2Chr.34.3

2 Chronicles 34:3

KJV

¶ For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

Josiah Destroys Idolatry

Cross References

Exodus 34:13

KJV GOD

But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

The LORD Renews the Covenant

The Covenant Renewed

1 Kings 13:2

KJV GOD

And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.

Jeroboam’s Hand Withers

2 Chronicles 15:2

KJV

And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

The Prophecy of Azariah

2 Chronicles 33:22

KJV

But he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;

Amon Reigns in Judah

2 Chronicles 34:33

KJV

And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the Lord their God. And all his days they departed not from following the Lord, the God of their fathers.

Josiah Renews the Covenant

Josiah’s Good Reign

Proverbs 8:17

KJV Jesus

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

The Excellence of Wisdom

Micah 1:5

KJV

For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?