S E C O N D K I N G S CHAP. XXIII. We have here, I. The happy continuance of the goodness of Josiah's reign, and the progress of the reformation he began, reading the law ( 2 Kings 23:1 ; 2 Kings 23:2 ), renewing the covenant ( 2 Kings 23:3 ), cleansing the temple ( 2 Kings 23:4 ), and rooting out idols and idolatry, with all the relics thereof, in all places, as far as his power reached ( 2 Kings 23:5-20 ), keeping a solemn passover ( 2 Kings 23:21-23 ), and clearing the country of witches ( 2 Kings 23:24 ); and in all this acting with extraordinary vigour, 2 Kings 23:25 II. The unhappy conclusion of it in his untimely death, as a token of the continuance of God's wrath against Jerusalem, 2 Kings 23:26-30 III. The more unhappy consequences of his death, in the bad reigns of his two sons Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim, that came after him, 2 Kings 23:31-37 return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-1-3" class="com-number"
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