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2 Kings 23

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The Book of 2 Kings

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Summary

Josiah reads the book of the covenant to the children of Israel. They covenant to keep the commandments listed therein. Josiah puts down false idol worship in Israel. Priests that worship false gods are slain. Judah upholds the Passover.

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Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible

Matthew Henry (1706)

Commentary on the Bible

Adam Clarke (1831)

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable

Thomas Constable

Rashi’s Commentary

Rashi (Shlomo Yitzchaki)

Notes on the Bible

Albert Barnes (1834)

Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Gill (1746–63)

Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament

Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch (1857–78)

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible

John Wesley (1754–65)

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Overview: 1-2 Kings

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People

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Josiah

LORD

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Hilkiah

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Baal

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Sodomites

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Joshua

Offering to Molech by Charles Foster

Molech

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Nathan-melech

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Manasseh

Detail of Solomon Receiving Envoys of the Tributary Nations by James Dabney McCabe

Solomon

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Ashtoreth

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Zidonians

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Chemosh

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Moabites

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Ammon, Children of

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Jeroboam

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Nebat

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, "God the Father," ca. 1510-1517.

God

Jan van 't Hoff, "The Covenant Renewal," Gospel Images.

Moses

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Pharaoh

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Hamutal

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Jeremiah

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Eliakim

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Jehoiakim

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Zebudah

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Pedaiah

Places

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Jerusalem

Heaven

Kidron or Kedron

Beitin, a possible site for Bethel. Photo by Deror_avi via Wikimedia Commons.

Beth-el

Judah, Kingdom Of

Geba

Tel Beer Sheva. Photo by gugganij via Wikimedia Commons.

Beer-sheba

Tophet or Topheth

Hinnom, Valley of

Samaria

Samaria, Country Of

The pyramids of Egypt. Photo by TheDigitalArtist via Pixabay.

Egypt

Megiddo

Libnah

Riblah

Hamath

Time

*All Dates Are Approximate, according to the narrative of the Bible. These dates may reflect literary significance as opposed to the precise dates of history.

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Further Reading

Matthew L. Bowen, “Putting Down the Priests: A Note on Royal Evaluations, (wĕ)hišbît, and Priestly Purges in 2 Kings 23:5 and Mosiah 11:5,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 105-114.

Kevin Christensen, “Prophets and Kings in Lehi’s Jerusalem and Margaret Barker’s Temple Theology,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 4 (2013): 177-193.

Neal Rappleye, “The Deuteronomist Reforms and Lehi’s Family Dynamics: A Social Context for the Rebellions of Laman and Lemuel,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 16 (2015): 87-99.

A. Keith Thompson, “Nephite insights into Israelite Worship Practices before the Babylonian Captivity,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 3 (2013): 155-195.

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