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2 Chronicles 34:3

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Chronicles 34:3

Verse 3 of 33

Scripture focus

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.

2 Chronicles 34:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Chronicles 34:3

Theological / Devotional

The eighth year. Josiah was only 16 years of age (see v. 1) when he began to consider seriously his responsibility.

The twelfth year. The record does not place the entire reformation in the 12th year, but only its beginning. The first campaign resulted in the destruction of idolatrous objects throughout the country, but the reform was not complete. The 18th year found idolatry still firmly entrenched in the popular mind (see PK 392, 397, 398, 400, 401).

High places. See on ch. 33:17.

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