1And they brought the king word again what…
2And the king went up to the temple…
3And the king stood upon the step: and…
4And the king commanded Helcias the high priest,…
5And he destroyed the soothsayers, whom the kings…
6And he caused the grove to be carried…
7He destroyed also the pavilions of the effeminate,…
8And he gathered together all the priests out…
9However the priests of the high places came…
10And he defiled Topheth, which is in the…
11And he took away the horses which the…
12And the altars that were upon the top…
13The high places also that were at Jerusalem…
14And he broke in pieces the statues, and…
15Moreover the altar also that was at Bethel,…
16And as Josias turned himself, he saw there…
17And he said: What is that monument which…
18And he said: Let him alone, let no…
19Moreover all the temples of the high places,…
20And he slew all the priests of the…
21And he commanded all the people, saying: Keep…
22Now there was no such a phase kept…
23As was this phase that was kept to…
24Moreover the diviners by spirits, and soothsayers, and…
25There was no king before him like unto…
26But yet the Lord turned not away from…
27And the Lord said: I will remove Juda…
28Now the rest of the acts of Josias,…
29In his days Pharao Nechao king of Egypt…
30And his servants carried him dead from Mageddo:…
31Joachaz was three and twenty years old when…
32And he did evil before the Lord, according…
33And Pharao Nechao bound him at Rebla, which…
34And Pharao Nechao made Eliacim the son of…
35And Joakim gave the silver and the gold…
36Joakim was five and twenty years old when…
37And he did evil before the Lord according…
