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2 Chronicles 33
²⁰ When Manasseh died, he was buried in his palace. Then his son Amon became the next king.
²¹ Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years.
²² He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, just as his father, Manasseh, had done. He worshiped and sacrificed to all the idols his father had made.
²³ But unlike his father, he did not humble himself before the LORD. Instead, Amon sinned even more.
²⁴ Then Amon’s own officials conspired against him and assassinated him in his palace.
²⁵ But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah the next king.
2 Chronicles 34
¹ Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
² He did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight and followed the example of his ancestor David. He did not turn away from doing what was right.
³ During the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David. Then in the twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem, destroying all the pagan shrines, the Asherah poles, and the carved idols and cast images.
⁴ He ordered that the altars of Baal be demolished and that the incense altars which stood above them be broken down. He also made sure that the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images were smashed and scattered over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
⁵ He burned the bones of the pagan priests on their own altars, and so he purified Judah and Jerusalem.