1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

<>was eight years old

2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

<>did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, <>declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left

3 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.

<>while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father, <>to purge, <>Judah, <>high places, <>the groves, <>the carved images, and the molten images

4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

<>brake down the altars of Baalim … the images, that were on high above them, he cut down … the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, <>the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, <>the graves

5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.

<>cities, <>Manasseh, <>Ephraim, <>Simeon, <>Naphtali

7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

<>idols, <>all … all … Israel, <>Israel

8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

<>son … son, <>the recorder, <>to repair the house of the LORD his God, <>the house of the LORD

9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.

<>vv. 9-10, <>high priest, <>priest, <>kept the doors, <>kept, <>of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, <>Benjamin

10 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:

<>vv. 9-10, <>workmen … workmen, <>had the oversight, <>amend

11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

<>artificers, <>builders, <>hewn, <>stone

12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.

<>the men did the work faithfully … and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick, <>the work … to set it forward, <>overseers, <>set it forward, <>instruments

13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

<>bearers of burdens, <>burdens, <>scribes, <>officers

14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses.

<>vv. 14-15, <>a, <>Moses

15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

<>vv. 14-15, <>answered, <>I have found the book of the law

16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.

<>thy servants

17 And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.

<>into the hand

18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

<>read it

19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

<>the words

20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying,

<>the king commanded

21 Go, inquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.

<>inquire of the LORD, <>in Israel and, <>the wrath of the LORD, <>the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book, <>do after all that is written in this book

22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.

<>prophetess, <>wife, <>the college

23 And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,

24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:

<>I will bring evil, <>inhabitants

25 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.

<>forsaken me, <>incense, <>that they might provoke me to anger … therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched, <>my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched

26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;

27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.

<>humble thyself … humbledst thyself

28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.

<>I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave, <>I will gather thee to thy fathers, <>in peace, <>peace

29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

<>gathered together

30 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.

<>the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, <>the king … read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant, <>he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant, <>in their ears

31 And the king stood in his place, 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 his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

<>stood in his place, <>in his place, <>made a covenant before the LORD … to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant, <>keep his commandments, <>his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes

32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

<>countries, <>children, <>in Israel, <>serve the LORD, <>following the LORD

1 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

<>kept, <>kept a passover … the passover, <>kept a passover … on the fourteenth day of the first month, <>killed the passover, <>the first month

2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,

<>the priests, <>charges, <>encouraged them, <>the house of the LORD

3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,

<>v. 3, <>taught, <>Israel … Israel … Israel, <>Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build, <>the holy ark, <>Solomon, <>son, <>it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD, <>a burden upon your shoulders, <>burden

4 And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

<>houses

5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites.

<>families … families

6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

<>kill the passover, <>sanctify yourselves, <>sanctify, <>according to the word of the LORD, <>the word of the LORD by the hand, <>by the hand, <>Moses

7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.

<>flock, <>lambs and kids, <>lambs, <>lambs and kids … for the passover offerings, <>substance

8 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.

<>gave willingly, <>rulers, <>small cattle, <>cattle

9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.

<>chief

10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.

<>stood in their place, <>in their place

11 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.

<>vv. 11-12, <>sprinkled the blood

12 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.

<>vv. 11-12, <>burnt offerings, <>it is written

13 And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people.

<>they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance, <>according to the ordinance, <>ordinance, <>sod

14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.

<>vv. 14-15, <>made ready, <>offering … the fat

15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

<>vv. 14-15, <>the king's seer, <>seer, <>porters, <>gate

16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.

<>the altar of the LORD

17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

<>v. 17, <>children, <>kept … the feast of unleavened bread seven days, <>the feast of unleavened bread, <>unleavened bread, <>bread

18 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

<>Samuel, <>Judah, <>inhabitants

19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.

20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.

21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

<>he, <>ambassadors, <>forbear thee from meddling, <>forbear

22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

<>his servants

24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

<>took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, <>that … second, <>died, <>was buried

25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

<>lamented, <>women

26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,

<>vv. 26-27, <>his goodness

27 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

<>vv. 26-27, <>his deeds … are written in the book

1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

<>son

2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

<>vv. 2-4

3 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

<>vv. 2-4, <>the king of Egypt … condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold

4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

<>vv. 2-4, <>Judah

5 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

<>did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD

6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

<>bound him

7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

<>vessels, <>the house of the LORD

8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

<>the rest of the acts … and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book, <>that which was found in him, <>written, <>Israel, <>reigned in his stead

9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

<>was eight years old

10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

<>when the year was expired, <>the year was expired

11 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD.

<>Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD

13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.

<>he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God, <>rebelled, <>swear by God, <>stiffened his neck

14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

<>chief, <>the priests, <>transgressed, <>hallowed

15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

<>the LORD God … sent to them by his messengers, <>the LORD God … rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, <>betimes

16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

<>they mocked, <>despised his words, <>despised, <>the wrath of the LORD, <>there was no remedy

17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

<>into his hand

18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.

<>the treasures of the house of the LORD

19 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

<>burnt the house of God, <>burnt … with fire

20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

<>escaped, <>servants

21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

<>To fulfil the word of the LORD, <>until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, <>kept, <>to fulfil threescore and ten years

22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

<>that the word of the LORD … might be accomplished

23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.

<>hath the LORD God of heaven given, <>charged