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2 Kings 23:1-4
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The King Institutes Religious Reform

23 The king summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem.[a] 2 The king went up to the Lord’s temple, accompanied by all the people of Judah, all the residents of Jerusalem, the priests, and the prophets. All the people were there, from the youngest to the oldest. He read aloud[b] all the words of the scroll of the covenant that had been discovered in the Lord’s temple. 3 The king stood by the pillar and renewed[c] the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow[d] the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being,[e] by carrying out the terms[f] of this covenant recorded on this scroll. All the people agreed to keep the covenant.[g]

4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests,[h] and the guards[i] to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the items that were used in the worship of[j] Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky.[k] The king[l] burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces[m] of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:1 tn Heb “and the king sent and all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem gathered to him.”
  2. 2 Kings 23:2 tn Heb “read in their ears.”
  3. 2 Kings 23:3 tn Heb “cut,” that is, “made, agreed to.”
  4. 2 Kings 23:3 tn Heb “walk after.”
  5. 2 Kings 23:3 tn Or “soul.”
  6. 2 Kings 23:3 tn Heb “words.”
  7. 2 Kings 23:3 tn Heb “stood in the covenant.”
  8. 2 Kings 23:4 tn Heb “the priests of the second [rank],” that is, those ranked just beneath Hilkiah.
  9. 2 Kings 23:4 tn Or “doorkeepers.”
  10. 2 Kings 23:4 tn Heb “for.”
  11. 2 Kings 23:4 tn Heb “all the host of heaven” (also in v. 5).
  12. 2 Kings 23:4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  13. 2 Kings 23:4 tn Or “fields.” For a defense of the translation “terraces,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 285.
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