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2 Chronicles 34-36 Christian Standard Bible (CSB) Judah’s King Josiah 34 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 2 He did what was right in the Lord’s sight and walked in the ways of his ancestor David; he did not turn aside to the right or the left. Josiah’s Reform 3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a youth, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast images. 4 Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he chopped down the shrines that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. 5 He burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. 6 He did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali and on their surrounding mountain shrines. 7 He tore down the altars, and he smashed the Asherah poles and the carved images to powder. He chopped down all the shrines throughout the land of Israel and returned to Jerusalem. Josiah’s Repair of the Temple 8 In the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, along with Maaseiah the governor of the city and the court historian Joah son of Joahaz, to repair the temple of the Lord his God. 9 So they went to the high priest Hilkiah and gave him the silver brought into God’s temple. The Levites and the doorkeepers had collected it from Manasseh, Ephraim, and from the entire remnant of Israel, and from all Judah, Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 10 They gave it to those doing the work—those who oversaw the Lord’s temple. They gave it to the workmen who were working in the Lord’s temple, to repair and restore the temple; 11 they gave it to the carpenters and builders and also used it to buy quarried stone and timbers—for joining and making beams—for the buildings that Judah’s kings had destroyed. 12 The men were doing the work with integrity. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites from the Merarites, and Zechariah and Meshullam from the Kohathites as supervisors. The Levites were all skilled with musical instruments. 13 They were also over the porters and were supervising all those doing the work task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers. The Recovery of the Book of the Law 14 When they brought out the silver that had been deposited in the Lord’s temple, the priest Hilkiah found the book of the law of the Lord written by the hand of Moses. 15 Consequently, Hilkiah told the court secretary Shaphan, “I have found the book of the law in the Lord’s temple,” and he gave the book to Shaphan. 16 Shaphan took the book to the king, and also reported, “Your servants are doing all that was placed in their hands. 17 They have emptied out the silver that was found in the Lord’s temple and have given it to the overseers and to those doing the work.” 18 Then the court secretary Shaphan told the king, “The priest Hilkiah gave me a book,” and Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king. 19 When the king heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes. 20 Then he commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, the court secretary Shaphan, and the king’s servant Asaiah, 21 “Go and inquire of the Lord for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah, concerning the words of the book that was found. For great is the Lord’s wrath that is poured out on us because our ancestors have not kept the word of the Lord in order to do everything written in this book.” Huldah’s Prophecy of Judgment 22 So Hilkiah and those the king had designated went to the prophetess Huldah, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem in the Second District. They spoke with her about this. 23 She said to them, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: Say to the man who sent you to me, 24 ‘This is what the Lord says: I am about to bring disaster on this place and on its inhabitants, fulfilling all the curses written in the book that they read in the presence of the king of Judah, 25 because they have abandoned me and burned incense to other gods so as to anger me with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out on this place, and it will not be quenched.’ 26 Say this to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the Lord: ‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says: As for the words that you heard, 27 because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before me, and you tore your clothes and wept before me, I myself have heard’—this is the Lord’s declaration. 28 ‘I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster that I am bringing on this place and on its inhabitants.’” Then they reported to the king. Affirmation of the Covenant by Josiah and the People 29 So the king sent messengers and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30 The king went up to the Lord’s temple with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people from the oldest to the youngest. He read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that had been found in the Lord’s temple. 31 Then the king stood at his post and made a covenant in the Lord’s presence to follow the Lord and to keep his commands, his decrees, and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul in order to carry out the words of the covenant written in this book. 32 He had all those present in Jerusalem and Benjamin agree to it. So all the inhabitants of Jerusalem carried out the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors. 33 So Josiah removed everything that was detestable from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required all who were present in Israel to serve the Lord their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the Lord, the God of their ancestors. Josiah’s Passover Observance 35 Josiah observed the Lord’s Passover and slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2 He appointed the priests to their responsibilities and encouraged them to serve in the Lord’s temple. 3 He said to the Levites who taught all Israel the holy things of the Lord, “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. Since you do not have to carry it on your shoulders, now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel. 4 “Organize your ancestral families by your divisions according to the written instruction of King David of Israel and that of his son Solomon. 5 Serve in the holy place by the groupings of the ancestral families for your brothers, the lay people, and according to the division of the Levites by family. 6 Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your brothers to carry out the word of the Lord through Moses.” 7 Then Josiah donated thirty thousand sheep, lambs, and young goats, plus three thousand cattle from his own possessions, for the Passover sacrifices for all the lay people who were present. 8 His officials also donated willingly for the people, the priests, and the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, chief officials of God’s temple, gave twenty-six hundred Passover sacrifices and three hundred cattle for the priests. 9 Conaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, officers of the Levites, donated five thousand Passover sacrifices for the Levites, plus five hundred cattle. 10 So the service was established; the priests stood at their posts and the Levites in their divisions according to the king’s command. 11 Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs, and while the Levites were skinning the animals, the priests splattered the blood they had been given. 12 They removed the burnt offerings so that they might be given to the groupings of the ancestral families of the lay people to offer to the Lord, according to what is written in the book of Moses; they did the same with the cattle. 13 They roasted the Passover lambs with fire according to regulation. They boiled the holy sacrifices in pots, kettles, and bowls; and they quickly brought them to the lay people. 14 Afterward, they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, since the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were busy offering up burnt offerings and fat until night. So the Levites made preparations for themselves and for the priests, the descendants of Aaron. 15 The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. Also, the gatekeepers were at each temple gate. None of them left their tasks because their Levite brothers had made preparations for them. 16 So all the service of the Lord was established that day for observing the Passover and for offering burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord, according to the command of King Josiah. 17 The Israelites who were present in Judah also observed the Passover at that time and the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days. 18 No Passover had been observed like it in Israel since the days of the prophet Samuel. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present in Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 19 In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed. Josiah’s Last Deeds and Death 20 After all this that Josiah had prepared for the temple, King Neco of Egypt marched up to fight at Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to confront him. 21 But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, king of Judah? I have not come against you today but I am fighting another dynasty. God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God who is with me; don’t make him destroy you!” 22 But Josiah did not turn away from him; instead, in order to fight with him he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to the Valley of Megiddo to fight. 23 The archers shot King Josiah, and he said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am severely wounded!” 24 So his servants took him out of the war chariot, carried him in his second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem. Then he died, and they buried him in the tomb of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. 25 Jeremiah chanted a dirge over Josiah, and all the male and female singers still speak of Josiah in their dirges today. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Dirges. 26 The rest of the events of Josiah’s reign, along with his deeds of faithful love according to what is written in the law of the Lord, 27 and his words, from beginning to end, are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. Judah’s King Jehoahaz 36 Then the common people took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father. 2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3 The king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and fined the land seventy-five hundred pounds of silver and seventy-five pounds of gold. Judah’s King Jehoiakim 4 Then King Neco of Egypt made Jehoahaz’s brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took his brother Jehoahaz and brought him to Egypt. 5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God. 6 Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him and bound him in bronze shackles to take him to Babylon. 7 Also Nebuchadnezzar took some of the articles of the Lord’s temple to Babylon and put them in his temple in Babylon. 8 The rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim, the detestable actions he committed, and what was found against him, are written in the Book of Israel’s Kings. His son Jehoiachin became king in his place. Judah’s King Jehoiachin 9 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. 10 In the spring Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon along with the valuable articles of the Lord’s temple. Then he made Jehoiachin’s brother Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem. Judah’s King Zedekiah 11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God and did not humble himself before the prophet Jeremiah at the Lord’s command. 13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. He became obstinate and hardened his heart against returning to the Lord, the God of Israel. 14 All the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, imitating all the detestable practices of the nations, and they defiled the Lord’s temple that he had consecrated in Jerusalem. The Destruction of Jerusalem 15 But the Lord, the God of their ancestors sent word against them by the hand of his messengers, sending them time and time again, for he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. 16 But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against his people that there was no remedy. 17 So he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their fit young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary. He had no pity on young men or young women, elderly or aged; he handed them all over to him. 18 He took everything to Babylon—all the articles of God’s temple, large and small, the treasures of the Lord’s temple, and the treasures of the king and his officials. 19 Then the Chaldeans burned God’s temple. They tore down Jerusalem’s wall, burned all its palaces, and destroyed all its valuable articles. 20 He deported those who escaped from the sword to Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the rise of the Persian kingdom. 21 This fulfilled the word of the Lord through Jeremiah, and the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation until seventy years were fulfilled. The Decree of Cyrus 22 In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah, the Lord roused the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and also to put it in writing: 23 This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: The Lord, the God of the heavens, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build him a temple at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up, and may the Lord his God be with him.
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2 इतिहास 34Nepali Bible: Easy-to-Read Version (ERV-NE) योशियाह यहूदाका राजा 34 योशियाह आठ बर्ष पुगेका थिए जब तिनी राजा भए। तिनी एकतीस बर्षसम्म यरूशलेममा राजा थिए। 2 योशियाहले त्यही गरे जो सही थियो। परमप्रभुले चाहनु भएका कुराहरू नै तिनले गरे। तिनले तिनका पुर्खा दाऊदले जस्तै राम्रा कुराहरू गरे। योशियाहले उचित कुराहरू गर्नबाट मुख मोडेनन्। 3 जब योशियाह उसको राज्यको आठौं बर्षमा पुगेका थिए तिनले परमेश्वरको अनुशरण गर्न शुरू गरे जसलाई तिनका पुर्खा दाऊदले अनुशरण गरेका थिए। योशियाह अझ सानै थिए जब तिनले परमेश्वरलाई पछ्याउन शुरू गरे। जब योशियाह उनी राजा राज्यको बाह्रौं बर्षमा थिए तिनले उच्च स्थानहरू, अशेरा स्तम्भहरू अनि मूर्तिहरू जो कुँदिएका थिए, अनि मूर्तिहरू जो यहूदा अनि यरूशलेमका साँचाहरूबाट निर्माण गरिएका थिए सबै नष्ट गर्न शुरू गरे। 4 मानिसहरूले बाल देवताहरूका वेदीहरू भत्काइदिए। तिनीहरूले योशियाहका सामुन्ने यसो गरे। तब योशियाहले धूप वेदीहरू काटिदिए जो वेदीमाथि बाललाई अर्पण गरेका थिए। उसले मूर्तिहरू जो कुँदिएका थिए अनि मूर्तिहरू जो साँचोमा ढालेर निर्माण गरिएका थिए, भत्काइदिए। तिनले ती मूर्तिहरूलाई धूलो-पीठो पारिदिए। तब योशियाहले त्यो पीठो ती मानिसहरूका चिहानहरूमा छर्किदिए जसले बाल देवताहरूलाई बलिहरू चढाएका थिए। 5 योशियाहले ती पूजाहारीहरूका हाडहरू पनि जलाइदिए जसले आफ्नै वेदीमा बाल देवताहरूको सेवा गरेका थिए। यस्तै प्रकार योशियाले यहूदा अनि यरूशलेमलाई शुद्ध पारे। 6 योशियाहले मनश्शे, एप्रैम, शिमोन देखि नप्ताली सम्मका इलाकाका शहरहरूमा पनि यसै गरे। 7 योशियाहले वेदीहरू अनि अशेरा स्तम्भहरू भत्काइदिए। तिनले मूर्तिहरूलाई धूलो पीठो पारिदिए। तिनले इस्राएल देश भरि बाल पूजाका निम्ति प्रयोग गरिएका धूप वेदीहरू भत्काई दिए। त्यसपछि योशियाह यरूशलेम फर्केर गए। 8 जब योशियाह यहूदाका राजाका रूपमा अठाह्रौ बर्षमा थिए तिनले शापान, मासेयाह अनि योआहलाई तिनका परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको मन्दिरलाई फेरि निर्माण अनि स्थापना गर्नु भनी पठाए। शापानका पिताको नाउँ अजलियाह थियो। मासेयाह शहरका प्रमुख थिए, अनि योआहका पिताको नाउँ योआहाश थियो। योआहाश त्यही मानिस थिए जसले जे कुराहरू घटे ती लेखे। यसरी योशियाहले मन्दिरलाई स्थापना गर्ने आदेश दिए जसद्वारा तिनले यहूदा अनि मन्दिरलाइ शुद्ध तुल्याउन सकून्। 9 ती मानिसहरू हिल्कियाह, प्रधान पूजाहारी कहाँ आए। तिनीहरूले तिनलाई धन दिए जो मानिसहरूले परमेश्वरका मन्दिरका निम्ति दिएका थिए। लेवी द्वारपालहरूले मनश्शे, एप्रैमका मानिसहरूबाट अनि रहेका सबै इस्राएलीबाट धनसँग्रह गरेका थिए। तिनीहरूले यो धन यहूदा, बिन्यामीन अनि यरूशलेममा बस्ने समस्त मानिसहरूबाट पनि सँग्रह गरेका थिए। 10 तब लेवीहरूले ती मानिसहरूलाई पैसा भुक्तानी गरे जसले परमप्रभुको मन्दिरको काम रेख-देख गरे। अनि रेख-देख गर्नेहरूले कर्मीहरूलाई भुक्तानी गरे जसले परमप्रभुको मन्दिर स्थापित गरे। 11 तिनीहरूले धन सिकर्मी अनि निर्माण कर्त्ताहरूलाई ठूला ढुङ्गाहरू किन्न जो अघिनै काटि राखेका थिए अनि काठहरू किन्न भनी दिए। काठहरू मन्दिरहरूलाई फेरि निर्माण गर्न अनि मन्दिरहरूका निम्ति आड दिने काठ बनाउनमा प्रयोग गरिए। विगत समयमा यहूदाका राजाहरूले मन्दिरहरूको वास्ता गरेका थिएनन्। ती मन्दिरहरू पुराना अनि ध्वस्त भएका थिए। 12-13 मानिसहरूले विश्वास पूर्वक काम गरे। तिनीहरूका निरीक्षकहरू पहत अनि ओबदियाह थिए। यहत अनि ओबदियाह लेवीहरू थिए, अनि तिनीहरू मरारीका सन्तान थिए। अन्य निरीक्षकहरू जकर्याह अनि मशुल्लाम थिए। तिनीहरू कहातका सन्तानहरू थिए। लेवीहरू जो संङ्गीतका वाध्य यन्त्रहरू बजाउनमा सिपालु थिए तिनीहरूले श्रमिकहरूको र अन्य सबै कर्मीहरूको निरिक्षण पनि गर्दथे। केही लेवीहरूले सचिव, अधिकारी अनि द्वारापालहरूको रूपमा काम गर्दथे। व्यवस्थाको पुस्तक पाए 14 लेवीहरूले त्यो धन बाहिर निकाले जो परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा थियो। त्यस समयमा पूजाहारी हिल्कियाहले परमप्रभुको व्यवस्थाको पुस्तक पाए जो मोशाद्वारा दिइएको थियो। 15 हिल्कियाहले सचिव शापानलाई भने, “मैले व्यवस्थाको पुस्तक परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा पाएँ।” हिल्कियाहले त्यो पुस्तक शापानलाई दिए। 16 शापानले त्यो पुस्तक राजा योशियाह कहाँ ल्याए। शापानले राजालाई सूचना दिए, “तपाईंका सेवकहरूले तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई गर्नु भन्नु भएका हरेक कुराहरू गरिरहेका छन्। 17 तिनीहरूले त्यो धन निकाले जो परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा थियो अनि तिनीहरूले धन निरीक्षकहरू अनि कर्मीहरूलाई भुक्तानी गर्दै छन्।” 18 तब शापानले राजा योशियाहलाई भने, “पूजाहारी हिल्कियाहले मलाई एउटा पुस्तक दिएका छन्।” तब शापानले पुस्तकबाट पढे। तिनी पढ्दै गर्दा राजाका सामुन्ने थिए। 19 जब राजा योशियाहले पढिएको व्यवस्थाका शब्दहरू सुने, तिनले तिनका बस्त्रहरू च्याते। 20 तब राजाले हिल्कियाह, शापानका छोरा अहीकम, मीकाका छोरा अब्दोन, सचिव शापान अनि सेवक असायालाई एक आदेश दिए। 21 राजाले भने, “जाऊ, मेरा निम्ति अनि मानिसहरूका निम्ति जो इस्राएल अनि यहूदामा रहेका छन्, परमप्रभु सित याचना गर। ती पुस्तकका शब्दहरूको बारेमा जो पाइएको थियो, सोध। परमप्रभु हामी सित अत्यन्त क्रोधित हुनुहुन्छ किनभने हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूले परमप्रभुको बचनको पालन गरेनन्। तिनीहरूले यो पुस्तकले गर्नु भनेका सबै कुराहरू गरेनन्।” 22 हिल्कियाह अनि राजाका सेवकहरू अगमवादिनी हुल्दा कहाँ गए। हुल्दा शल्लूमकी पत्नी थिइन्। शल्लूम तोखतका छोरा थिए। तोखत हसराका छोरा थिए। शल्लूम राज-बस्त्रहरूको हेरचाह गर्दथे। हुल्दा यरूशलेमको नयाँ अंशमा बस्थीन्। हिल्किया अनि सेवकहरूले हुल्दालाई सबै कुरा भने जो भइसकेको थियो। 23 हुल्दाले तिनीहरूलाई भनीन्, “इस्राएलका परमप्रभु परमेश्वर जे भन्नुहुन्छ त्यो यो होः राजा योशियाहलाई भनः 24 ‘म यो स्थानमा अनि यहाँ बस्ने मानिसहरू माथि दुःख कष्ट ल्याइदिनेछु। म ती सबै भयानक कुराहरू ल्याउनेछु जो त्यो पुस्तकमा लेखिएका छन् जसलाई यहूदाका राजाको सामुन्ने पढिएको थियो। 25 म यसो गर्नेछु किनभने मानिसहरूले मलाई त्याग गरे अनि अन्य देवताहरूलाई धूप बाले। ती मानिसहरूले मलाई क्रोधित तुल्याए किनभने तिनीहरूले सबै नराम्रा कुराहरू गरेका छन्। यसर्थ म यो स्थान माथि मेरो क्रोध पोखाउने छु। तातो बल्दो आगो जस्तै मेरो क्रोधलाई निभाउन सकिने छैन।’ 26 “‘तर यो कुरा यहूदाका राजा योशियाहलाई भन जसले तिमीहरूलाई परमप्रभु सित सोध्नु पठाउनुभयो यही परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वर तिमीहरूले सुनेक वचनहरू बारेमा भन्नुहुन्छ। 27 योशियाह जब तैंले यो भूमि अनि बासिन्दाहरूको विषयमा कुराहरू सुनिस् तैंले आफैंलाई नम्र बनाइस् अनि तेरो लुगाहरू च्यातिस्। तँ मेरो सामुन्ने रोइस् अनि मैले यो सुने यसकारण तेरो हृदय कोमल छ। 28 म तँलाई तेरो पिता-पुर्खाहरू कहाँ लाने छु। तँ तेरो चिहानमा शान्तिसित जाने छस्। तैंले कुनै पनि दुःख कष्टहरू देख्नु पर्ने छैन जो म यो स्थान माथि अनि यहाँ बस्ने मानिसहरू माथि ल्याउने छु।’” हिल्कियाह अनि राजाका सेवकहरू यो संन्देश लिएर राजा योशियाह कहाँ फर्के। 29 तब राजा योशियाहले यहूदा अनि यरूशलेमका सबै अग्रज मानिसहरूलाई आउनु अनि तिनीसित भेट्नु भनी बोलाए। 30 राजा परमप्रभुको मन्दिर सम्म गए। यहूदाका सबै मानिसहरू, अनि यरूशलेममा बस्ने मानिसहरू, पूजाहारीहरू लेवीहरू अनि सबै मुख्य अनि साधरण मानिसहरू योशियाहसाथ थिए। योशियाहले तिनीहरूलाई करारको पुस्तकमा भएका सबै कुराहरू पढेर सुनाए। त्यो पुस्तक परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा पाइएको थियो। 31 तब राजा आफ्ना स्थानमा उभिए। तिनले परमप्रभुसित करार गरे। तिनी परमप्रभुको अनुशरण गर्न अनि परमप्रभुको आदेश, नियम, विधिहरू पालन गर्न सहमत भए। योशियाहले आफ्नो सम्पूर्ण हृदय अनि आत्माद्वारा आज्ञा पालन गर्न सहमत भए। तिनी यो पुस्तकमा लेखिएका करारका कुराहरू पालन गर्न सहमत भए। 32 तब योशियाहले यरूशलेम अनि बिन्यामीनका सबै मानिसहरूलाई करार स्वीकार गर्न प्रतिज्ञा गराए। यरूशलेमका मानिसहरूले परमेश्वरको आज्ञापालन गरे, जसरी तिनीहरूका पिता-पुर्खाहरूले परमेश्वरलाई पछ्याएका थिए। 33 इस्राएलका मानिसहरू सित बिभिन्न देशका मूर्तिहरू थिए। तर योशियाहले ती भयानक मूर्तिहरू सबै ध्वस्त गरिदिए। योशियाहले इस्राएलका सबै मानिसहरूलाई परमप्रभु तिनीहरूका परमेश्वरको सेवा गर्न लगाए। अनि जब सम्म योशियाह जीवित थिए तब सम्म मानिसहरूले तिनीहरूका पुर्खाहरूका परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको सेवा गरिरहे।