2 Kings 23 (성경통독): This chapter continues to talk about Josiah of Judah who was a good king. He now moved through all the towns of Samaria where the kings of Israel had built neighborhood sex-and-religion shrines, shrines that had so angered God. He tore the shrines down and left them in ruins—just as at Bethel. He killed all the priests who had conducted the sacrifices and cremated them on their own altars, thus desacralizing the altars. Only then did Josiah return to Jerusalem. Furthermore, he helped people to remember the Passover and it was celebrated to God in Jerusalem. There was no king to compare with Josiah—neither before nor after—a king who turned in total and repentant obedience to God, heart and mind and strength, following the instructions revealed to and written by Moses. The world would never again see a king like Josiah. Afterward, Jehoahaz of Judah and Jehoiakim of Judah succeeded Josiah's throne but they were evil in the sight of God.
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2 Kings 23 (성경통독): This chapter continues to talk about Josiah of Judah who was a good king. He now moved through all the towns of Samaria where the kings of Israel had built neighborhood sex-and-religion shrines, shrines that had so angered God. He tore the shrines down and left them in ruins—just as at Bethel. He killed all the priests who had conducted the sacrifices and cremated them on their own altars, thus desacralizing the altars. Only then did Josiah return to Jerusalem. Furthermore, he helped people to remember the Passover and it was celebrated to God in Jerusalem. There was no king to compare with Josiah—neither before nor after—a king who turned in total and repentant obedience to God, heart and mind and strength, following the instructions revealed to and written by Moses. The world would never again see a king like Josiah. Afterward, Jehoahaz of Judah and Jehoiakim of Judah succeeded Josiah's throne but they were evil in the sight of God.
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