2 Kings 23:27

27 And God, not swerving in his judgment, gave sentence: "I'll remove Judah from my presence in the same way I removed Israel. I'll turn my back on this city, Jerusalem, that I chose, and even from this Temple of which I said, 'My Name lives here.'"

2 Kings 23:27 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 23:27

And the Lord said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight,
as I have removed Israel.
] Not from his all seeing eye, but from being the object of his special care and protection; the meaning is, that he would suffer them to he carried out of their land into captivity as Israel was; this he had said in his heart, was determined upon; the decree was gone forth, and it was irrevocable:

and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen:
for the place of his worship, the people having forsaken his worship there, and followed after idols:

and the house of which I said, my name shall be there;
the temple, called after his name, and where his name was to be, and had been, called upon.

2 Kings 23:27 In-Context

25 There was no king to compare with Josiah - neither before nor after - a king who turned in total and repentant obedience to God, heart and mind and strength, following the instructions revealed to and written by Moses. The world would never again see a king like Josiah.

26 But despite Josiah, God's hot anger did not cool; the raging anger ignited by Manasseh burned unchecked.

27 And God, not swerving in his judgment, gave sentence: "I'll remove Judah from my presence in the same way I removed Israel. I'll turn my back on this city, Jerusalem, that I chose, and even from this Temple of which I said, 'My Name lives here.'"

28 The rest of the life and times of Josiah is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.

29 Josiah's death came about when Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched out to join forces with the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. When King Josiah intercepted him at the Plain of Megiddo, Neco killed him.