2 Kings 23:24–28

Further Zeal for the Lord

²⁴In addition, Josiah removed the mediums, the spiritists, ^khousehold idols, ^limages, and all the detestable things ^mthat were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this in order to carry out the words of the law that were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the Lord’s temple. ⁿ²⁵Before him there was no king like him who turned to the Lord with all his mind and with all his heart and with all his strength ^oaccording to all the law of Moses, and no one like him arose after him. ^p

²⁶In spite of all that, the Lord did not turn from the fury of His great burning anger, which burned against Judah because of all that Manasseh had provoked Him with. ^q27For the Lord had said, “I will also remove Judah from My sight just as I have removed Israel. ^rI will reject this city Jerusalem, that I have chosen, and the temple about which I said, ‘My name will be there.’ ” ^s

Josiah’s Death

²⁸The rest of the events of Josiah’s reign, ^talong with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.