2 Kings 23:24

24 Moreover, Josiah removed 1the mediums and the spiritists and the 2teraphim and 3the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, 4that he might confirm the words of the law which were written 5in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 23:24 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 23:24

Moreover, the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards,
&c.] Who were not to be allowed among the Israelites, ( Deuteronomy 18:10 Deuteronomy 18:11 )

and the images; or teraphim: and the idols, and all the abominations;
which were worshipped by the Heathens, and introduced among the Jews, and forbidden by the word of God:

that were spied in the land of Judah, and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put
away;
for which, it seems, diligent search was made, and wherever they were discovered were removed:

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;
both with respect to witchcraft and idolatry, see ( Leviticus 20:27 ) ( Exodus 20:4 Exodus 20:5 ) ( 23:24 ) .

2 Kings 23:24 In-Context

22 Surely such a Passover had not been celebrated from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel and of the kings of Judah.
23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.
24 Moreover, Josiah removed the mediums and the spiritists and the teraphim and the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD .
25 Before him there was no king like him who 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; nor did any like him arise after him.
26 However, the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him.

Cross References 5

  • 1. Leviticus 19:31; 2 Kings 21:6
  • 2. Gen 31:19 mg
  • 3. 2 Kings 21:11, 21
  • 4. Deuteronomy 18:10-22
  • 5. 2 Kings 22:8

Footnotes 2

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