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2 Kings 23:19-21
New Living Translation
2 Kings 23:19-21
New Living Translation
19 Then Josiah demolished all the buildings at the pagan shrines in the towns of Samaria, just as he had done at Bethel. They had been built by the various kings of Israel and had made the Lord[a] very angry. 20 He executed the priests of the pagan shrines on their own altars, and he burned human bones on the altars to desecrate them. Finally, he returned to Jerusalem.
Josiah Celebrates Passover
21 King Josiah then issued this order to all the people: “You must celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, as required in this Book of the Covenant.”
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- 23:19 As in Greek and Syriac versions and Latin Vulgate; Hebrew lacks the Lord.
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