2 Kings 23 - Study the King James Bible

And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

the king: Deuteronomy 31:28, 2 Samuel 6:1, 2 Chronicles 29:20, 2 Chronicles 30:2, 2 Chronicles 34:29, 2 Chronicles 34:30-33
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 13:1 - consulted Matthew 1:10 - Josias

And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.

both small and great: Heb. from small even unto great, Genesis 19:11, 1 Samuel 5:9, 1 Samuel 30:2, 2 Chronicles 15:13, Esther 1:5, Job 3:19, Psalms 115:13, Acts 26:22, Revelation 20:12
he read: Deuteronomy 31:10-13, 2 Chronicles 17:9, Nehemiah 8:1-8, Nehemiah 9:3, Nehemiah 13:1
the book: 2 Kings 22:8, Deuteronomy 31:26, 1 Kings 8:9
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 31:11 - shalt read 2 Chronicles 31:1 - all Israel 2 Chronicles 34:30 - the book Nehemiah 5:12 - I called Jeremiah 11:2 - General Jeremiah 34:8 - had

And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

stood: 2 Kings 11:14, 2 Kings 11:17, 2 Chronicles 23:13, 2 Chronicles 34:31, 2 Chronicles 34:32
made a covenant: Exodus 24:7, Exodus 24:8, Deuteronomy 5:1-3, Deuteronomy 29:1, Deuteronomy 29:10-15, Joshua 24:25, 2 Chronicles 15:12-14, 2 Chronicles 23:16, 2 Chronicles 29:10, Ezra 10:3, Nehemiah 9:38, Nehemiah 10:28-39, Jeremiah 50:5, Hebrews 8:8-13, Hebrews 12:24, Hebrews 13:20
to walk: Deuteronomy 8:19
his commandments: Deuteronomy 4:45, Deuteronomy 5:1, Deuteronomy 6:1, Psalms 19:7-9
with all their heart: Deuteronomy 6:5, Deuteronomy 10:12, Deuteronomy 11:13, Matthew 22:36, Matthew 22:37
And all: Exodus 24:3, Joshua 24:24, 2 Chronicles 34:32, 2 Chronicles 34:33, Ecclesiastes 8:2, Jeremiah 4:2
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:29 - with all Deuteronomy 13:4 - walk 1 Kings 2:4 - walk 1 Kings 8:22 - stood before the altar 2 Kings 11:4 - made a covenant 2 Kings 23:25 - that turned 2 Chronicles 6:12 - he stood Nehemiah 5:12 - I called Nehemiah 5:13 - the people Nehemiah 10:29 - to walk Psalms 119:106 - that I will Jeremiah 11:2 - General Jeremiah 29:13 - with Jeremiah 34:8 - had Jeremiah 34:15 - ye had Ezekiel 4:6 - forty days

And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.

priestss of the second order: These were either such as occasionally supplied the high priests's office, or those of the second course or order established by David. See the references. 1 Chronicles 24:4-19, Matthew 26:3, Matthew 27:1
the keepers: 2 Kings 22:4, 1 Chronicles 26:1-19
to bring: 2 Kings 21:3, 2 Kings 21:7, 2 Chronicles 33:3, 2 Chronicles 33:7, 2 Chronicles 34:3, 2 Chronicles 34:4
Baal: 2 Kings 17:16, Judges 2:13, 1 Kings 16:31, 1 Kings 18:19, 1 Kings 18:26, 1 Kings 18:40, 1 Kings 19:18, Isaiah 27:9, Jeremiah 7:9
Kidron: 2 Samuel 15:23, John 18:1, Cedron
Bethel: 1 Kings 12:29, Hosea 4:15, Amos 4:4
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:19 - when thou 2 Kings 11:18 - went 2 Kings 12:9 - the priests 2 Kings 13:6 - and there remained 2 Kings 18:4 - brake 2 Kings 21:5 - in the two courts 1 Chronicles 9:11 - the ruler 2 Chronicles 29:16 - Kidron 2 Chronicles 34:9 - Hilkiah 2 Chronicles 34:33 - took away Nehemiah 13:22 - I commanded Isaiah 30:22 - defile Jeremiah 7:30 - they Jeremiah 11:13 - For according Ezekiel 8:6 - even Zephaniah 1:4 - the remnant

And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

put down: Heb. caused to cease
the idolatrous priests: Heb. Chemarim. Hosea 10:5, *marg. "Foretold. Zephaniah 1:4, Zephaniah 1:5."
planets: or, twelve signs, or constellations, So the Vulgate duodecim signa, "the twelve signs," i.e., the zodiac; which is the most probable meaning of the word mazzaloth, from the Arabic manzeel, a caravanserai, house, or dwelling, as being the apparent dwellings of the sun in his annual course; and the Targumists and Rabbins often employ the words tereysar mazzalaya, to denote the signs of the zodiac.
all the host: 2 Kings 21:3, 2 Kings 21:4, Jeremiah 8:1, Jeremiah 8:2, Jeremiah 44:17-19
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:19 - when thou 2 Kings 23:11 - the sun 2 Chronicles 33:3 - the host 2 Chronicles 34:4 - images Job 31:26 - beheld Job 38:32 - Mazzaroth Jeremiah 11:13 - For according Ezekiel 8:16 - their faces Ezekiel 16:24 - thou hast 2 Corinthians 6:16 - what

And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.

the grove: Or rather, Asherah, or Astarte. 2 Kings 21:7, Judges 3:7, 1 Kings 14:23, 1 Kings 16:33, Jeremiah 17:2
and burned: Exodus 32:20, Deuteronomy 7:25, Deuteronomy 9:21
the graves: 2 Kings 10:27, 2 Chronicles 34:4
the children: Probably the common people.
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 7:5 - destroy 1 Kings 2:37 - over the 1 Kings 15:13 - the brook 2 Kings 21:5 - in the two courts 2 Kings 23:12 - cast 2 Kings 23:15 - stamped 2 Chronicles 14:3 - cut down 2 Chronicles 15:16 - cut down 2 Chronicles 33:3 - the host 2 Chronicles 33:7 - in the house Jeremiah 31:40 - the brook Jeremiah 32:34 - General John 18:1 - the brook

And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.

the sodomites: Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:5, 1 Kings 14:24, 1 Kings 15:12, 1 Kings 22:46, 2 Chronicles 34:33, Romans 1:26, Romans 1:27
where: Exodus 35:25, Exodus 35:26, Ezekiel 8:14, Ezekiel 16:16, Hosea 2:13
hangings: Heb. houses
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 23:17 - sodomite 2 Kings 10:27 - brake down the image Ezekiel 16:50 - and committed Hosea 4:14 - and they

And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer-sheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.

from: etc. The northern and southern borders of Judah.
Geba: Joshua 21:17, 1 Kings 15:22, 1 Chronicles 6:60, Isaiah 10:29, Zechariah 14:10
Beersheba: Genesis 21:31, Genesis 26:23, Judges 20:1, 1 Kings 19:3
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:30 - I will destroy Ezekiel 44:10 - the Levites

Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.

the priests: Ezekiel 44:10-14, Malachi 2:8, Malachi 2:9
but they did: 1 Samuel 2:36, Ezekiel 44:29-31
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 44:13 - they shall not

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And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

Topheth: Isaiah 30:33, Jeremiah 7:31, Jeremiah 7:32, Jeremiah 19:6, Jeremiah 19:11-13, Tophet
the valley: Joshua 15:8, 2 Chronicles 28:3, 2 Chronicles 33:6, Jeremiah 19:2, Jeremiah 32:35, Matthew 5:22,*Gr.
might make: 2 Kings 16:3, 2 Kings 17:17, 2 Kings 21:6, Leviticus 18:21, Deuteronomy 18:10, Jeremiah 32:35, Ezekiel 16:21, Ezekiel 20:26, Ezekiel 20:31, Ezekiel 23:37-39
Reciprocal: Leviticus 20:2 - giveth Joshua 18:16 - the valley of the son 2 Kings 11:18 - went Nehemiah 11:30 - the valley Isaiah 57:5 - slaying Jeremiah 19:13 - defiled Micah 6:7 - shall

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And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

the sun: 2 Kings 23:5, 2 Chronicles 14:5, 2 Chronicles 34:4, Ezekiel 8:16
house of the Lord: Throughout the East, the horse because of his swiftness and utility, was dedicated to the sun; and the Greeks and Romans feigned that the chariot of the sun was drawn by four horses, Pyrous, Eous, Aithon, and Phlegon, and hence also chariots were dedicated to that luminary. Jarchi says, that those who adored the sun had horses, which they mounted every morning, to go out to meet him at his rising. The kings of Judah had imitated these idolatrous customs, and kept the horses of the sun even at the entrance of the temple of the Lord!
chamberlain: or, eunuch, or officer
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:19 - when thou 1 Chronicles 26:18 - Parbar 2 Chronicles 33:3 - the host Job 31:26 - beheld Jeremiah 19:4 - estranged Ezekiel 7:20 - but Ezekiel 16:24 - thou hast Ezekiel 23:38 - they have Ezekiel 43:8 - setting

12.

And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

on the top: Deuteronomy 22:8, Jeremiah 19:13, Zephaniah 1:5
which Manasseh: 2 Kings 21:5, 2 Kings 21:21, 2 Kings 21:22, 2 Chronicles 33:5, 2 Chronicles 33:15
brake them down from thence: or, ran from thence
cast: 2 Kings 23:6
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 15:13 - destroyed 2 Chronicles 15:16 - cut down 2 Chronicles 30:14 - altars 2 Chronicles 34:4 - made dust Jeremiah 7:30 - they Jeremiah 19:4 - estranged Jeremiah 31:40 - the brook Ezekiel 5:11 - thou hast Ezekiel 7:20 - but Ezekiel 16:24 - thou hast Ezekiel 23:38 - they have Ezekiel 43:8 - setting Amos 5:26 - the tabernacle of your Moloch John 18:1 - the brook

13.

And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

the mount of corruption: that is, the mount of Olives, Houbigant, deriving the Hebrew mashchith from mashach, "to anoint," reads "the Mount of Olives." Jarchi, following the Chaldee, also says this was the Mount of Olives; for this is the mount hammishchah, of unction, but because of the idolatrous purposes for which it was used, the Scripture changed the appellation to the mount of hammashchith, corruption.
Solomon: 1 Kings 11:7, Nehemiah 13:26
Ashtoreth: Judges 2:13, Judges 10:6, 1 Samuel 7:4, 1 Samuel 12:10, 1 Kings 11:5, 1 Kings 11:33
Chemosh: Numbers 21:29, Judges 11:24, Jeremiah 48:7, Jeremiah 48:13, Jeremiah 48:16
Milcom: Zephaniah 1:5, Malcham
Reciprocal: Exodus 8:26 - the abomination Deuteronomy 11:29 - General Deuteronomy 12:2 - possess Deuteronomy 27:15 - an abomination Deuteronomy 32:16 - abominations 2 Chronicles 15:8 - abominable idols 2 Chronicles 30:14 - altars Isaiah 44:19 - an abomination Jeremiah 3:2 - unto Jeremiah 4:1 - put away Jeremiah 11:13 - For according Jeremiah 48:46 - the people Jeremiah 49:3 - their king Ezekiel 18:12 - hath committed Amos 5:26 - the tabernacle of your Moloch

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And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

he brake: Exodus 23:24, Numbers 33:52, Deuteronomy 7:5, Deuteronomy 7:25, Deuteronomy 7:26, 2 Chronicles 34:3, 2 Chronicles 34:4, Micah 1:7
images: Heb. statues
the bones of men: 2 Kings 23:16, Numbers 19:16, Numbers 19:18, Jeremiah 8:1, Jeremiah 8:2, Ezekiel 39:12-16, Matthew 23:27, Matthew 23:28
Reciprocal: Exodus 34:13 - ye shall Deuteronomy 12:3 - and burn Judges 3:7 - the groves 1 Kings 11:7 - build an high 2 Kings 11:18 - went 2 Chronicles 14:3 - images Jeremiah 19:13 - defiled Ezekiel 6:4 - and I

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Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.

the altar: 2 Kings 10:31, 1 Kings 12:28-33, 1 Kings 14:16, 1 Kings 15:30, 1 Kings 21:22
stamped: 2 Kings 23:6
Reciprocal: Exodus 32:20 - took the calf 1 Kings 13:2 - Josiah by name 1 Kings 15:26 - in his sin 2 Chronicles 15:16 - cut down 2 Chronicles 31:1 - in Ephraim 2 Chronicles 34:6 - in Jeremiah 32:31 - this city Jeremiah 32:35 - to cause Hosea 8:6 - shall Hosea 10:8 - their altars Amos 3:14 - I will Micah 1:7 - all the graven

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And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

burned: 1 Kings 13:1, 1 Kings 13:2, 1 Kings 13:32, Matthew 24:35, John 10:35
who proclaimed: The Septuagint and Hexaplar Syriac at Paris insert, "when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the feast. And turning about, he cast his eyes on the sepulchre of the man of God" -
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:30 - I will destroy 2 Kings 23:14 - the bones of men 2 Chronicles 34:5 - he Jeremiah 8:1 - General Jeremiah 35:4 - a man Ezekiel 6:4 - and I Amos 6:10 - that burneth

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Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Bethel.

It is the sepulchre: 1 Kings 13:1, 1 Kings 13:30, 1 Kings 13:31
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 35:4 - a man 1 Timothy 6:11 - O man

18.

And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

alone: Heb. to escape
the bones of the prophet: 1 Kings 13:1-22, 1 Kings 13:31
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 13:11 - an old prophet

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And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.

the houses: 2 Kings 17:9, 1 Kings 12:31, 1 Kings 13:32
the cities: 2 Chronicles 30:6-11, 2 Chronicles 31:1, 2 Chronicles 34:6, 2 Chronicles 34:7
the kings: 2 Kings 8:18, 1 Kings 16:33, Micah 6:16
to provoke the Lord: 2 Kings 17:16-18, 2 Kings 21:6, Psalms 78:58, Jeremiah 7:18, Jeremiah 7:19, Ezekiel 8:17, Ezekiel 8:18
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 17:32 - the houses Hosea 8:6 - shall

20.

And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.

he slew: or, he sacrificed, 2 Kings 10:25, 2 Kings 11:18, Exodus 22:20, Deuteronomy 13:5, 1 Kings 13:2, 1 Kings 18:40, Isaiah 34:6, Zechariah 13:2, Zechariah 13:3
burned: 2 Chronicles 34:5
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:30 - I will destroy 2 Kings 9:28 - General 2 Kings 10:11 - his priests Jeremiah 7:31 - the high Jeremiah 8:1 - General

21.

And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.

Keep: 2 Chronicles 35:1-19
as it is written: Exodus 12:3-20, Leviticus 23:5-8, Numbers 9:2-5, Numbers 28:16-25, Deuteronomy 16:1-8
Reciprocal: Exodus 12:14 - by an ordinance Exodus 12:21 - and take Exodus 23:15 - the feast 2 Chronicles 34:30 - the book 2 Chronicles 35:18 - there was no passover

22.

Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

Surely: 2 Chronicles 35:18, 2 Chronicles 35:19
of the kings: 2 Chronicles 30:1-3, 2 Chronicles 30:13-20, 2 Chronicles 35:3-17
Reciprocal: Acts 13:20 - he gave

23.

But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 16:7 - in the place Ezekiel 4:6 - forty days

24.

Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.

Moreover: "His eighteenth year ending."
the workers: 2 Kings 21:3, 2 Kings 21:6, 1 Samuel 28:3-7, Isaiah 8:19, Isaiah 19:3, Acts 16:16-18, Revelation 22:15
images: or, teraphim, Genesis 31:19, Judges 17:5, Judges 18:17, Judges 18:18, Hosea 3:4
that he might: Leviticus 19:31, Leviticus 20:27, Deuteronomy 18:10-12, Isaiah 8:20, Romans 3:20, James 1:25
the book: 2 Kings 22:8-13, 2 Chronicles 34:14-19
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 33:6 - dealt Jeremiah 4:1 - put away Ezekiel 21:21 - images

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And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.

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unto him: 2 Kings 18:5
that turned: 2 Kings 23:3, Deuteronomy 4:29, Deuteronomy 6:5, 1 Kings 2:4, 1 Kings 8:48, 1 Kings 15:5, Jeremiah 29:13
according: Nehemiah 10:29, Malachi 4:4, John 1:17, John 7:19
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 21:25 - But there Job 1:8 - none Jeremiah 22:15 - thy Hebrews 11:38 - whom

26.

Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.

Notwithstanding: 2 Kings 21:11-13, 2 Kings 22:16, 2 Kings 22:17, 2 Kings 24:2, 2 Kings 24:4, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Jeremiah 3:7-10, Jeremiah 15:1-4
provocations: Heb. angers
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:5 - visiting Numbers 35:33 - it defileth 1 Kings 14:9 - to provoke 2 Kings 24:3 - remove them 2 Chronicles 29:10 - that his fierce 2 Chronicles 30:8 - the fierceness 2 Chronicles 33:9 - made Judah 2 Chronicles 34:24 - I will bring Isaiah 24:5 - because Jeremiah 15:4 - because Ezekiel 18:19 - Why Zephaniah 2:2 - the decree Zechariah 1:2 - Lord

27.

And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

I will remove: 2 Kings 17:18, 2 Kings 17:20, 2 Kings 18:11, 2 Kings 21:13, 2 Kings 24:3, 2 Kings 25:11, Deuteronomy 29:27, Deuteronomy 29:28, Ezekiel 23:32-35
out of my sight: Psalms 51:11, Jeremiah 31:37, Jeremiah 33:24, Lamentations 2:7
My name: 2 Kings 21:4, 2 Kings 21:7, 1 Kings 8:29, 1 Kings 9:3
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 8:16 - my name 1 Kings 11:13 - for Jerusalem's 2 Kings 21:11 - Because 2 Kings 24:2 - according 2 Kings 25:21 - So Judah 2 Chronicles 34:24 - I will bring Isaiah 24:5 - because Isaiah 26:15 - thou hadst Jeremiah 15:4 - because Jeremiah 32:31 - that I Jeremiah 52:27 - Thus Zephaniah 2:2 - the decree Romans 11:1 - Hath God

28.

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

the rest: 2 Kings 20:20

29.

In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

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Pharaohnechoh: Pharaoh-nechoh, called וךשע, Necos, the son of Psammiticus, by Herodotus, was now was now marching "to make war upon the Medes and Babylonians, who had dissolved the Assyrian empire," the king of the latter being the famous Nabopollasar, who had also become king of Assyria. 2 Kings 23:33-35; 2 Chronicles 35:20-24; Jeremiah 46:2
Euphrates: 2 Kings 24:7; 2 Chronicles 35:20; Jeremiah 46:2
Josiah went: 2 Chronicles 35:20-23
slew him: 2 Kings 22:20; Ecclesiastes 8:14, Ecclesiastes 9:1-2; Isaiah 57:1-2; Romans 11:33
Megiddo: Megiddo, called בדהןכןם, Magdolum, by Herodotus, was situated in the tribe of Manasseh, west of Jordan, in the valley of Jezreel, and not far fron Hadad-Rimmon, or Maximianopolis. This shews that Josiah reigned over the country formerly possessed by the ten tribes; and it is also probable, that Nechoh had landed his troops at or near Cesarea of Palestine. 2 Kings 9:27, Joshua 17:11, Judges 1:27, Judges 5:19, 1 Kings 4:12, Zechariah 12:11, Megiddon, Revelation 16:16, Armageddon
he had seen him: 2 Kings 14:8, 2 Kings 14:11
Reciprocal: Genesis 25:18 - toward Joshua 12:21 - Megiddo 1 Kings 9:15 - Megiddo 1 Chronicles 7:29 - Megiddo 1 Chronicles 10:2 - Jonathan Ezra 6:22 - the king Nehemiah 9:32 - on our kings Ezekiel 19:1 - the princes Ezekiel 19:12 - strong Zechariah 9:8 - because of him that passeth by

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And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.

servants: 2 Kings 9:28, 1 Kings 22:33-38, 2 Chronicles 35:24
the people: 2 Kings 14:21, 2 Kings 21:24, 2 Chronicles 36:1, 2 Chronicles 36:2-4
Reciprocal: Joshua 12:21 - Megiddo Joshua 17:11 - Megiddo 1 Kings 4:12 - Megiddo 1 Kings 9:15 - Megiddo 2 Kings 9:27 - Megiddo 2 Kings 22:20 - gathered 1 Chronicles 3:14 - Josiah 1 Chronicles 11:3 - anointed 2 Chronicles 35:20 - Necho 2 Chronicles 35:22 - Megiddo Jeremiah 22:10 - Weep ye Ezekiel 19:1 - the princes Zephaniah 1:8 - the princes John 19:41 - and in Revelation 16:16 - Armageddon

31.

Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

Jehoahaz: 1 Chronicles 3:15, Jeremiah 22:11, Shallum
Hamutal: 2 Kings 24:18
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 36:1 - Jehoahaz Ecclesiastes 4:14 - also Ezekiel 19:3 - it became Ezekiel 19:4 - he was Matthew 1:11 - Jechonias

32.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.

2 Kings 21:2-7, 2 Kings 21:21, 2 Kings 21:22
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 19:3 - it became

33.

And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

put him: 2 Chronicles 36:3, 2 Chronicles 36:4, Ezekiel 19:3, Ezekiel 19:4
Riblah: Theodoret (in Jeremiah 46:1-28), expressly affirms that Riblah or Reblatha was in his time called Emesa. שלח הו וףפים ח וגכבטב פחע םץם ךבכןץלוםחע לוףחע. Emesa was a city of Syria, situated on the Orontes, and, according to the Antonine Itinerary, 18 miles from Laodicea ad Libanum. It is now called Homs, or Hems, about eight hours, or twenty-four miles se of Hamah or Hamath, in the road to Damascus. The present town only occupies about one quarter of the space contained within the ancient walls, which apparently date from the time of the Saracens. Here is nothing remarkable, except a Roman sepulchre, and a large castle in ruins. 2 Kings 25:6, Numbers 34:11, Jeremiah 39:5, Jeremiah 39:6, Jeremiah 52:9, Jeremiah 52:10, Jeremiah 52:26, Jeremiah 52:27
Hamath: Numbers 13:21, 1 Kings 8:65
that he might not reign: or, because he reigned
put: etc. Heb. set a mulct upon the land. 2 Kings 18:14, Exodus 21:22, 2 Chronicles 36:3, Proverbs 19:19
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:29 - Pharaohnechoh 2 Kings 23:35 - the silver 2 Chronicles 33:11 - bound him Nehemiah 9:32 - on our kings Isaiah 7:18 - bee Jeremiah 2:16 - Also the Lamentations 1:1 - how is Zechariah 9:2 - Hamath

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And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.

Eliakim: Joshua 18:18, 2 Chronicles 36:3, 2 Chronicles 36:4
the son: 1 Chronicles 3:15
turned: 2 Kings 24:17, Genesis 41:45, Daniel 1:7
Jehoiakim: "Called Jakim, Matthew 1:11."
he came: Jeremiah 22:11, Jeremiah 22:12, Ezekiel 19:3, Ezekiel 19:4
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:29 - Pharaohnechoh 1 Chronicles 3:14 - Josiah Nehemiah 9:32 - on our kings Isaiah 7:18 - bee Jeremiah 26:1 - General Ezekiel 19:1 - the princes Ezekiel 19:5 - another Ezekiel 19:12 - strong

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And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh.

the silver: 2 Kings 23:33
taxed: 2 Kings 15:19, 2 Kings 15:20
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:29 - Pharaohnechoh 2 Chronicles 36:4 - made Eliakim Jeremiah 22:13 - unto Jeremiah 35:1 - in the Lamentations 1:1 - how is Daniel 11:20 - a raiser of taxes in the

36.

Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

am 3394-3405, bc 610-599
Jehoiakim: 1 Chronicles 3:15, 2 Chronicles 36:5, Jeremiah 1:3
Rumah: Josephus here reads Abuma; but he also speaks of Ruma, a village of Galilee.
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 14:20 - Daniel

37.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.

he did: Jeremiah 22:13-17, Jeremiah 26:20-23, Jeremiah 36:23-26, Jeremiah 36:31, Ezekiel 19:5-9
all that: 2 Chronicles 28:22-25, 2 Chronicles 33:4-10, 2 Chronicles 33:22, 2 Chronicles 33:23
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 24:19 - And he did 2 Chronicles 36:5 - Jehoiakim Jeremiah 1:2 - in the days Zephaniah 1:1 - in the days