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2 Kings 23:23-27

2 Kings 23:23

But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s reign, this Passover was celebrated to the Lord in Jerusalem.

2 Kings 23:24

Josiah also got rid of the mediums and psychics, the household gods, the idols, and every other kind of detestable practice, both in Jerusalem and throughout the land of Judah. He did this in obedience to the laws written in the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had found in the Lord’s Temple.

2 Kings 23:25

Never before had there been a king like Josiah, who turned to the Lord with all his heart and soul and strength, obeying all the laws of Moses. And there has never been a king like him since.

2 Kings 23:26

Even so, the Lord was very angry with Judah because of all the wicked things Manasseh had done to provoke him.

2 Kings 23:27

For the Lord said, “I will also banish Judah from my presence just as I have banished Israel. And I will reject my chosen city of Jerusalem and the Temple where my name was to be honored.”