23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the Lord’s Passover was observed in Jerusalem.(A)

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24 In addition, Josiah eradicated the mediums, the spiritists,(B) household idols,(C) images, and all the abhorrent things(D) that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this in order to carry out the words of the law that were written in the book that the priest Hilkiah found in the Lord’s temple.(E) 25 Before him there was no king like him who turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength(F) according to all the law of Moses, and no one like him arose after him.(G)

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23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was celebrated to the Lord in Jerusalem.(A)

24 Furthermore, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists,(B) the household gods,(C) the idols and all the other detestable(D) things seen in Judah and Jerusalem. This he did to fulfill the requirements of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the temple of the Lord. 25 Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him who turned(E) to the Lord as he did—with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, in accordance with all the Law of Moses.(F)

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