stones of it, and reduced it to powder, and burnt the grove.
15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.
16 And Josias turned aside, and saw the tombs that were there in the city, and sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burnt them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God spoke, when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the feast: and he turned and raised his eyes to the tomb of the man of God that spoke these words.
16 As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to Yahweh’s word which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
17 And he said, What [is] that mound which I see? And the men of the city said to him, [It is the grave of] the man of God that came out of Juda, and uttered these imprecations which he imprecated upon the altar of Bæthel.
17 Then he said, “What monument is that which I see?” The men of the city told him, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel.”
18 And he said, Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones. So his bones were spared, together with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
18 He said, “Let him be! Let no one move his bones.” So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.
19 Moreover Josias removed all the houses of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel made to provoke the Lord, and did to them all that he did in Bæthel.
19 All the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke Yahweh to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.
20 And he sacrificed all the priests of the high places that were there on the altars, and burnt the bones of men upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
20 He killed all the priests of the high places that were there, on the altars, and burned men’s bones on them; and he returned to Jerusalem.
21 And 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.
21 The king commanded all the people, saying, “Keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.”
22 For a passover [such as] this had not been kept from the days of the judges who judged Israel, even all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Juda.
22 Surely there was not kept such a Passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josias, was the passover kept to the Lord in Jerusalem.
23 but in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was kept to Yahweh in Jerusalem.
24 Moreover Josias removed the sorcerers, and the wizards, and the theraphin, and the idols, and all the abominations that had been set up in the land of Juda and in Jerusalem, that he might keep the words of the law that were written in the book, which Chelcias the priest found in the house of the Lord.
24 Moreover, Josiah removed those who had familiar spirits, the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in Yahweh’s house.
25 There was no king like him before him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength, according to all the law of Moses; and after him there rose not one like him.
25 There was no king like him before him, who turned to Yahweh with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; and there was none like him who arose after him.
26 Nevertheless the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great anger, wherewith he was wroth in his anger against Juda, because of the provocations, wherewith Manasses provoked him.
26 Notwithstanding, Yahweh didn’t turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocation with which Manasseh had provoked him.
27 And the Lord said, I will also remove Juda from my presence, as I removed Israel, and will reject this city which I have chosen, [even] Jerusalem, and the house [of] which I said, My name shall be there.
27 Yahweh said, “I will also remove Judah out of my sight, as I have removed Israel; and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’”
28 And the rest of the acts of Josias, and all that he did, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
29 And in his days went up Pharao Nechao king of Egypt against the king of the Assyrians to the river Euphrates: and Josias went out to meet him: and Nechao slew him in Mageddo when he saw him.
29 In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him, but Pharaoh Necoh killed him at Megiddo when he saw him.
30 And his servants carried him dead from Mageddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre: and the people of the land took Joachaz the son of Josias, and anointed him, and made him king in the room of his father.
30 His servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.
31 Twenty and three years old was Joachaz when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Amital, daughter of Jeremias of Lobna.
31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers did.
32 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that his fathers had done.
33 And Pharao Nechao removed him to Rablaam in the land of Emath, so that he should not reign in Jerusalem; and imposed a tribute on the land, a hundred talents of silver, and a hundred talents of gold.
33 Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
34 And Pharao Nechao made Eliakim son of Josias king of Juda king over them in the place of his father Josias, and he changed his name [to] Joakim, and he took Joachaz and brought him to Egypt, and he died there.
34 Pharaoh Necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim; but he took Jehoahaz away, and he came to Egypt and died there.
35 And Joakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharao; but he assessed the land to give the money at the command of Pharao: they gave the silver and the gold [each] man according to his assessment together with the people of the land to give to Pharao Nechao.
35 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, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Necoh.
36 Twenty-five years old [was] Joakim when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Jeldaph, daughter of Phadaïl of Ruma.
36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
37 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.
37 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that his fathers had done.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Jehoiakim
Josiah's son Eliakim, made king by Pharaoh Neco who changed his name, who reigned eleven years, became Nebuchadnezzar's vassal for three years and then rebelled, and was succeeded…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 23:34; 2 Kings 23:36; 2 Kings 24:1
Joshua
A governor of the city of Jerusalem, whose gate stood to the left of the city gate where Josiah tore down the high places of the gates.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 23:8
Cross references (36)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Chronicles 34:29–33; Deuteronomy 31:28; 2 Chronicles 29:20; 2 Chronicles 30:2; 2 Samuel 6:1
- 2 2 Kings 22:8; Deuteronomy 31:10–13; Revelation 20:12; Nehemiah 13:1; Nehemiah 8:1–8
- 3 2 Kings 11:14; 2 Kings 11:17; Deuteronomy 13:4; Joshua 24:24–25; Deuteronomy 8:19
- 4 2 Kings 21:7; 2 Kings 21:3; 2 Chronicles 33:3; 2 Kings 25:18; 1 Kings 16:31
- 5 Jeremiah 44:17–19; 2 Kings 21:3–4; Hosea 10:5; Jeremiah 8:1–2
- 6 2 Kings 23:15; 2 Chronicles 34:4; 2 Kings 10:27; Judges 3:7; Exodus 32:20
- 7 Ezekiel 16:16; 1 Kings 15:12; 1 Kings 14:24; Exodus 35:25–26; Genesis 19:4–5
- 8 1 Kings 15:22; Joshua 21:17; Isaiah 10:29; Genesis 26:23; Judges 20:1
- 9 Ezekiel 44:10–14; 1 Samuel 2:36; Malachi 2:8–9; Ezekiel 44:29–31
- 10 Jeremiah 19:6; Isaiah 30:33; Jeremiah 7:31–32; Leviticus 18:21; Jeremiah 32:35
- 11 Ezekiel 8:16; 2 Chronicles 34:4; 2 Kings 23:5; Deuteronomy 4:19; 2 Chronicles 14:5
- 12 Zephaniah 1:5; 2 Kings 21:5; Jeremiah 19:13; 2 Chronicles 33:5; 2 Chronicles 33:15
- 13 1 Kings 11:7; 1 Kings 11:5; Numbers 21:29; Judges 2:13; Judges 11:24
- 14 Exodus 23:24; Deuteronomy 7:5; 2 Kings 23:16; Micah 1:7; Numbers 33:52
- 15 2 Kings 23:6; 1 Kings 14:16; 2 Kings 10:31; 1 Kings 21:22; 1 Kings 12:28–13:1
- 16 1 Kings 13:1–2; 1 Kings 13:32; John 10:35; Matthew 24:35
- 17 1 Kings 13:1; 1 Kings 13:30–31
- 18 1 Kings 13:31; 1 Kings 13:1–22
- 19 2 Chronicles 34:6–7; Ezekiel 8:17–18; 2 Kings 17:9; 2 Kings 21:6; 1 Kings 13:32
- 20 2 Kings 11:18; 2 Chronicles 34:5; Exodus 22:20; 2 Kings 10:25; 1 Kings 13:2
- 21 Deuteronomy 16:1–8; Numbers 9:2–5; Numbers 28:16–25; 2 Chronicles 35:1–19; Exodus 12:3–20
- 22 2 Chronicles 35:3–19; 2 Chronicles 30:1–3; 2 Chronicles 30:13–20
- 24 Leviticus 19:31; Genesis 31:19; 2 Kings 21:6; Deuteronomy 18:10–12; Leviticus 20:27
- 25 2 Kings 18:5; Jeremiah 29:13; 1 Kings 8:48; Deuteronomy 6:5; John 1:17
- 26 2 Kings 24:4; 2 Kings 21:11–13; Jeremiah 15:1–4; 2 Kings 24:2; 2 Chronicles 36:16
- 27 2 Kings 18:11; 2 Kings 21:13; 2 Kings 21:4; 2 Kings 17:18; Jeremiah 33:24
- 28 2 Kings 20:20
- 29 Jeremiah 46:2; 2 Chronicles 35:20–24; Judges 5:19; Zechariah 12:11; 1 Kings 4:12
- 30 2 Kings 9:28; 2 Chronicles 36:1–4; 2 Kings 21:24; 2 Kings 14:21; 2 Chronicles 35:24
- 31 2 Kings 24:18; 1 Chronicles 3:15; Jeremiah 22:11
- 32 2 Kings 21:2–7; 2 Kings 21:21–22
- 33 2 Kings 25:6; 1 Kings 8:65; Jeremiah 52:26–27; Jeremiah 39:5–6; Jeremiah 52:9–10
- 34 Ezekiel 19:3–4; 1 Chronicles 3:15; 2 Kings 24:17; Jeremiah 22:11–12; Daniel 1:7
- 35 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Kings 15:19–20
- 36 2 Chronicles 36:5; Jeremiah 26:1; Jeremiah 1:3; 1 Chronicles 3:15
- 37 2 Chronicles 28:22–25; Jeremiah 36:31; Jeremiah 26:20–23; 2 Chronicles 33:22–23; 2 Chronicles 33:4–10
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