II Chronicles 34:3
“For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 II Chronicles 34:3 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und im achten Jahre seiner Regierung, als er noch ein Knabe war, fing er an, den Gott seines Vaters David zu suchen; und im zwölften Jahre fing er an, Juda und Jerusalem von den Höhen und den Ascherim und den geschnitzten und den gegossenen Bildern zu reinigen.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
A los ocho años de su reinado, siendo aún muchacho, comenzó á buscar al Dios de David su padre; y á los doce años comenzó á limpiar á Judá y á Jerusalem de los altos, bosques, esculturas, é imágenes de fundición.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
A os oito anos de seu reinado, sendo ainda jovem, começou a buscar ao Deus de Davi seu pai; e aos doze anos começou a limpar a Judá e a Jerusalém dos altos, bosques, esculturas, e imagens de fundição.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
No oitavo ano de seu reinado, quando ainda era jovem, começou a buscar o Deus de Davi, seu ancestral. No duodécimo ano, começou a purificar Judá e Jerusalém dos altares, dos postes-ídolos, das imagens de escultura e de metal fundido.
📖 II Chronicles 34:3 in Context
1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
2And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
3For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
4And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
5And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
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