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23 This Passover of the Lord was celebrated in Jerusalem in the eighteenth year of the reign of King Josiah.

24 Josiah also expelled the mediums and the wizards. He did away with the household gods, the idols, and all the other abominations that were to be found in the land of Judah and Jerusalem. He did this to fulfill the words of the law that were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the temple of the Lord.

25 There had never before been any king like him nor will there ever be one after him who turned to the Lord with all his heart and all his soul and all his might according to the law of Moses.

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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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