Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them.
Parallel translations
- WEB He did this in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, even to Naphtali, around in their ruins.
- KJV And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.
- NKJV And so he did in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali and all around, with axes.
- NASB In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their surrounding spaces,
- NLT He did the same thing in the towns of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, even as far as Naphtali, and in the regions all around them.
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Quick answer
Josiah extends his reforms into the northern territories of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and Naphtali. His zeal reached beyond Judah into the former northern kingdom.
Overview
By purging idolatry in regions of fallen Israel, Josiah acts as a reformer for all the covenant people, not Judah alone. This reflects a longing for the reunification of God's people around true worship. His wide-reaching reform anticipates the gathering of all God's people under one faithful King.
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- 1 Sam 13:20–21Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.
- 2 Kgs 23:15–20He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.
- 2 Chr 30:10–11And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun; but the people scorned and mocked them.
- 2 Chr 31:1When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.
- 2 Chr 30:1Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.
- Prov 25:18Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
- Isa 7:25For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample.
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