2 Kings 21:21

21:21 He followed in the footsteps of his father ¹  and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols ²  which his father had worshiped. ³ 

2 Kings 23:24

23:24 Josiah also got rid of ⁴  the ritual pits used to conjure up spirits, ⁵  the magicians, personal idols, disgusting images, ⁶  and all the detestable idols that had appeared in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. In this way he carried out the terms of the law ⁷  recorded on the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the Lord’s temple.

[21:21]  ¹ tn Heb “walked in all the way which his father walked.”

[21:21]  ² sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.

[21:21]  ³ tn Heb “and he served the disgusting idols which his father served and he bowed down to them.”

[23:24]  ⁴ tn Here בִּעֵר (bi’er) is not the well attested verb “burn,” but the less common homonym meaning “devastate, sweep away, remove.” See HALOT 146 s.v. בער.

[23:24]  ⁵ sn See the note at 2 Kgs 21:6.

[23:24]  ⁶ sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.

[23:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “carrying out the words of the law.”