2 Chronicles 34:3 — Bible Verse (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.”
2 Chronicles 34:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Chronicles 34:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Chronicles 34:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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, the Asherah poles, the engraved images, and the molten images.”
2 Chronicles 34:3 — World English Bible
2 Chronicles 34:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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 Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images. ”
2 Chronicles 34:3 — American Standard Version
2 Chronicles 34:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And in the eighth year of his reign (and he yet a youth), he hath begun to seek to the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he hath begun to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images.”
2 Chronicles 34:3 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Chronicles 34:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after theGod of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherahs, and the graven images, and the molten images. ”
2 Chronicles 34:3 — Darby Translation
2 Chronicles 34:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And in the eight yeere of his reigne (when he was yet a childe) he began to seeke after the God of Dauid his father: and in the twelft yeere he began to purge Iudah, and Ierusalem from the hie places, and the groues, and the carued images, and molten images:”
2 Chronicles 34:3 — Geneva Bible
2 Chronicles 34:3 in Context — 2 Chronicles 34
1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
3 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.
4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
What Does 2 Chronicles 34:3 Mean?
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