2 Kings 23:24

23:24 Josiah also got rid of ¹  the ritual pits used to conjure up spirits, ²  the magicians, personal idols, disgusting images, ³  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 ⁴  recorded on the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the Lord’s temple.

[23:24]  ¹ 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]  ² sn See the note at 2 Kgs 21:6.

[23:24]  ³ sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.

[23:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “carrying out the words of the law.”