In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of David his forefather, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images. People Abdon, Ahikam, Asaiah, Azaliah, Benjamin, David, Hasrah, Hilkiah, Huldah, Israelites, Jahath, Joah, Joahaz, Job, Josiah, Kohath, Kohathites, Levites, Maaseiah, Manasseh, Merari, Meshullam, Micah, Naphtali, Obadiah, Shallum, Shaphan, Simeon, Tikvath, ZechariahPlaces Jerusalem, Second QuarterTopics Asherah, Asherahs, Asherim, Ashe'rim, Begun, Boy, Carved, Cast, Cleanse, Clearing, David, Eighth, Engraved, Graven, Groves, Heart, Idols, Images, Jerusalem, Judah, Metal, Molten, Pillars, Places, Poles, Purge, Reign, Rule, Seek, Shrines, Twelfth, Undertook, Wood, Yet, YouthOutline 1. Josiah's good reign3. He destroys idolatry 8. He takes order for the repair of the temple 14. Hilkiah, having found a book of the law, 21. Josiah sends to Huldah to enquire of the Lord 23. Huldah prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem, but respite thereof in Josiah's time 29. Josiah, causing it to be read in a solemn assembly, renews the covenant with God Jump to Previous Asherim Carved David Eighth Engraved Graven Groves High Images Jerusalem Judah Molten Places Purge Reign Seek Twelfth YoungJump to Next Asherim Carved David Eighth Engraved Graven Groves High Images Jerusalem Judah Molten Places Purge Reign Seek Twelfth YoungLibrary Josiah'Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. 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. 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, … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Josiah and the Newly Found Law The History Books Josiah, a Pattern for the Ignorant. Covenanting Performed in Former Ages with Approbation from Above. Chronicles Parallel Verses NASB: For in the eighth year of his reign while he was still a youth, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, the carved images and the molten images.KJV: 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. Links 2 Chronicles 34:3 NIV • 2 Chronicles 34:3 NLT • 2 Chronicles 34:3 ESV • 2 Chronicles 34:3 NASB • 2 Chronicles 34:3 KJVResources 2 Chronicles 34:3 Bible Apps2 Chronicles 34:3 Parallel 2 Chronicles 34:3 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 34:3 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 34:3 French Bible 2 Chronicles 34:3 German Bible 2 Chronicles 34:3 Commentaries Bible Hub |