2 Kings · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
2 Kings 23 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
1 Καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν τῷ βασιλεῖ τὸ ῥῆμα· καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς, καὶ συνήγαγε πρὸς ἑαυτὸν πάντας τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους Ἰούδα καὶ Ἰερουσαλήμ.
1 The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
2 Καὶ ἀνέβη ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου, καὶ πᾶς ἀνὴρ Ἰούδα καὶ πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ μετʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς, καὶ οἱ προφῆται, καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἀπὸ μικροῦ καὶ ἕως μεγάλου, καὶ ἀνέγνω ἐν ὠσὶν αὐτῶν πάντας τοὺς λόγους τοῦ βιβλίου τῆς διαθήκης τοῦ εὑρεθέντος ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου.
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 Καὶ ἔστη ὁ βασιλεὺς πρὸς τὸν στύλον, καὶ διέθετο διαθήκην ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ὀπίσω Κυρίου, τοῦ φυλάσσειν τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ μαρτύρια αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ δικαιώματα αὐτοῦ ἐν πάσῃ καρδίᾳ καὶ ἐν πάσῃ ψυχῇ, τοῦ ἀναστῆσαι τοὺς λόγους τῆς διαθήκης ταύτης, τὰ γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ τὸ βιβλίον τοῦτο· καὶ ἔστη πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ.
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 Καὶ ἐνετείλατο ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ Χελκίᾳ τῷ ἱερεῖ τῷ μεγάλῳ καὶ τοῖς ἱερεῦσι τῆς δευτερώσεως καὶ τοῖς φυλάσσουσι τὸν σταθμὸν, ἐξαγαγεῖν ἐκ τοῦ ναοῦ Κυρίου πάντα τὰ σκεύη τὰ πεποιημένα τῷ Βάαλ καὶ τῷ ἄλσει καὶ πάσῃ τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· καὶ κατέκαυσεν αὐτὰ ἔξω Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐν σαλημὼθ Κέδρών, καὶ ἔλαβεν τὸν χοῦν αὐτῶν εἰς Βαιθήλ.
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 Καὶ κατέκαυσε τοὺς χωμαρὶμ οὓς ἔδωκαν βασιλεῖς Ἰούδα, καὶ ἐθυμίων ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς καὶ ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν Ἰούδα καὶ τοῖς περικύκλῳ Ἰερουσαλήμ, καὶ τοὺς θυμιῶντας τῷ Βάαλ καὶ τῷ ἡλίῳ, καὶ τῇ σελήνῃ, καὶ τοῖς μαζουρὼθ, καὶ πάσῃ τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.
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 Καὶ ἐξήνεγκε τὸ ἄλσος ἐξ οἴκου Κυρίου ἔξωθεν Ἰερουσαλὴμ εἰς τὸν χειμάῤῥουν Κέδρών, καὶ κατέκαυσεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ χειμάῤῥῳ Κεδρων, καὶ ἐλέπτυνεν εἰς χοῦν· καὶ ἔῤῥιψε τὸν χοῦν αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν τάφον τῶν υἱῶν τοῦ λαοῦ.
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 καὶ καθεῖλε τὸν οἶκον τῶν καδησὶμ τῶν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Κυρίου, οὗ αἱ γυναῖκες ὕφαινον ἐκεῖ χεττιῒμ τῷ ἄλσει.
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 Καὶ ἀνήγαγεν πάντας τοὺς ἱερεῖς ἐκ πόλεων Ἰούδα, καὶ ἐμίανε τὰ ὑψηλὰ οὗ ἐθυμίασαν ἐκεῖ οἱ ἱερεῖς ἀπὸ Γαιβὰλ καὶ ἕως Βηρσάβεέ· καὶ καθεῖλε τὸν οἶκον τῶν πυλῶν τὸν παρὰ τὴν θύραν τῆς πύλης Ἰησοῦ ἄρχοντος τῆς πόλεως, τῶν ἐξ ἀριστερῶν ἀνδρὸς ἐν τῇ πύλῃ τῆς πόλεως.
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 Πλὴν οὐκ ἀνέβησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς τῶν ὑψηλῶν πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον Κυρίου ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ, ὅτι εἰ μὴ ἔφαγον ἄζυμα ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν.
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 Καὶ ἐμίανε τὸν Ταφὲθ τὸν ἐν φάραγγι υἱοῦ Ἑννὸμ, τοῦ διαγαγεῖν ἄνδρα τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἄνδρα τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ τῷ Μόλοχ ἐν πυρί.
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 Καὶ κατέκαυσε τοὺς ἵππους οὓς ἔδωκαν βασιλεῖς Ἰούδα τῷ ἡλίῳ ἐν τῇ εἰσόδῳ οἴκου Κυρίου εἰς τὸ γαζοφυλάκιον Ναθὰν βασιλέως τοῦ εὐνούχου ἐν φαρουρείμ· καὶ τὸ ἅρμα τοῦ ἡλίου κατέκαυσεν πυρί,
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 καὶ τὰ θυσιαστήρια τὰ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος τοῦ ὑπερῴου Ἄχαζ, ἃ ἐποίησαν βασιλεὶς Ἰούδα· καὶ τὰ θυσιαστήρια ἃ ἐποίησε Μανασσῆς ἐν ταῖς δυσὶν αὐλαῖς οἴκου Κυρίου καθεῖλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ κατέσπασεν ἐκεῖθεν, καὶ ἔῤῥιψε τὸν χοῦν αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν χειμάῤῥουν Κέδρων.
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 Καὶ τὸν οἶκον τὸν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον Ἱερουσαλὴμ τὸν ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ Μοσθὰθ, ὃν ᾠκοδόμησε Σαλωμὼν βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ τῇ Ἀστάρτῃ προσοχθίσματι Σιδωνίων, καὶ τῷ Χαμὼς προσοχθίσματι Μωὰβ, καὶ τῷ Μολὸχ βδελύγματι υἱῶν Ἀμμὼν, ἐμίανεν ὁ βασιλεύς.
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 Καὶ συνέτριψε τὰς στήλας, καὶ ἐξωλόθρευσε τὰ ἄλση, καὶ ἔπλησε τοὺς τόπους αὐτῶν ὀστέων ἀνθρώπων.
14 He broke in pieces the pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their places with men’s bones.
15 Καί γε τὸ θυσιαστήριον τὸ ἐν Βαιθὴλ τὸ ὑψηλὸν ὃ ἐποίησεν Ἱεροβοὰμ υἱὸς Ναβὰτ, ὃς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν Ἰσραὴλ, καί γε τὸ θυσιαστήριον ἐκεῖνο τὸ ὑψηλὸν κατέσπασε, καὶ συνέτριψε τοὺς λίθους αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐλέπτυνεν εἰς χοῦν, καὶ κατέκαυσε τὸ ἄλσος.
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 Καὶ ἐξένευσεν Ἰωσίας καὶ εἶδε τοὺς τάφους τοὺς ἐκεῖ ἐν τῇ πόλει, καὶ ἀπέστειλε, καὶ ἔλαβε τὰ ὀστᾶ ἐκ τῶν τάφων, καὶ κατέκαυσεν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον, καὶ ἐμίανεν αὐτὸ κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα Κυρίου ὃ ἐλάλησεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ἑστᾶναι Ἱεροβοὰμ ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον· καὶ ἐπιστρέψας ᾖρε τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν τάφον τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ λαλήσαντος τοὺς λόγους τούτους.
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 Καὶ εἶπεν, τί τὸ σκόπελον ἐκεῖνο ὃ ἐγὼ ὁρῶ; καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ οἱ ἄνδρες τῆς πόλεως, ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ ὁ ἐξεληλυθὼς ἐξ Ἰούδα, καὶ ἐπικαλεσάμενος τοὺς λόγους τούτους οὓς ἐπεκαλέσατο ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον Βαιθήλ.
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 Καὶ εἶπεν, ἄφετε αὐτὸν, ἀνὴρ μὴ κινησάτωσαν τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐῤῥύσθησαν τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ὀστῶν τοῦ προφήτου τοῦ ἥκοντος ἐκ Σαμαρείας.
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 Καί γε πάντας τοὺς οἴκους τῶν ὑψηλῶν τοὺς ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν Σαμαρείας, οὓς ἐποίησαν βασιλεῖς Ἰσραὴλ παροργίζειν Κύριον, ἀπέστησεν Ἰωσίας, καὶ ἐποίησεν ἐν αὐτοῖς πάντα τὰ ἔργα ἃ ἐποίησεν ἐν Βαιθήλ.
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 Καὶ ἐθυσίασε πάντας τοὺς ἱερεῖς τῶν ὑψηλῶν τοὺς ὄντας ἐκεῖ ἐπὶ τῶν θυσιαστηρίων, καὶ κατέκαυσε τὰ ὀστᾶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐπʼ αὐτὰ, καὶ ἐπεστράφη εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ.
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 Καὶ ἐνετείλατο ὁ βασιλεὺς παντὶ τῷ λαῷ, λέγων, ποιήσατε πάσχα τῷ Κυρίῳ Θεῷ ἡμῶν, καθὼς γέγραπται ἐπὶ βιβλίου τῆς διαθήκης ταύτης.
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 Ὅτι οὐκ ἐγενήθη τὸ πάσχα τοῦτο ἀφʼ ἡμερῶν τῶν κριτῶν οἳ ἔκρινον τὸν Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας βασιλέων Ἰσραὴλ καὶ βασιλέων Ἰούδα.
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 ὅτι ἀλλʼ ἢ τῷ ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει τοῦ βασιλέως Ἰωσίον ἐγενήθη τὸ πάσχα τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ.
23 but in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was kept to Yahweh in Jerusalem.
24 Καί γε τοὺς θελητὰς, καὶ τοὺς γνωριστὰς καὶ τὰ θεραφὶν, καὶ τὰ εἴδωλα, καὶ πάντα τὰ προσοχθίσματα τὰ γεγονότα ἐν τῇ γῇ Ἰούδα καὶ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐξῇρεν Ἰωσίας, ἵνα στήσῃ τοὺς λόγους τοῦ νόμου τοὺς γεγραμμένους ἐπὶ τοῦ βιβλίον, οὗ εὗρε Χελκίας ὁ ἱερεὺς ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου.
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 Ὅμοιος αὐτῷ οὐκ ἐγενήθη ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ βασιλεὺς, ὃς ἐπέστρεψε πρὸς Κύριον ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ ἰσχύϊ αὐτοῦ κατὰ πάντα τὸν νόμον Μωυσῆ, καὶ μετʼ αὐτὸν οὐκ ἀνέστη ὅμοιος αὐτῷ.
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 Πλὴν οὐκ ἀπεστράφη Κύριος ἀπὸ θυμοῦ τῆς ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ τῆς μεγάλης οὗ ἐθυμώθη ὀργῇ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ Ἰούδᾳ ἐπὶ τοὺς παροργισμοὺς, οὓς παρώργισεν αὐτὸν Μανασσῆς.
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 Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος, καί γε τὸν Ἰούδα ἀποστήσω ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου μου, καθὼς ἀπέστησα τὸν Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἀπεώσομαι τὴν πόλιν ταύτην ἣν ἐξελεξάμην, τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ τὸν οἶκον οὗ εἶπον, ἔσται τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐκεῖ.
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 Καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Ἰωσίου καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησεν, οὐχὶ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν Ἰούδα;
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 Ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ ἀνέβη Φαραὼ Νεχαὼ βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου ἐπὶ βασιλέα Ἀσσυρίων ἐπὶ ποταμὸν Εὐφράτην· καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἰωσίας εἰς ἀπαντὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐθανάτωσεν αὐτὸν Νεχαὼ ἐν Μαγεδδὼ ἐν τῷ ἰδεῖν αὐτόν.
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 Καὶ ἐπεβίβασαν αὐτὸν οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ νεκρὸν ἐκ Μαγεδδὼ, καὶ ἤγαγον αὐτὸν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ τάφῳ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἔλαβεν ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς τὸν Ἰωάχαζ υἱὸν Ἰωσίου, καὶ ἔχρισαν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐβασίλευσαν αὐτὸν ἀντὶ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ.
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 Υἱὸς εἴκοσι καὶ τριῶν ἐτῶν ἦν Ἰωάχαζ ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν, καὶ τρίμηνον ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ Ἀμιτὰλ, θυγάτηρ Ἱερεμίου ἐκ Λοβνά.
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 Καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου, κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησαν οἱ πατέρες αὐτοῦ.
32 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that his fathers had done.
33 Καὶ μετέστησεν αὐτὸν Φαραὼ Νεχαὼ ἐν Ῥαβλαὰμ ἐν γῇ Ἐμὰθ τοῦ μὴ βασιλεύειν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ἔδωκε ζημίαν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἑκατὸν τάλαντα ἀργυρίου καὶ ἑκατὸν τάλαντα χρυσίου.
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 Καὶ ἐβασίλευσε Φαραὼ Νεχαὼ ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς τὸν Ἐλιακὶμ υἱὸν Ἰωσίου βασιλέως Ἰούδα ἀντὶ Ἰωσίου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐπέστρεψε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰωακίμ· καὶ τὸν Ἰωάχαζ ἔλαβε καὶ εἰσήνεγκεν εἰς Αἴγυπτον, καὶ ἀπέθανεν ἐκεῖ.
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 Καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον ἔδωκεν Ἰωακὶμ τῷ Φαραῷ, πλὴν ἐτιμογράφησε τὴν γῆν τοῦ δοῦναι τὸ ἀργύριον ἐπὶ στόματος Φαραώ ἀνὴρ κατὰ τὴν συντίμησιν αὐτοῦ ἔδωκαν τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ τῆς γῆς τοῦ δοῦναι τῷ Φαραῷ Νεχαώ.
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 Υἱὸς εἴκοσι καὶ πέντε ἐτῶν Ἰωακὶμ ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἕνδεκα ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ Ἰελδὰφ θυγάτηρ Φαδαῒλ ἐκ Ῥουμά.
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 Καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου, κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησαν οἱ πατέρες αὐτοῦ.
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
Hamutal
Daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah, named as the mother of Jehoahaz and of Zedekiah, kings of Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:18; Jeremiah 52:1
Jehoahaz
Josiah's son, anointed king by the people of the land at twenty-three, who reigned three months before Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah and carried him off to Egypt, where he…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 23:30; 2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 23:33
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
Jeremiah
A man of Libnah named as the father of Hamutal, mother of King Zedekiah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:18; Jeremiah 52:1
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
Josiah
The boy king who rediscovered the Law and led Judah's last great reform.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chron. 34-35; Matt. 1:10-11
Nathan-melech
An official whose chamber stood near the court where Josiah removed the horses dedicated to the sun.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 23:11
Neco
Pharaoh and king of Egypt who marched to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates, killed Josiah at Megiddo, imprisoned Jehoahaz, and made Eliakim king as Jehoiakim.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 23:29; 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Kings 23:34
Pedaiah
Named as the father of Zebidah, the mother of King Jehoiakim.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 23:36
Zebidah
Daughter of Pedaiah from Rumah and mother of King Jehoiakim of Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 23:36
Cross references (36)
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- 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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