2 Chronicles 34:33 BSB

2 Chronicles 34:33

And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

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ASV

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

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel,.... All their idols, as related in 2Ki 23:4, &c. and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the Lord their God; by his edicts, and by his example: and all his days they departed not from following the Lord God of their fathers; not publicly and universally; otherwise there were great declensions and corruptions among them, as the prophecies of Jeremiah and Zephaniah show.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

All his days they departed not - This must be understood in the letter rather than in the spirit. There was no open idolatry in the reign of Josiah, but the reformation was seeming rather than real, superficial rather than searching and complete (compare the marginal reference).

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֨סַר	vai.Ya.sar	and he removed	H5493 →
יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֜הוּ	yo.shi.Ya.hu	Josiah	H2977 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַתּוֹעֵב֗וֹת	ha.to.'e.Vot	the abominations	H8441 →
מִֽכָּל־	mi.kol	from all	H3605 →
הָאֲרָצוֹת֮	ha.'a.ra.tzOt	the lands	H776 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
לִבְנֵ֣י	liv.Nei	[belonged] to [the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֒	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וַֽיַּעֲבֵ֗ד	vai.ya.'a.Ved	and he made to serve	H5647 →
אֵ֤ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
הַנִּמְצָא֙	ha.nim.Tza'	<the> [one who] was found	H4672 →
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	be.Yis.ra.'El	in Israel	H3478 →
לַעֲב֖וֹד	la.'a.Vod	to serve	H5647 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם	'e.lo.hei.Hem	God their	H430 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
יָמָ֕יו	ya.Mav	days his	H3117 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
סָ֔רוּ	Sa.ru	they turned aside	H5493 →
מֵֽאַחֲרֵ֕י	me.'a.cha.Rei	from after	H310 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֥י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
אֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ פ	'a.vo.tei.Hem	ancestors their	H1 →

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Through
Hosea 6:4
What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.
leads to
- Hosea 13:3
  Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.
- Hosea 11:8
  How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within…
- Psalms 78:34–37
  When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
- Psalms 106:12–13
  Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
Through
Jeremiah 3:10
Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.
leads to
- Hosea 7:14
  They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.
- Jeremiah 12:2
  You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
Through
Joshua 24:31
Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.
leads to
- Judges 2:7
  And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.
- Deuteronomy 31:13
  Then their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to…

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