# 2 Kings 23:12

> He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

— 2 Kings 23:12, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Kidron** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/kidron

## When

- c. 622-609 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: 2 Kings 22:3 dates the finding of the Book of the Law by the eighteenth year of Josiah.

## Who ruled

- **Neco II**, pharaoh of Egypt, 610-595 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), Battle of Carchemish; Herodotus II
- **Josiah**, king of Judah, 640-609 BC · Source: 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35; his death at Megiddo falls in the Egyptian campaign of 609 BC, which the Babylonian Chronicles record

## See also

- 2 Kings 21:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/21/5
- Jeremiah 19:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/19/13
- Zephaniah 1:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zephaniah/1/5
- 2 Chronicles 33:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/33/5

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23/12
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).