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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 23:19

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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23:19-20 pagan shrines . . . of Samaria: Josiah’s religious purge extended throughout the former northern kingdom (see also 2 Chr 34:6-7). Josiah’s freedom to carry out such reforms testifies to his strength and Assyria’s growing weakness (see study note on 2 Kgs 23:29).
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