2 Kings 23:22-24

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²² No such Passover had ever been observed from the time of the judges who judged Israel through the entire time of the kings of Israel and Judah. ²³ But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the Lord’s Passover was observed in Jerusalem.^(A)

Further Zeal for the Lord

²⁴ In addition, Josiah eradicated the mediums, the spiritists,^(B) household idols,^(C) images, and all the abhorrent things^(D) that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this in order to carry out the words of the law that were written in the book that the priest Hilkiah found in the Lord’s temple.^(E)