23:1 [hgb]  王 差 遣 人 招 聚 犹 大 和 耶 路 撒 冷 的 众 长 老 来 。 
    [kjv]  And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
    [bbe]  Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.
23:2 [hgb]  王 和 犹 大 众 人 与 耶 路 撒 冷 的 居 民 ， 并 祭 司 ， 先 知 ， 和 所 有 的 百 姓 ， 无 论 大 小 ， 都 一 同 上 到 耶 和 华 的 殿 。 王 就 把 耶 和 华 殿 里 所 得 的 约 书 念 给 他 们 听 。 
    [kjv]  And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.
    [bbe]  And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and all the people of Jerusalem, and the priests and the prophets and all the people, small and great; and they were present at his reading of the book of the law which had come to light in the house of the Lord.
23:3 [hgb]  王 站 在 柱 旁 ， 在 耶 和 华 面 前 立 约 ， 要 尽 心 尽 性 地 顺 从 耶 和 华 ， 遵 守 他 的 诫 命 ， 法 度 ， 律 例 ， 成 就 这 书 上 所 记 的 约 言 。 众 民 都 服 从 这 约 。 
    [kjv]  And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
    [bbe]  And the king took his place by the pillar, and made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in the book; and all the people gave their word to keep the agreement.
23:4 [hgb]  王 吩 咐 大 祭 司 希 勒 家 和 副 祭 司 ， 并 把 门 的 ， 将 那 为 巴 力 和 亚 舍 拉 ， 并 天 上 万 象 所 造 的 器 皿 ， 都 从 耶 和 华 殿 里 搬 出 来 ， 在 耶 路 撒 冷 外 汲 沦 溪 旁 的 田 间 烧 了 ， 把 灰 拿 到 伯 特 利 去 。 
    [kjv]  And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.
    [bbe]  Then the king gave orders to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and to the priests of the second order, and to the keepers of the door, to take out of the house of the Lord all the vessels made for Baal and for the Asherah and for all the stars of heaven; and he had them burned outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and took the dust of them to Beth-el.
23:5 [hgb]  从 前 犹 大 列 王 所 立 拜 偶 像 的 祭 司 ， 在 犹 大 城 邑 的 丘 坛 和 耶 路 撒 冷 的 周 围 烧 香 ， 现 在 王 都 废 去 ， 又 废 去 向 巴 力 和 日 ， 月 ， 行 星 （ 行 星 或 作 十 二 宫 ） ， 并 天 上 万 象 烧 香 的 人 。 
    [kjv]  And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
    [bbe]  And he put an end to the false priests, who had been put in their positions by the kings of Judah to see to the burning of offerings in the high places in the towns of Judah and the outskirts of Jerusalem, and all those who made offerings to Baal and to the sun and the moon and the twelve signs and all the stars of heaven.
23:6 [hgb]  又 从 耶 和 华 殿 里 将 亚 舍 拉 搬 到 耶 路 撒 冷 外 汲 沦 溪 边 焚 烧 ， 打 碎 成 灰 ， 将 灰 撒 在 平 民 的 坟 上 。 
    [kjv]  And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
    [bbe]  And he took the Asherah from the house of the Lord, outside Jerusalem to the stream Kidron, burning it by the stream and crushing it to dust, and he put the dust on the place where the bodies of the common people were put to rest.
23:7 [hgb]  又 拆 毁 耶 和 华 殿 里 娈 童 的 屋 子 ， 就 是 妇 女 为 亚 舍 拉 织 帐 子 的 屋 子 ， 
    [kjv]  And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
    [bbe]  And he had the houses pulled down of those who were used for sex purposes in the house of the Lord, where women were making robes for the Asherah.
23:8 [hgb]  并 且 从 犹 大 的 城 邑 带 众 祭 司 来 ， 污 秽 祭 司 烧 香 的 丘 坛 ， 从 迦 巴 直 到 别 是 巴 ， 又 拆 毁 城 门 旁 的 丘 坛 ， 这 丘 坛 在 邑 宰 约 书 亚 门 前 ， 进 城 门 的 左 边 。 
    [kjv]  And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.
    [bbe]  And he made all the priests from the towns of Judah come into Jerusalem, and he made unclean the high places where the priests had been burning offerings, from Geba to Beer-sheba; and he had the high places of the evil spirits pulled down which were by the doorway of Joshua, the ruler of the town, on the left side of the way into the town.
23:9 [hgb]  但 是 丘 坛 的 祭 司 不 登 耶 路 撒 冷 耶 和 华 的 坛 ， 只 在 他 们 弟 兄 中 间 吃 无 酵 饼 。 
    [kjv]  Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.
    [bbe]  Still the priests of the high places never came up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem; but they took their food of unleavened bread among their brothers.
23:10 [hgb]  又 污 秽 欣 嫩 子 谷 的 陀 斐 特 ， 不 许 人 在 那 里 使 儿 女 经 火 献 给 摩 洛 。 
    [kjv]  And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
    [bbe]  And Topheth, in the valley of the sons of Hinnom, he made unclean, so that no man might make his son or his daughter go through the fire to Molech.
23:11 [hgb]  又 将 犹 大 列 王 在 耶 和 华 殿 门 旁 ， 太 监 拿 单 米 勒 靠 近 游 廊 的 屋 子 ， 向 日 头 所 献 的 马 废 去 ， 且 用 火 焚 烧 日 车 。 
    [kjv]  And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
    [bbe]  And he took away the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the way into the house of the Lord, by the room of Nathan-melech, the unsexed servant, which was in the outer part of the building, and the carriages of the sun he put on fire.
23:12 [hgb]  犹 大 列 王 在 亚 哈 斯 楼 顶 上 所 筑 的 坛 和 玛 拿 西 在 耶 和 华 殿 两 院 中 所 筑 的 坛 ， 王 都 拆 毁 打 碎 了 ， 就 把 灰 倒 在 汲 沦 溪 中 。 
    [kjv]  And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
    [bbe]  And the altars on the roof of the high room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord, were pulled down and crushed to bits, and the dust of them was put into the stream Kidron.
23:13 [hgb]  从 前 以 色 列 王 所 罗 门 在 耶 路 撒 冷 前 ， 邪 僻 山 右 边 为 西 顿 人 可 憎 的 神 亚 斯 他 录 ， 摩 押 人 可 憎 的 神 基 抹 ， 亚 扪 人 可 憎 的 神 米 勒 公 所 筑 的 丘 坛 ， 王 都 污 秽 了 ， 
    [kjv]  And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
    [bbe]  And the high places before Jerusalem, on the south side of the mountain of destruction, which Solomon, king of Israel, had made for Ashtoreth, the disgusting god of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh, the disgusting god of Moab, and for Milcom, the disgusting god of the children of Ammon, the king made unclean.
23:14 [hgb]  又 打 碎 柱 像 ， 砍 下 木 偶 ， 将 人 的 骨 头 充 满 了 那 地 方 。 
    [kjv]  And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
    [bbe]  The stone pillars were broken to bits and the wood pillars cut down, and the places where they had been were made full of the bones of the dead.
23:15 [hgb]  他 将 伯 特 利 的 坛 ， 就 是 叫 以 色 列 人 陷 在 罪 里 ， 尼 八 的 儿 子 耶 罗 波 安 所 筑 的 那 坛 ， 都 拆 毁 焚 烧 ， 打 碎 成 灰 ， 并 焚 烧 了 亚 舍 拉 。 
    [kjv]  Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
    [bbe]  And the altar at Beth-el, and the high place put up by Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel do evil, that altar and that high place were pulled down; and the high place was burned and crushed to dust and the Asherah was burned.
23:16 [hgb]  约 西 亚 回 头 ， 看 见 山 上 的 坟 墓 ， 就 打 发 人 将 坟 墓 里 的 骸 骨 取 出 来 ， 烧 在 坛 上 ， 污 秽 了 坛 ， 正 如 从 前 神 人 宣 传 耶 和 华 的 话 。 
    [kjv]  And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.
    [bbe]  Then Josiah, turning round, saw on the mountain the places of the dead, and he sent and had the bones taken out of their places and burned on the altar, so making it unclean, as the Lord had said by the man of God when Jeroboam was in his place by the altar on that feast-day. And he, turning his eyes to the resting-place of the man of God who had given word of these things, said:
23:17 [hgb]  约 西 亚 问 说 ， 我 所 看 见 的 是 什 么 碑 。 那 城 里 的 人 回 答 说 ， 先 前 有 神 人 从 犹 大 来 ， 预 先 说 王 现 在 向 伯 特 利 坛 所 行 的 事 ， 这 就 是 他 的 墓 碑 。 
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